WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Wellesley College student-athletes are presenting today at the annual Ruhlman Conference on Wednesday, April 16, 2024 at Wellesley College.

The conference is made possible by the generosity of Barbara Peterson Ruhlman '54. In 1997, Lee Cuba, Professor of Sociology and former Dean of the College, worked with Barbara Ruhlman to develop the plan for the Ruhlman Conference.

The conference is intended to foster collaboration among students and faculty across the disciplines and to enhance the intellectual life of the College. The event will provide an opportunity for students, faculty, staff, and friends to come together in celebration of student achievement.

The Ruhlman Conference celebrates intellectual life by sponsoring a communal, public event where students will have an opportunity to present their work to a wide audience. By providing an opportunity for public presentation of what is often a private, isolated activity; the conference will demonstrate that research can be part of the ongoing conversation in a community of scholars.

This year's conference program is exclusively digital. Click here to view the 2025 Ruhlman Conference schedule.

See below for a list of student-athlete presenters:

• Trinity Barrow '27 (basketball), Poster Session, Threat Perception as a Justification for Aggression Rather than a Cause
• Arla Hofer '26 (basketball), Science & Technology, Microbe Mosaic: The Role of Microbes as Influencers and Modulators
• Bronnie Bailey '26 (crew), Science & Technology, Too Hot to Handle: The Effect of Global Warming on Insects
• Caroline Hester '26 (crew), Science & Technology, Finding Belonging Abroad: Reflections on the Paulson International Study Fellowship
• Mallika John '26 (crew), Science & Technology, Insights into Health, Neuroscience, and Education
• Colette Kennedy '27 (crew), Poster Session, Does Skeletal Malformation in "Balloon Belly" Poeceila sphenops Affect Lateral Line Configuration?
• Cordelia Thomas '27 (crew), Science & Technology, Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Anti-Cancer Agents
• Derin Timucin '27 (crew), Science & Technology, Insights into Health, Neuroscience, and Education
• Alicia Naranjo-Champion '25 (cross country & track & field), Humanities, Collective Institution, Collective Practices, and Their Impact on Society
• Helen Yang '28 (cross country & track & field), Poster Session, Analyzing Potential User Incentives in Crowd-sensing Platform, Snap 'N' Go
• Riley Weed '27 (fencing), Poster Session, New Constraints on the Metamorphic History of New York City
• Alex Butulis '27 (field hockey), Poster Session, The Impact of Attention on Music-Evoked Autobiographical Memory Recall
• Ceci Miller '26 (field hockey), Poster Session, Four-Legged Friends: Exploring the Impact of Adolescent Pet Ownership on Social Anxiety
• Camille Newman '25 (field hockey), Science & Technology, Oops…I Wasted Again: Recommendations for Reducing Negative Environmental Consequences of Campus Events
• Kaurvaki Bajpai '27 (golf), Poster Session, Network Analyses on the Categorization of Spatial Relations in Nicaraguan Sign Language
• Grace Sun '27 (golf), Poster Session, The Impact of Attention on Music-Evoked Autobiographical Memory Recall
• Tamasyn Hill '26 (lacrosse), Poster Session, Exploring the Social Defeat Hypothesis: Impacts of Adversity on Dopamine Function and Psychosis Vulnerability
• Abby Couture '25 (soccer), Science & Technology, Oops…I Wasted Again: Recommendations for Reducing Negative Environmental Consequences of Campus Events
• Reika Ishibe '26 (soccer), Science & Technology, Too Hot to Handle: The Effect of Global Warming on Insects
• Juliana Mytko '25 (soccer), Humanities, Colonial and Postcolonial Studies
• Emeline Gaunce '26 (softball), Science & Technology, Insights into Health, Neuroscience, and Education
• Chiara Lundin '26 (softball), Science & Technology, Advancing Bioinformatics and Health Research through Data and Tech
• Peytin Penny '25 (softball), Social Science, Shining a Light: Thens and Nows of North American Identities
• Maya Hart '25 (swimming & diving), Humanities, Gender Norms and Women's Rights in the Modern World
• Emily Richardson '26 (swimming & diving), Science & Technology, Oops…I Wasted Again: Recommendations for Reducing Negative Environmental Consequences of Campus Events
• Julia Carmona '28 (track & field), Humanities, Humanities Research Outside the Classroom: Mellon TSSL Student Fellows Share Their Work
• Aoife Fitzgerald '25 (track & field), Science & Technology, Oops…I Wasted Again: Recommendations for Reducing Negative Environmental Consequences of Campus Events
• Sara Maeve Klingensmith '26 (track & field), Science & Technology, Considerations on Improving Health Outcomes
• Mikayla Tansil '25 (volleyball), Science & Technology, Tantama Lab Research Panel: Engineering Fluorescent Proteins to Study Biological Processes