Roanoke College Junior Presents at ASM Conference in San Francisco

September 8, 2012

Reid Mizelle presented his research project, “The qPCR Detectability of a Bovine-Associated Genetic Marker in Composite Fecal Mixtures and in Microcosms”, at the General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in San Francisco this past June. The majority of the attendees at this conference were faculty and graduate students, very few undergraduate students so […]

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Roanoke College Senior Presents Research at the Eastern Sociological Society Conference

April 24, 2012

Alyssa Bostrom, Roanoke College senior, presented her research project on Immigration and the media at the Eastern Sociological Society Conference. The conference was held at the Millennium Hotel in New York City this past February (23-26). The Eastern Sociological Society was founded in 1930 and is a non-profit organization devoted to promoting excellence in sociological […]

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Anthropology Students Present Research in Baltimore

April 18, 2012

Dr. Chad Morris and five of his Anthropology students traveled to Baltimore, Maryland to present at the national meeting for the Society for Applied Anthropology. Alex DeLaricheliere (sophomore) presented her paper topic Beyond Forced Volunteerism: Assessing Student Attitudes Toward Service Learning; Amelie Rives, Shapreka Clarke, and Ethan Guebert (all juniors) presented a poster presentation on […]

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Roanoke College Senior Presents Thesis in Charleston, SC

April 8, 2012

Roanoke College senior Kayla Klingensmith presented her senior thesis, Immune Response to Acute Bacterial Exposure in the American Lobster, in January in Charleston, SC at the national meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.  Having the opportunity to present at this national meeting (among 3-4,000 people) was a very prestigious honor as the […]

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Come to the RC Conference on Student Research & Creativity this Friday

March 29, 2012

Roanoke College invites you to the “RC Conference on Student Research & Creativity”, which takes place on Friday, March 30, 2012 at the Roanoke College Colket Center. Students from all disciplines will be sharing their research and creative works on a variety of topics. The conference will be from 4pm-7pm. All are welcome. Free to […]

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February RC Research Newsletter

February 20, 2012

PDF version RC Senior Co-Authors Publication with Faculty Mentor Congratulations to Dr. Steve Powers (faculty member in Biology Department) and Ms. Sarah Ahlbrand (senior in Biology Department ) for the recent acceptance for publication of their study titled “Systematics of the Ashy Darter, Etheostoma cinereum (Teleostei: Percidae) species complex (subgenus Allohistium)” in the international journal […]

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Roanoke College History Professor and Students will Travel to China thanks to Freeman Foundation Fellowship Award

February 19, 2012

By: Sam Smith Dr. Stella Xu of the history department and four of her students will be taking part in the ASIANetwork-Freeman Foundation Student-Faculty Program for Collaborative Research in Asia this summer for three weeks (May 22 to June 12, 2012). Their project title is “Reinvented Tradition in the Age of Globalization: the Silk Road […]

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Submit Entry for Best Student Work in Gender & Women’s Studies by Monday Feb 20

February 14, 2012

Roanoke College Gender and Women’s Studies Concentration Prize Purpose: To honor the best student work in Gender and Women’s Studies from 2011 Deadline for entries: Monday, February 20th Students are invited to submit their work in four categories: Best Major Research Project (including senior thesis projects, summer scholars, honors projects, honors in the major, or […]

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Paid Summer Research Experiences for Traditionally Underrepresented Groups

January 29, 2012

Below is a sampling of NSF-funded summer research programs that target traditionally underrepresented groups (e.g., minorities, economically disadvantaged, women) . These off-campus research opportunities are funded by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU). Hundreds of opportunities exist, primarily in the sciences and social sciences. You can search for all off-campus summer research […]

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Top 5 reasons Roanoke College students should do REU summer research

January 23, 2012

REU experience looks great on a grad school application. You can apply for RC Summer Scholars and REUs to decide whether you’d like to stay at RC or go elsewhere for research this summer. You experience what “big school” research is like. You will be paid a stipend to do research. You will get a […]

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