environmental science

Adulting 101: Randolph professors use senior seminar to teach skills beyond the classroom

Sarah Sojka and Elizabeth Parsons cook together over a stovetop.

“One of the things I love about Randolph is that we prepare students for life, not just jobs.”... READ MORE >>

Meet the graduates: Elizabeth Parsons ’25

Elizabeth Parsons poses outside on campus, leaning against a railing and smiling at the camera

Parsons will start West Virginia University’s graduate program in geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis this summer.... READ MORE >>

Heat Watch Project featured in ‘Urban Climate’ article

Heat watch

Karin Warren and a group of co-authors wrote the manuscript about the statewide research project. ... READ MORE >>

Karin Warren presents two papers at American Geophysical Union annual meeting

Karin Warren landscape

Both posters focused on Warren’s recent research. ... READ MORE >>

Randolph students conduct forest inventories for summer internship

Students walk through the woods on back campus

Alana Ellis ’26, Wednesday Hertzberg ’26, and Trinity Shirlen ’26 worked for the 500-Year Forest Foundation.... 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 >>

Students begin summer research on the Eastern Shore of Virginia

Students collect samples on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Some sit in the boat, while others are in the water in wetsuits.

The project brings together two fields—marine science and computer science—that, at first glance, might not seem like a natural fit.... READ MORE >>

Randolph collaborates on project to plant garden at local high school

They planted the first seeds of the garden at E.C. Glass High School on April 17 and 18.... READ MORE >>

New Randolph exhibit focuses on marine plastic pollution

“Entangled and Ingested,” which opens Jan. 12 in Hampson Commons, located in the Student Center, features seven life-sized collage portraits using plastic film to document animals that are harmed by marine plastic pollution.... READ MORE >>

Ainsley Simmons ’24 leads stormwater management program for summer internship

Simmons is leading the district’s effort to implement the Virginia Conservation Assistance Program. ... READ MORE >>