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Alumnae return for Women in Science Panel

Alexis Blankenship ’15, Tiffany Vines ’95, Victoria Turgeon ’93, and Melissa Merrill ’89 pose for a photo together before speaking during Randolph's 2025 Women in Science Panel.

Melissa Merrill ’89, Victoria Turgeon ’93, Tiffany Vines ’95, and Alexis Blankenship ’15 offered advice to current students.... READ MORE >>

Serious about science: Students enjoy newly opened lab spaces in the midst of the Martin Science renovation

Students work in one of Martin Science Building's newly reopened labs.

Through careful planning, students were able to use parts of Martin Science Building this fall while Phase One renovation work was being completed.... READ MORE >>

Winners of inaugural Distinguished Young Alumni Awards announced

President Sue Ott Rowlands poses in front of Smith Hall with the winners of the inaugural Young Alum Award: Brittany Dickey van Staalduinen ’10, Priyanka Uprety ’10, and Youssef Elkei ’13

They will be honored during an event at Wildcat Weekend, scheduled to run from Sept. 13-15. ... READ MORE >>

Quianday Worthington ’25 studying behavioral ecology as part of NSF-funded research experience

Quianday Worthington smiles while working at a computer

Worthington is conducting research at the University of Virginia’s Mountain Lake Biological Station this summer. ... READ MORE >>

Randolph professor, students continue tick research this summer

Professor Erin Heller knees, looking for ticks on the cloth Ethan Caldwell is dragging across the ground to collect ticks. They are standing on a trail, surrounded by trees.

“Ecological research tends to be long-term, so you can see trends.” ... READ MORE >>

Meet the graduates: Sam Hey ’24

Hey began working as an EMT for Campbell County Public Services last week. ... READ MORE >>

Erin Heller presents at Waterbird Society Annual Meeting

Erin Heller, assistant professor of biology, presented the paper “Abundance and Origin of Blue Mussels (Mytilus edulis) on Virginia’s Peat Banks with Implications for the Conservation of the Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa) and Other Shorebirds” at the Waterbird Society Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale. The Waterbird Society is an international scientific, not-for-profit organization whose... READ MORE >>

Alumnae return for Women in Science panel

Ashleigh E. Baber ’05, Bria Carlisle-Thaniel ’16, Courtney Carter Plaster ’92, and Kristina Whately ’14 spoke about their careers. ... READ MORE >>

Randolph celebrates 2023 mid-year graduates

Twenty-two students will receive their diplomas this winter— 17 undergraduates and five who have completed the Master of Arts in Coaching and Sport Leadership (MACSL).... READ MORE >>

Izaiah Burgos ’24 spends summer working for sanctuary in South Africa

Burgos spent five weeks at ZA Cheetah Conservation Cheetah Experience in South Africa.... READ MORE >>