Research Opportunities
List of 15 news stories.
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Research Methods Course: Student Spotlight
I have always liked science, but my love for it blossomed in my 9th-grade biology class. In this class, we started doing hands-on experiments and diving into how things work, which is what I love about science. When I came to HRA in 10th grade, I was in Dr. Gendreau’s chemistry class and WISE, where she learned about my love for science, specifically plants.Read More -
Research Methods Course: Student Spotlight
I’ve been interested in aquatic and marine biology for as long as I can remember, so I was pretty excited when I found out about eDNA (environmental-DNA) and the possibility to detect species in a body of water with only water samples. The purpose of my project was to compare an older method of sampling for species using commercial trawl nets to the newer eDNA method.Read More -
Research Methods Course: Student Spotlight
Read MoreI started expressing an interest in science while in middle school and continued to explore it throughout high school. It quickly became my favorite class and something that I wanted to learn more about. I loved how I was able to learn through hands-on experiments and that there was still so much to explore within the science community. -
Research Methods Students Learn about Bacteria
Research Methods students recently learned how bacteria can naturally take up DNA from their environment by transformation.Read More -
Alexandra Gendreau '21 Attributes Research Success to HRA
Alexandra Gendreau '21, is currently completing an internship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor as part of the Chemistry Undergraduate Summer Research program (CSURP).Read More -
Research Methods Course: Student Spotlight
Science is a wonder to the world that heavily influences my day to day life. I love involving myself in any scientific course available, from biology in freshman year and human anatomy and physiology in sophomore year, it follows throughout my high school life. A common factor between these courses is that they were taught by the magnificent Dr. G herself.Read More -
Research Methods Course: Student Spotlight
Throughout my time as a student at Hampton Roads Academy I have been more focusedRead More
on the humanities than other subjects like math or science. That is not to say I have not been
interested in science, but the information I learned in biology and chemistry did not seem as fun
compared to my English or history classes. However, when I was signing up for classes for my
junior year, research methods sounded like the perfect class for me. -
Research Methods Course: Student Spotlight
I have loved science ever since I took Dr. Gendreau’s freshman Biology class.Read More -
HRA's New Research Methods Class - The Midterm Projects
A first year offering for HRA students, the Research Methods class continues to encourage students to think outside the box and explore unfamiliar topics while discovering new interests and passions.Read More -
Research Methods Course: Student Spotlight
I have been interested in research ever since attending “Kayak Camp” as a young kid. I was fascinated as I learned how to catch animals, take water samples, and collaborate with fellow campers about the diversity of the Chesapeake Bay. As I grew older, I was able to get more hands-on research opportunities through summer programs and classes at HRA.Read More -
HRA Research Methods Class
So far, in the 2021-22 school year, HRA Upper School students have finished two units in research methods class.Read More -
HRA's 2021 CNU Summer Research Fellows
The most recent cohort of HRA's Christopher Newport University (CNU) Summer Research Fellows just completed their research projects with CNU students and faculty and were recognized in the program's "Shirting" ceremony.Read More -
ODU Summer Research Assistants
HRA students Aanya ('23) and Aarman ('23) Khayat are research assistants this summer to Old Dominion University chemistry professor Dr. Silvina Pagola. The students worked on the mechanochemical synthesis of binary and ternary chiral cocrystals with potential ferroelectric properties.Read More -
HRA Brings Real-Life Scientific Research into the Classroom
Read MoreHRA students have the opportunity to learn hands-on science processes by participating in groundbreaking scientific research. Six current Upper School Navigators are part of the University of Vanderbilt’s research study, The Wolbachia Project. -
HRA Junior presents work done though HRA’s CNU Summer Research Fellows
As one of HRA’s CNU Research Fellows, Junior Alex Gendreau did research last summer in molecular cell biology with CNU faculty member Dr. David Knight and CNU Summer Scholar Susannah Garber.Read More
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