The Impact of Decriminalizing Marijuana in Rhode Island on the Number of Narcotic Related Arrests and Quantities Seized

Major: MathematicsMinor: ClassicsFaculty Mentor: Dr. Asta Shomberg, Mathematic

Beneath the Surface: Hadrian’s Underground Contributions to Roman Greece

Reigning during the ‘Golden Age’ of Rome, Emperor Hadrian is remembered mostly for his excessive travel and magnificent building projects such as the Roman Pantheon, his villa at Tivoli, and the famous Hadrian’s Wall. Despite his attention to the city of Rome, however, Hadrian was also very involved in providing for the needs of the Roman provinces. This research explores Hadrian’s legacy as a ‘good’ and philhellenic emperor while also noting his imperial proactivity. This is accomplished by a thorough examination of his aqueducts in Roman Greece, especially his aqueduct in Athens through archaeological and literary sources. This research specifically considers the climatological situation of second century Athens with special attention to the implications for Hadrian’s motive in building this construction. If Hadrian were merely reacting to a drought in this city, his legacy as a hellenophile would be significantly threatened. The manner in which he chose to respond, however, reaffirmed the emperor’s philhellenism and the fact that this construction was far from utilitarian. By bringing magnificent amounts of water to a historically dry region of Greece, Hadrian allowed the people of Athens to experience water the way the Romans did—a luxury brought to them via a monumental subterranean aqueduct. No longer considered a simple provision, water now contributed to the people’s comfort and quality of life. Yet instead of merely building a Roman aqueduct in Greece, Hadrian reaffirmed his philhellenism by incorporating many Hellenistic building techniques within this construction. By combining Roman and Greek engineering methods and designs, Hadrian demonstrated his great knowledge of both cultures. This aqueduct as well as his aqueducts in Corinth and Argos exemplify the cultural hybridization of the empire under the ‘good’ and philhellenic Hadrian

Education Gender Gaps in the Mountain West, 2022

This fact sheet examines data from the Brookings Institution publication “Boys Left Behind: Education Gender Gaps Across the U.S.” authored by Brookings Senior Fellow Richard V. Reeves and Research Analyst Ember Smith. The original report includes data on gender gaps in college degree attainment, high school graduation rates, and test scores throughout the U.S. This fact sheet highlights the percentage of women and men with college degrees, percentage of women and men graduating on time, Math and English test score gender gaps, and rankings of education gender gaps in the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah

Digital Job Growth in the Mountain West, 2002-2020

This fact sheet examines data from the Brookings Institution report, “As the Digitalization of Work Expands, Place-based Solutions Can Bridge the Gaps,” which explores information on digital job growth in the U.S. The original report contains the digitalization scores of each state from 2002 to 2020 as well as scores for specific occupations. This fact sheet focuses on the digital job growth for each state in the Mountain West (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah) and their metros

Firearm Deaths in the Mountain West, 2020

This fact sheet examines data from the RAND Corporation report “Understanding Firearm Deaths by State—and How to Reduce Them,” which provides data on state and national rates of firearm related deaths, including suicides and homicides for 2020 This fact sheet includes firearm death data for five Mountain West states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah

Police Funding in the Mountain West, 2020-2022

This fact sheet examines data from Third Way’s report “The Red City Defund Police Problem” which provides information on police funding and other metrics on police forces. The original report offers a review of police funding and operating budgets for the 25 largest Democrat-run cities and 25 largest Republican-run cities in the U.S. This fact sheet includes police force data for 10 Mountain West cities (Aurora, CO; Chandler, AZ; Colorado Springs, CO; Denver, CO; Glendale, AZ; Gilbert, AZ; Las Vegas, NV; Mesa, AZ; North Las Vegas, NV; and Phoenix, AZ)

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Eligibility and Access in Nevada, 2018-2020

This fact sheet examines data from the American Community Survey and Nevada administrative records exploring Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility and access rates for Nevada counties. The original report includes data on SNAP eligibility and access for 23 states from 2018 to 2020

HI in Arp72 and similarities with M51-type systems

We present neutral hydrogen (H{\sc i}) observations with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope ({\it GMRT}) of the interacting galaxies NGC5996 and NGC5994, which make up the Arp72 system. Arp72 is an M51-type system and shows a complex distribution of H{\sc i} tails and a bridge due to tidal interactions. H{\sc i} column densities ranging from 0.8$-1.8\times10^{20}$ atoms cm$^{-2}$ in the eastern tidal tail to 1.7$-2\times10^{21}$ atoms cm$^{-2}$ in the bridge connecting the two galaxies, are seen to be associated with star-forming regions. We discuss the morphological and kinematic similarities of Arp72 with M51, the archetypal example of the M51-type systems, and Arp86, another M51-type system studied with the {\it GMRT}, and suggest that a multiple passage model of Salo & Laurikainen may be preferred over the classical single passage model of Toomre & Toomre, to reproduce the H{\sc i} features in Arp72 as well as in other M-51 systems depicting similar optical and H{\sc i} features.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA

Beneath the Surface: Hadrian’s Underground Contributions to Roman Greece

Major: ClassicsMinor: MathematicsFaculty Mentor: Dr. Melissa Hube