Final Paper/Talk Topic Choices
Dr. Rodgers’ Group
Alexis Book Major: “Why did Marie Curie believe that Radium Could Cure Cancer?”
(delivered morning of 24 May at the Europejski Hotel)
Minor: Educational Systems in Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic
(deliverd morning of 30 May at the Europejski Hotel)
Will Major: “Heisenberg – the German Atomic Bomb Project”
Eckenhoff (delivered morning of 17 May in our lobby of the Hotel Bogota, Berlin)
Minor: “History of the Hotel Bogota”
(delivered 16 May at the Hotel Bogota upon our arrival there)
Derek Golna Major: Fritz Haber – His Role in the Development of Chemical Warfare
(delivered morning of 17 May in our lobby of the Hotel Bogota)
Minor: Frederic Chopin
(delivered at Lazienki Park when we go for the Chopin Concert)
John Major: Johannes Kepler in Prague
Krempecki (delivered 29 May under the statue of Kepler in Prague)
Minor: Felix Mendelssohn
(delivered 19 May near the statue of J.S. Bach near the Thomaskirche or
near the Mendelssohn House)
Kim Lorenz Major: Emil Fisher, the great organic chemist
(delivered 17 May near his statue near the Max Planck Society)
Minor: Mendeleev’s eka-elements
(delivered 21 May at YH Leipzig or on coach going to Freiberg)
Bev Lytle Major: History of the Brandenburg Gate
(delivered 18 May in our lobby of the Hotel Bogota)
Minor: Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
(delivered 16 May near the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church)
Kristin Major: History of the Kurfurstendamm
Marstellar (delivered 16 May at the Plaza of the Europa Center)
Minor: Johannes Brahms
(delivered 19 May on the coach as we travel from Berlin to Leipzig)
Maura Perry Major: Ludwig Beethoven
(delivered 18 May, 5:00PM, in our lobby of the Hotel Bogota)
Minor: Book Burnings at Babelplatz
(delivered morning of 18 May in our lobby of the Hotel Bogota)
Colleen Zink Major: Marie Curie – Her Activities during WWI
(delivered 24 May at the base of her statue near the Marie Skladovska-
Curie Cancer Centre and Insitute in Warsaw)
Minor: Zyklon B (Gas Chambers)
(delivered 27 May in our hotel in Krakow)