2014 Research at Andrews
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Research at AndrewsWhat is research? What is creative scholarship? In a university that is home to specialists in a variety of fields, “research” and “creative scholarship” can mean different things. But they have one thing in common: hard work. The research projects in this brochure represent hours and hours that faculty and students have spent coding tests, analyzing surveys, conducting focus groups, directing operas, visiting libraries, and performing experiments...
In Dedication: Leona RunningOn January 22, 2014, Andrews University lost one of its most important teachers and scholars. Leona Glidden Running, emerita professor of biblical languages, died at the age of 97. She served as professor of Semitic languages for nearly 50 years at the Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. According to Bill Shea, “Leona assisted more students in writing doctoral dissertations than any other faculty member at Andrews University...”
Opera for EveryoneOn the stage of the Howard Performing Arts Center on the campus of Andrews University, the story of the Passion is narrated by a tenor Evangelist as part of a performance of Bach’s “The Passion According to Matthew.” A choir plays both the part of the mocking crowd and the sympathetic followers...
Response to Intervention in Elementary Schools
The kindergartners sat at their desks, writing as many lowercase letters of the alphabet as they could in one minute without erasing. This was not a contest. When the students were finished, researchers took their work and coded it...
Cricket to Cricket: Cricket Calling Songs and Neuronal Behavior
Thousands of crickets have lived and died in the Andrews University Department of Biology. If one were to stand still in Price Hall and hear the high chirp of a cricket, it is probably not a stray, outdoor cricket lost in the maze of biology classrooms and offices. In all likelihood, it is a lab cricket that has ventured outside of the plastic bin where it was raised...
Simplicity and Humanity: Waldenses and Environmental Design
High up in the mountains of Northern Italy, nestled in the Piedmont Valleys, are the settlements and ancient structures of the Waldensian people. In early June, students from Andrews University can be seen wandering around the ancient complexes that rest on the slopes of the Cottian Alps...
The Stresses of Being a Pastor: The Struggle of Pastoral Families in the Adventist Church
The North American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (NAD) has recently recognized the importance of academic research on the effectiveness of ministry...
Laser Blasting: Sepctroscopy as an Educational Tool for Chemistry and Biochemistry Students
Everyone loves the moments on television when crime scene investigators test a substance, point to their computers and say, “a-ha, it was arsenic.” But how did they actually know?..
The Madagascar Case: Decisions on Contraceptive Use in Collectivistic Communities
The Malagasy students had an awkward task: go to a village in the Vatovavy Fitovinany region of Madagascar and ask married couples if they used contraceptive protection. As if that wasn’t enough, they wanted to know why and how the couple decided to use it..
Andrews University Hosts the First Annual Andrews Research Conference (ARC)
The first Andrews Research Conference (ARC), titled “Early Career Researchers in STEM,” was held at Andrews University May 7–11, 2014...
Siegfried H. Horn Excellence in Research & Creative Scholarship Awards
The 2014 recipients of the Horn award were Gary Burdick, Marcia Kilsby, Greg Constantine, and Roy Gane...
Projects Supported by the Office of Research & Creative Scholarship, 2013-2014
Over the last school year, the Office of Research and Creative Scholarship has funded 37 Faculty Research Grants, 33 Undergraduate Research Scholars, and 8 Graduate Assistants...
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