RC Junior is “Developing a Measure of Climate for Learning”

October 15, 2012

Jennie Blaney (junior) presented her Summer Scholars research topic, “Developing a Measure of Climate for Learning: An Ongoing Process Informing Change”, at the RC Family Weekend Showcase of Research & Creativity. Jennie has been involved with research since her freshman year. Jennie is a music major and became interested in research opportunities after taking an […]

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Come to the RC Family Weekend Showcase of Research & Creativity this Friday

September 27, 2012

Roanoke College invites you to the “Family Weekend Showcase of Research & Creativity”, which takes place on Friday, September 28, 2012. Student Presentations will be held in Fintel Library in the rear of the library’s main floor from 5:45pm-8pm and poster presentations will be held in Smoyer Gallery (Olin Hall) from 6-8pm. Students and faculty […]

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Presentations for Family Weekend Showcase of Research & Creativity

September 23, 2012

  This Friday, September 28, Roanoke College is hosting a Showcase of Research & Creativity. Several student presentations will be in Fintel Library in the rear of the library’s Main Floor, starting at 5:45 PM and concluding at 8:00 PM. Please come by to support these student researchers! Student Presentations   Author Title of Contribution Time John […]

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Roanoke College Senior Travels to Japan for Summer Scholars Project

September 16, 2012

  Jon Thumas traveled to Japan this past summer for his Summer Scholars project, “Nature in the Shugendo Amalgam: An Example of Contemporary Japanese Folk Religion”. This was Jon’s first experience with an independent research project and the idea for this project was sparked from a 2009 documentary, Shugendo Now, which looks at the Shugendo […]

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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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