Roanoke College Junior presents at George Mason’s Public Sociology Graduate Conference

November 17, 2012

Amelie Rives (junior) recently presented her research topic, “Women, abortion, legislation, and reproductive health care”, at the Public Sociology Graduate Conference at George Mason last month. Amelie’s topic looks at the inequality within women’s health care, the inequalities within reproductive health, and the effect that politics of abortion have on women’s reproductive health. More specifically, […]

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Economics Professor and Three Students Have Manuscript Published

November 11, 2012

Dr. Alice Kassens, Associate Professor of Economics, and three of her students (Sara Caudle, Tyler Rinko, and Justin Tuma) recently had a manuscript published in the current issue of a peer reviewed journal, Perspectives on Undergraduate Research and Mentoring (PURM). The title of this manuscript is “Do as I Say and as I Do: An […]

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Roanoke College Junior will Study Abroad in Puebla, Mexico

November 6, 2012

  Charla Henley (junior) presented her Summer Scholars research project, “The Economic Role of the Mexican Sweatshops: Exploitation or Saving Grace?”, at the RC Family Weekend Showcase of Research & Creativity. Charla is a Business and Spanish double major and she has been involved with research opportunities since her freshman year when she started out […]

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Roanoke College Junior presents Zebrafish Research Project at Family Weekend Showcase

October 25, 2012

Tyler Barnes (junior) presented her research project, “vitellogenin1 in Embryonic Zebrafish as a Bioindicator to Detect Estrogenic Compounds within the Roanoke River”, at the RC Family Weekend Showcase of Research & Creativity. Tyler is a Biology major and has been involved with research since her freshman year. Tyler became interested in research opportunities after talking […]

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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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