Roanoke College Research Assistant Spotlight: Sabrina McAllister

March 24, 2015

The Work Study Research Assistant program (WSRA) is a large program that contains many students from different parts of the college. Freshmen and seniors, biology and history majors, and everything in between can become a research assistant. Sabrina McAllister, a freshman at Roanoke College, is an example of just one of the many students in […]

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Roanoke College Senior Presents at Chemistry Conference

March 21, 2015

This March, Roanoke College senior Colin Blye presented his research at Pittcon, a conference in Pittsburg, PA that covers research on analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy. Colin’s project involved working with fast-scan cyclic voltammetry (FSCV), a technique used to measure neurotransmission in the brain. Using FSCV, Colin worked on how to address the problems with […]

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Dr. Chris Lassiter becomes the new director of the Office of Undergraduate Research

March 8, 2015

  In January of 2015, the Office of Undergraduate Research (formerly known as the Office of Student/Faculty Research) received some major changes to its structure. Dr. Chris Lassiter became the new director of the office after Dr. Julie Lyon left the position. Dr. Lassiter obtained his Bachelors of Science degree at Furman University where he […]

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Roanoke College Senior Presents at Biology Conference

April 25, 2014

This past January RC senior Grace England presented her research project at the Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), in Austin, TX. Grace’s project was “Does the ventilatory pump affect the gill circulation in blue crabs and lobsters?” and her faculty mentor for this project was Dr. Dar Jorgensen. She and […]

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Six Students Present at Ecology Conference

April 19, 2014

Six Roanoke College Students recently presented their research projects at the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Ecological Society of America Conference at the University of Maryland on March 29, 2014. The students who attended and presented at the conference were Steph Clements, Thomas Granger, Hannah Johnson, Teresha Santos, Lauren Strong, and Elsa Wieboldt and their faculty […]

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Roanoke College Junior Presents at Sociology Conference

April 17, 2014

Roanoke College junior Alex Berryman recently presented his research earlier this month at the Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Charlotte, NC. Alex’s research project was titled “Managing Transportation and Economic Volatility: What Can Policymakers Learn from Rural Low-income Families?” He also presented this project at the Research showcase in Fintel Library last Friday. Alex’s […]

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Come to the RC Alumni Weekend Showcase of Experiential Learning

April 9, 2014

Roanoke College invites you to the Alumni Weekend Showcase of Experiential Learning, which takes place on Thursday and Friday, April 10 & 11. Poster Presentations will be on the first floor of the library from 6-8pm. Students and faculty from all disciplines will be sharing their internships, service-learning projects, research and creative/artistic works on a […]

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Three Students Present at Sociology Conference

April 3, 2014

Three students recently presented their research projects at the Eastern Sociological Society Conference. Alex DeLaricheliere presented her project on “The Influence of the Media on HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes among College Students: 1980’s to Today,” Amelie Rives presented her project on “Victim Blaming and Slut Shaming, the Media’s Influence on Victims of Sexual Assault,” and […]

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Roanoke Students Present at Computer Science Conference

January 25, 2014

This past semester, several Computer Science students attended the annual conference of the Southeastern Region of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges at Furman University. The research of four students was accepted for the poster presentation at the undergraduate student research competition at the conference. Thomas Lux and Randall Pittman were two of the […]

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Joe Gutowski presents at VAHPERD Convention

January 18, 2014

Joe Gutowski recently had the opportunity this past November to present his research project at the VAHPERD convention. Joe was asked by Dr. Michael Maina if he would be interested in presenting his project that stemmed from a Team Sports activity class that Joe took with Dr. Julie Maina. Our assignment was to present and […]

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