The project examines the relationship between community connection and health.

The two professors, with the assistance of the scholars in the Dragon Research Collaborative, combed through the literature about the plant location and tracked folkloric histories throughout the years.

Ford is one of 60 participants chosen out of more than 350 applicants.

Students conduct research and hold internships through the Salem VA Medical Center and Roanoke College Undergraduate Research Experience. 

Psychology major, Kiah Coflin ’19, and Dr. Powell awarded funding for research project on romantic relationships from the International Psychology Honors Society.

"In the three weeks we had in Seoul, South Korea, we learned more about North Koreans, Korean society, media representations, inter-culture marriage, and education of refugees than we initially hoped."

The Princeton Review's 2019 edition of its college guide—"the Best 384 Colleges"—also recognized three of Roanoke's academic programs.

Data-gathering focused on health barriers in low-income communities.

"It was an incredible experience to dive deep into the traces of the past, especially when we realized that the past and present of Egypt are tangled together in such remarkable ways."

The American chestnut is often remembered as a giant, towering over forests along the East Coast over a hundred years ago. Dr. Rachel Collins' work, published in the Journal of Forestry, however, suggests that those memories may not be entirely accurate.