2018 Academic Festival Program

4 Courtney Plute ‘18: “Effect of education on clinical likelihood to recommend equine assisted therapy for autism” Mingqi Li ‘18: “The development and validation of interpersonal outcome expectancy of thinness (IOE-T) in college students” Gabriella Ponzini ‘18: “More than my disorder: evaluating a brief video campaign targeting barriers to treatment for social anxiety disorder” Alexandra Tremblay-McGaw ‘18: “The integration of memories in the human brain” Wallis Slater ‘18: “Downstream effects of self-distancing” 3. Engaging Buddhist Philosophy Palamountain 201 Faculty Sponsor: Joel Smith, Philosophy Presenters: Zhenyang Gao ‘19, Harry Hale ‘18, Isabella Hernandez ‘18, Noah Larsen ‘18, Erin Silgardo ‘18, Nate White ‘18, Tongtian Xiao ‘18 Respondents: Elliot Caron-Vera ‘18, Anthony D’Alessandro ‘18, Isa Fabella ‘18, Rachel Greene ‘18, Clara Jones ‘18, Quinn Valence ‘19, Alexander Zimmerman ‘18 The Philosophy Senior Seminar focused on Buddhist philosophy. Projects included: 1. “Hume & Nagarjuna on Causality” (Tongtian Xiao ‘18) 2. “Yogacara & the Ontological Nature of Consciousness” (Zhenyang Gao ‘19) 3. “Nishitani’s Buddhist Critique of Nietzsche” (Noah Larsen ‘18) 4. “The Compassion of Buddhist Self-Immolation” (Harry Hale ‘18) 5. “How Buddhist Compassion Reframes the Western Abortion Debate” (Isabella Hernandez ‘18) 6. “Buddhist Economics: A Solution for Rational Beings” (Erin Silgardo ‘18) 7. “Ontology of the Work of Art in Tantric Buddhism” (Nate White ‘18) 4. SSCP: Three Client Presentations Palamountain 202 Faculty Sponsor: Colleen A. Burke, Management & Business Co-Chairs: Sean Timmons ‘18, Jack Sloan ‘18, Caite Opfer ‘18 Presenters: Daily Gazette Team: Paige Durrant ‘19, Nick Henning ‘18, Renato Martins Dornelas ‘18, Ran Tao ‘18; Saratoga Automobile Museum Team: Terence Durrant ‘19, Yazhuo Liu ‘19, Cody Rorick ‘20, Amelia Steeger ‘18; Inn at Saratoga Team: Sixuan Geng ‘18, Bryan Lonergan ‘18, Themba Shongwe ‘18 The Skidmore-Saratoga Consulting Partnership (SSCP) (MB360) is an advanced practicum and seminar providing pro bono consulting services to the Saratoga community while affording Skidmore students intense, hands-on, real-world consulting experience. The three Spring 2018 clients are: The Daily Gazette, Saratoga Automobile Museum, and The Inn at Saratoga. Each of the three consulting teams will present a