WURJ 2023 Research Panel on November 11th!
On Saturday November 11th, to celebrate the release of our Spring 2023 issue, the Williams Undergraduate Research Journal (WURJ) will be hosting a research panel with WURJ writers to discuss their research, writing, and publishing process. The event will place from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM in Griffin 3. Lunch from Meng’s Pan-Asian will be…
Read More...The Spring 2023 Edition of WURJ is Out!
The Spring 2023 Edition of WURJ is now available! Read it online or pick up a copy soon from student publication boxes around Williams’ campus. Vol_3_Published
Read More...Announcing the Fall 2022 Print Edition of WURJ!
The Fall 2022 Print Edition of WURJ is now available! Read it online or pick up a copy from student publication boxes around Williams’ campus Vol_2_Published
Read More...The Effect of School Funding Inequality on Student Achievement Using Causal Inference Methods
By Elijah Tamarchenko Introduction Income inequality in the U.S is currently at an all time high and actively increasing, which in turn is causing an increase in the inequality in public school funding (Boustan et al., 2013). In the 1960’s Coleman (1968) published the Coleman report, a massive research pa per which found that factors…
Read More...WURJ 2022 Research Panel
On Sunday (11/06), the Williams Undergraduate Research Journal (WURJ) hosted a research panel with WURJ writers so that interested students could learn about the researching, writing, and publishing process. The event took place from 1:oo pm to 2:00 pm in Griffin 3. Additionally, we provided lunch from Meng’s Pan-Asian and A-Frame Bakery! Students joined us…
Read More...Opioid System for Depression
By: Yuichi Fukunaga Targeting the Endogenous Opioid System for Depression Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most prevalent psychopathologies in the United States: the lifetime prevalence is approximately 12% for men and 20% for women (Kessler et al., 2003). Clinical depression is characterized by persistent depressive moods, and MDD patients exhibit symptoms…
Read More...The Promise of Psilocybin: Psilocybin as a Treatment Modality for Depression
By: Mukund Nair 1. Introduction 1.1 Psilocybin Throughout history, humankind has sought to make sense of life in a variety of creative ways. It should come as no surprise then that psychedelics, with their capability to induce hallucinations, ecstasy, and other mind-expanding states of consciousness, are on this list. (Vollenweider and Kometer, 2010). Used…
Read More...Human Exposure to Bisphenol A from Landfill Leachate-Contaminated Water
By: Gwyn Chilcoat Introduction Landfills are the preeminent mechanism for waste disposal in much of the world. Landfills compare favorably to other waste disposal methods such as dumping or incineration from a public health perspective, but their human health implications still warrant concern. It is near-impossible to generalize about the health consequences of landfills…
Read More...WURJ Awarded Over $4000 Grant to Promote Equity in Academic Publishing
As of February 2022, Williams’ Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion awarded us an over $4000 Towards Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (TIDE) grant to support our work in expanding access to publication opportunities both for all students at Williams College, and specifically for students from backgrounds historically underrepresented in academia. With the additional funding,…
Read More...Announcing the Publication of our First Volume (Fall 2021)!
WURJ is proud to announce that we have published our Fall 2021 edition both online and in print! We would like to sincerely congratulate all of the authors and offer our heartfelt thanks to everyone involved in the editing and design process. You can read WURJ online here, or in print at one of the many…
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