Engaged Learning: Student Research

Professor, students launch interactive map visualizing civilian death toll in Yemen

Drawing attention to drone attacks and civilian casualties in Yemen also has implications for human rights law and international humanitarian law.

Q&A with JMU’s Coordinator of Student Research

Research & Scholarship conducted a Q&A with Dayna Henry, JMU’s inaugural Coordinator of Student Research and faculty member in the Department of Health Sciences.

‘Learning everyday’: Davic pinpoints gap in Marines’ stress inoculation

Truman Scholarship finalist Steven Davic reveals ‘the best weapon on the battlefield.’

NSF backs JMU research program for community college students

Community college students from Virginia and nationally will be recruited for a summer research experience run by the JMU Biology Department.

Research innovations earn JMU faculty 3 patent awards

Six JMU faculty members were awarded three patents for their innovative research efforts.

NASCAR partnership revs up opportunities for students

NASCAR announced JMU as the inaugural member of its new NASCAR University, a program that will provide training and internships.

Big grant funds investigation of life’s earliest stages

Undergraduate students will use genetics, molecular biology, mathematical modeling and artificial neural networks to model protein-DNA interactions.

Honoring the Histories

Through internships with the Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project, JMU students have forged deep connections with Harrisonburg’s Black community and history.