http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/ The journal of research at James Madison University Tue 27 Sep 2011 16:35:00 EDT Thu 19 Apr 2012 15:30:00 EDT en-us http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/undergradNews.shtml A pair of JMU chemistry majors have been recognized by the Barry F. Goldwater Foundation for their excellent academic achivements and plans to pursue science careers. Also, 10 student researchers represented JMU at the 10th annual Colonial Academic Alliance research conference at Old Dominion University. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/undergradNews.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2011Biochar.shtml A Rockingham County farm could be heating a greenhouse and getting an environmentally friendly fertilizer supplement from the same system by early 2012. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2011Biochar.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2011BrittanySacco.shtml Brittany Sacco, a junior geology and environmental science major, won the Best Poster Award during the Geological Society of America’s 2011 Annual Meeting and Exposition Oct. 9-12 in Minneapolis. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2011BrittanySacco.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2011KlebertFeitosa.shtml Dr. Klebert Feitosa, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, has found plenty of reasons to think about foam, and in great detail. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2011KlebertFeitosa.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2011EngineeringBicycle.shtml Area high-school student Ricky Forgey has limited mobility of his legs due to cerebral palsy, but he could be riding a bike around his neighborhood later this year thanks to the work of a JMU engineering class. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2011EngineeringBicycle.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2011PatrickRostock.shtml Patrick Rostock's love of learning foreign languages is taking him all the way to China this summer, courtesy of the U.S. Departmetn of State. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2011PatrickRostock.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2011JoshLinder.shtml Joshua Linder’s first visit to the West African nation of Cameroon changed his perspectives on life. Now he’s giving four JMU students an opportunity to have a similar experience. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2011JoshLinder.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/undergradNews.shtml More than 20 JMU students presented their research at a pair of undergraduate research conferences in New York this spring. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/undergradNews.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2011SymposiumSchedule.shtml The spring 2011 symposium schedule is now online. Check back for updates. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2011SymposiumSchedule.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/ The JMU Physics Department received a mention in several science journals this winter for its role in a particle physics experiment that took 10 years to complete. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/ http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/undergradNews.shtml While many students spend their first few semesters as undergraduates building a foundation for writing that big research paper, freshmen enrolled in the Viral Discovery Course at James Madison University are one step ahead. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/undergradNews.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/scholarlyNews.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2011-AgingLandmineStudy.shtml A two-year study of aging landmines conducted by the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery at James Madison University is changing approaches to disposing of the deadly devices. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2011-AgingLandmineStudy.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010dec.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010dec.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010_SRI_Intern.shtml Senior biology major Tina Safavie got some hands-on experience working with a little-known tropical virus at one of the premier biotech companies in the world: SRI International. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010_SRI_Intern.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010nov.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010nov.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010oct.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010oct.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010ElizabethJohnson.shtml After researching volcanos in Washington State, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson didn't know what she would do coming to the Shenandoah Valley, a place without volcanos, or so she thought. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010ElizabethJohnson.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010aug.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010aug.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010TeresaHarris.shtml Teresa Harris, professor of early childhood education at JMU, got an up-close view of the South African education system while spending six months there on a Fulbright Fellowship. Read her account of her experience and her plans to continue the collaboration with her South African colleagues. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010TeresaHarris.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010Jul.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010Jul.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010Jun.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010Jun.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010ConleyMcMullen.shtml Leaping from falling boulders accounts for a very small part of what excites Conley McMullen about botanical research. Guiding student research, preserving endangered species and searching for new species routinely provide the thrills. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010ConleyMcMullen.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010summerREU.shtml Wandering around the physics and chemistry building this summer you might think you are seeing double. And double again. James Madison University's Research Experience for Undergraduates is hosting two sets of twins this summer. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010summerREU.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010Apr.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010Apr.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010mar.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010mar.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010-IL-3-Research.shtml A protein that may have a role in combating a serious parasitic skin infection that threatens American soldiers serving in the Middle East may also have a role in fighting another world-wide menace: malaria. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010-IL-3-Research.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010SolangeMurphyToChina.shtml Going to China for a month this summer will be like taking a class, says Solange Lopes-Murphy. Lopes-Murphy will be going to China in July for a Fulbright-Hays Postsecondary Seminar. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010SolangeMurphyToChina.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010feb.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010feb.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010Lawler-Lemurs.shtmll There's a general rule among mammals: the larger the body, the longer the lifespan. But a species of lemur, the sifaka of Madagascar, doesn't play by the rules. This biological rebel, about the size of a house cat, lives up to 35 years. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010Lawler-Lemurs.shtmll http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/wm_preview/2010Lawler-Lemurs-side.shtml The flight from Washington, D.C. to London takes seven hours. It takes another 13 hours to fly from London to Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. From there, a day-long drive gets JMU researchers Richard Lawler and Roshna Wunderlich to a remote research site on the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve in southwestern Madagascar. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/wm_preview/2010Lawler-Lemurs-side.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010Jan.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2010Jan.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010MadisonAssessment.shtml Receiving recognition for its computer-based tests is nothing new for James Madison University's Center for Assessment and Research Studies. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010MadisonAssessment.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010GeologyBook.shtml So much to say and so little time to say it. That's what inspired a pair of faculty members from JMU's department of geology and environmental science to compile and edit a new book on the best practices of geology field courses. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010GeologyBook.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009Dec.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009Dec.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010GraceWyngaard.shtml They live in all the world's oceans and in the majority of its freshwater habitats. And though they are so diminutive they can barely be seen by the naked eye, copepods' importance in the food chain is as gargantuan as their numbers. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2010GraceWyngaard.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009nov.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009nov.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009oct.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009oct.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2009AFVlab.shtml Pragmatic scientists engage a problem and work to find the solution. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2009AFVlab.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2009IEES.shtml A new institute is uniting both some familiar and new faces to guide environmental sustainability research partnerships at James Madison University. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2009IEES.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009sep.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009sep.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2009LincolnGray.shtml On a standard map, Afghanistan and Iran share a border. But from the perspective of a team of James Madison University researchers, the two countries are a world apart. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2009LincolnGray.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2009auralAtresia.shtml It turns out that two ears are better than one. That may seem like an obvious conclusion to some. But among audiologists, a debate has been raging about the benefits of an extraordinary surgical procedure offered at the University of Virginia. The procedure essentially creates a new ear for patients suffering from aural atresia. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2009auralAtresia.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009aug.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009aug.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/Augustine-sAfrica.shtml "There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills. These are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it. The road climbs seven miles into them, to Carisbrooke; and from there, if there is no mist, you look down on one of the fairest valleys of Africa."—Alan Paton http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/Augustine-sAfrica.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009jul.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009jul.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2009CarolHurney.shtml Carol Hurney's most recent biological research has focused much on growth—axial elongation in the four-toed salamander, to be exact. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2009CarolHurney.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009jun.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009jun.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2009biologyREU.shtml College students across the nation are enjoying hard-earned summer breaks. Some are sweating through reliable summer jobs while others are spending time at home, relaxing at the beach or kicking back by the pool. But a dedicated group of some of the country's brightest biology undergraduates are getting their feet wet in the world of research at James Madison University. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2009biologyREU.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009May.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009May.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/hannahShepherd.shtml Hannah Shepherd likes things that make a big impact.So it was a natural fit when she teamed up with James Madison University geology professor Elizabeth Johnson to investigate the massive volcanic eruptions that formed the calderas, lava flows and ash deposits now part of Yellowstone National Park in the western United States. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/hannahShepherd.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/teresaHarris.shtml College of Education Professor Teresa Harris has earned Fulbright funding to teach early childhood education at a university and another school in South Africa from January to June, 2010. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/teresaHarris.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009Apr.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009Apr.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/SecondLife.shtml Ever wish you could stay in bed all morning without missing your 10 a.m. lecture? Invite your friends from across the globe to hang out with you on the Quad? Fly over Wilson Hall to recreate the view from that famous "100" photo from the JMU Centennial Celebration? http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/SecondLife.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2009ColonialResearchConf.shtml Eight JMU students participated in the seventh annual Colonial Academic Alliance Undergraduate Research Conference April 4-5 at Towson University in Towson, Md. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2009ColonialResearchConf.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009Mar.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009Mar.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/DanielMorgan.shtml Brick by brick, houses, community centers, sports facilities and churches are going up in the village of Gulu in northern Uganda. A rebuilding effort is under way in the African country as the people—former residents of a nearby Internally Displaced People camp—recover from two decades of civil war. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/DanielMorgan.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/SmithsonianAppointments.shtml Dr. John Haynes peers into the lens of a petrographic microscope to determine if the thin layers of rock he is looking at contains any volcanic material. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/SmithsonianAppointments.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009Feb.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009Feb.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2009Lacritin-update.shtml Ever since Madison Scholar checked in with Dr. Bob McKown about his research into the human tear protein lacritin more than three years ago, people have been calling to ask about the project. And for good reason, too. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/2009Lacritin-update.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/JamesMadison-and-Science.shtml Thomas Jefferson often makes his way into discussions during Bill Ingham's history of science course at James Madison University. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/JamesMadison-and-Science.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009jan.shtml The latest list of awards, honors, grants, publications and other faculty accomplishments. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/snArchive/2009jan.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/JMURJ.shtml Laurence Lewis knows the feeling of writing a research paper for very few eyes. For all the time and effort undergraduates spend on such endeavors, Lewis figured they should have an opportunity to show their work to a larger audience. "Why not showcase the product of all this focus and development? Undergraduates deserve to have their work seen by the entire community," Lewis said. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/JMURJ.shtml http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/Math-Bio-Initiative.shtml Studying reflexes and the way body parts react to stimuli such as heat and cold is nothing new for biology students, but explaining the research using mathematics is breaking new ground. Beginning in spring 2007, eight biology majors teamed up with eight mathematics and statistics majors to learn how the two disciplines can work together. http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/Math-Bio-Initiative.shtml