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EACH HUGO MENTORSHIP COMBINES AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECT WITH EXPERT-GUIDED STUDY

Every project is unique, reflecting the students' specific learning objectives and interests. Final projects range from college-level research papers to product prototypes.
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Below are a few examples from hundreds of past Hugo mentored projects.
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A business plan and marketing analysis to launch a closed-loop portable shower

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Entrepreneurship
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Sustainability
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Business
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Collection of op-ed pieces examining the link between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their associations with adult criminality

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Psychology
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Law & Justice
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A proposal for adaptive synthesis of a recently discovered class of molecules

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Chemistry
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Computer Science
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Policy brief with innovative recommendations for increased access to affordable housing for the workforce in NYC

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Urban Studies
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Research paper exploring the Chinese American experience with aging in this country, and how it compares to the traditional notion of filial piety in Asian culture

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Anthropology
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Ethnic Studies
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Historical analysis of dance's evolution in the United States, and how "American dance" embodies the ideals of freedom and democracy

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Dance
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History
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Poster presentation on plant sources and natural dyes, demonstrating experimental findings on factors affecting change in the color of dye from safflower petals

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Chemistry
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Research paper on ancient Celtic peoples within Britain

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History
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Ethnic Studies
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Analysis of ancient Roman cuisine and culture, with a focus on the connection between indigestion and notions of luxury in Roman thought

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Classics
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Academic essay on Roman houses as reflections of their owners' social status in the ancient world, written through an examination of secondary sources and original Latin translations

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Classics
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A curriculum on Asian American history created to fill existing gaps in high schoolers knowledge and to highlight underrepresented stories of Asian American discrimination

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History
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Gender Studies
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Ethnic Studies
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An original article analyzing startups in the autonomous delivery space, assessing how the actions these businesses took during the pandemic will contribute to their success

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Entrepreneurship
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Business
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Opinion essay examining the intersection of economics and sports, with a focus on examples of how behavioral economics principles apply in the sports world

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Economics
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Sports
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Calculated the image lensed by a black hole through Python, given a source image and known black hole parameters

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Astronomy
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Data Science
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Policy Brief proposing equity-based solutions to Black maternal mortality in the United States

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Medicine
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Public & Global Health
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Website on body positivity offering resources for schools looking to add body image literacy to their health curricula

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Psychology
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Education
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A comparative analysis of India and China's respective responses to COVID-19 and the resulting economic impact

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Sociology
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Public Policy
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Design and development of a prototype of a fuel cell that valorizes carbon from the atmosphere

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Chemistry
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Sustainability
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Analysis of how different countries are addressing or failing to address climate change and the important role top greenhouse gas emitters can play on the world stage

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Global Affairs
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Sustainability
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A research-based guidebook that provides useful tips and informations for high schoolers coping with anxiety

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Psychology
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An economic analysis of cryptocurrency's potential to provide economic relief to citizens of Venezuela and other oppressive authoritarian regimes

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Economics
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Political Science
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Project proposal for a social justice dance project raising awareness and support for dyslexic dancers

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Dance
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Application of machine learning algorithm to predict song genres using raw data from Spotify

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Data Science
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A fail-safe mechanism for automated flight created using fault-injection method.

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Engineering
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Design-Thinking
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Computer Science
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Linguistics
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Psychology
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