research

Students testing the ability of cellphones to map motion

The ultimate goal of the research project is to eventually make measurements of and map roller coaster rides without using any external stimulus such as GPS.... READ MORE >>

Randolph’s 15th annual Symposium of Artists and Scholars set for April 26

The symposium features a keynote speaker along with oral presentations, readings of creative work, performances, exhibitions of student artwork, and poster presentations.... READ MORE >>

Altan presents at International Conference of Labour and Social History

Selda Altan

Altan, assistant professor of history presented “A Quest for Chinese Workers: Global Labor Markets in Coolies and the Making of the Chinese Working Class.”... READ MORE >>

Howell named president of American Association for Teaching and Curriculum

She also received the 2021 Francis P. Hunkins Distinguished Article Award in the category of teaching from the Curriculum Teaching Dialogue journal.... READ MORE >>

Students analyzing mouse calls, and training a network to detect them, for summer research project 

Last summer, Randolph professor Katrin Schenk and a group of students worked to evaluate a program called DeepSqueak, which is used to detect and classify mouse vocalizations, for the College’s Summer Research Program. Now, Schenk is working alongside a different group of students to build a new network that will outperform it.... READ MORE >>

Virtual MARCUS conference to highlight work of undergraduate researchers

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A group of Randolph students will be discussing their summer research during the 22nd Mid-Atlantic Conference of Undergraduate Scholarship (MARCUS) this weekend. A celebration of student excellence that shows off research from a diversity of disciplines, MARCUS features oral presentations, narrated posters, and elevator speeches by more than 60 student speakers from across the United... READ MORE >>

National Science Foundation awards nearly $1 million to Randolph's SUPER program for mental health, inclusion initiatives

Randolph College banner in front of Main Hall

This is the third time the College has received a grant from the NSF in support of SUPER. In 2013, Randolph was awarded a $600,000 grant that helped expand the program, followed in 2016 by $1 million that funded it through 2021.... READ MORE >>

Tick talk: Biology students research the spread of cat scratch fever through ticks

Eynnar Claros Chacon (left) and Allen Vaytser extract DNA samples in the lab

On a warm afternoon this spring, Eynnar Claros Chacon ’19 and Allen Vaytser ’20 ventured into the woods behind Randolph’s softball field. The two biology majors carefully combed the forest floor with “draggers”—long, white sheets coated with carbon dioxide—hoping their prey would take the bait. Sure enough, when they returned to Martin Science Building, the... READ MORE >>

Elizabeth Delery ’14 named Cell Culture Hero, will present worldwide webinar

Elizabeth Delery

Elizabeth Delery ’14 has been named a Cell Culture Hero by Gibco/Thermo Fisher, and will present a global webinar on July 31 at noon. Registration for the event is available at http://bit.ly/2Yml06h. Delery is a postdoctoral fellow for the physiology department at Louisiana State University’s Health Sciences Center, where she studies the neurobiological interactions of... READ MORE >>

2017 session of Summer Research underway

Participants in the 2017 Summer Research Program

Randolph College officially began its 2017 Summer Research Program Monday, starting with a luncheon in Cheatham Dining Hall for the student and faculty participants. Each summer, students have the opportunity to spend eight weeks working closely with a professor and conducting research in their favorite subject areas. The intensive program builds valuable skills that are... READ MORE >>