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Can a Memory Move Genetically? 记忆可以遗传吗?

University of Colorado Honors Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.33011/cuhj20231955

Helen H. Neufeld

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Dynamic Modernism in William Carlos Williams's Poetry 威廉·卡洛斯·威廉姆斯诗歌中的动态现代主义

University of Colorado Honors Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.33011/cuhj20231783

Jaxon Parker

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Modernity, Myth, and Innovative Poetic Form in Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” 艾伦·金斯堡《嚎叫》的现代性、神话与诗歌形式创新

University of Colorado Honors Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.33011/cuhj20231781

Jaxon Parker

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Disguising as I Go 伪装成我走了

University of Colorado Honors Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.33011/cuhj20232005

Reagan Tucker

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MEZZALUNA 新月

University of Colorado Honors Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.33011/cuhj20232061

D. Carpenter

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Imagining ‘Home’: Undergraduate Housing Insecurity in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic 想象“家”:COVID-19大流行时期的大学生住房不安全

University of Colorado Honors Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.33011/cuhj20231641

Zack A. Clement

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I, Chicano 我,墨西哥裔美国人

University of Colorado Honors Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.33011/cuhj20231933

Devin Encinias

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Biomimicry in Building Architecture 建筑仿生学

University of Colorado Honors Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.33011/cuhj20231867

B. Martino

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Phosphate Ester Bond Chemistry with Zirconium (IV) Catalysts 磷酸酯键与锆催化剂的化学反应

University of Colorado Honors Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.33011/cuhj20231987

Nathaniel Bunnell, Robert Kuchta

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Voter Turnout and Income Inequality in Latin America 拉丁美洲的选民投票率与收入不平等

University of Colorado Honors Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.33011/cuhj20231611

Gabriella Gyurkovics

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