The Celebration of Academic First-Year Engagement Symposium provides faculty-nominated first-year students with the opportunity to showcase their best work from their respective seminars. The eleventh annual CAFE Symposium took place on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. This collection represents just some of the posters presented at CAFE 2026. Students were not required to deposit their work in The Cupola in order to participate in the Symposium.

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Life Beyond the Set: A Philosophical Analysis of Existentialism in The Truman Show, Sharlene Almanzar

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Hydrangeas and Its Cultural Significance at Gettysburg College, Lyz An

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Hercules in Myth and Animation: Masculinity and Heroism, Noah Bautista

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Waters at Risk: Preventive Methods Against Cyanobacteria Blooms in Rhode Island, Ryan Boline

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Longest Marriage in the World: Is Chocolate the Secret to Love?, Simon Brown

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The Need for Accessible CPR Training, Madilyn Cataloni

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South Carolina Monument at Gettysburg, Brayden Danbury

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Disney's American Mulan, Sofia Diascro

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Expedition to the Public Lands: Northeastern US, Andrew Distasi

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Little Red Riding Hood Rewritten: The Abject in Angela Carter’s “Company of Wolves”, Samantha Frohring

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Instilling Patriotism and Prejudice through Game of Battles or Fun for Boys, Gabby Gavaghan

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The Virginia Monument: Dedication, Duty, and Dispute in Gettysburg, Thomas Geuther

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Faster than Light, Slower than Morality, Celena Glaghassi

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Post-Traumatic Stress and Post-Traumatic Growth: A Literary Lens on Trauma, Meaning, and Survival, Audrey Gruben

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Tiny but Moral: How "The Adventures of Little Tiny and the White Mouse" Portrays Children’s Moral and Social Responsibilities in the Civil War Era, Abigail Hagopian

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The Mississippi Monument Project, Syeda Haider Shah

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Hillary Rodham Clinton's Roadblocks to Political Power, Molly Hayter

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Paternalism vs. Progress: Chile under Michelle Bachelet, Sasha Ilchenko

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Hashtags and Hypotheses: Social Media’s Effect on College Students’ Perception of Science, Ohemaa Koranteng

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The Future of West African Cacao Farming, Kathryn Lesniewski

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Mamma Mia! What Nostalgia!, Asher Leuzzi

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An Expedition to Public Lands: Exploring the Black Hills Region, John McDermott

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Comparing Sociological Suicide Studies in the 1800s to Psychological Suicide Studies Now, Amanda Mic

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Trouble in Paradise: Paul and Virginia‘s Snapshot of Limited Enlightenment Progressivism, Henna Neilson

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Beyond the GPA: What Your GPA Really Means, Su Nguyen, Erick Leiva, and Azzurra Bitti

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A Godless Greek Mythology: The Desecration of Greek Mythology for Children, Vanessa Russo

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Learning for “Serious Employment”: Reinforcing the Social Hierarchy Through Anna Barbauld and John Aikin’s “Things To Be Learned”, Grace Sewell

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Beyond The Chessboard: How Chess Participation Can Improve Cognitive Performance, Siddiquee Siyam

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An Exploration of the Public Lands: Kaibab National Forest, Glen Canyon NRA, Zion National Park, and Desert NWR, Patrick Tobin

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Music as Memory and Narrative in American Graffiti and Dazed and Confused, Jacob Tone

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Figures of Truth and Justice: Superman & Rock Music, Kelan Vitali