"It was an incredible experience to dive deep into the traces of the past, especially when we realized that the past and present of Egypt are tangled together in such remarkable ways."

The American chestnut is often remembered as a giant, towering over forests along the East Coast over a hundred years ago. Dr. Rachel Collins' work, published in the Journal of Forestry, however, suggests that those memories may not be entirely accurate.

Rising sophomore Casey Wilson and rising junior Jenna Novosel have been selected by the US-UK Fulbright Commission to experience the UK through the Fulbright Summer Institute. 

Six Roanoke College students and two faculty members will embark to South Korea on Wednesday, May 3rd to conduct a three-week research project called Strangers in Their Imagined Motherland: North Korean Refugees in South Korea.

Several great stories about Roanoke students, professors, classes and alumni were featured in the media recently. 

Roanoke senior Rebecca Hudon has been named a Rhodes Scholar finalist -- Roanoke's first Rhodes finalist in more than 100 years. She interviews with the regional Rhodes committee in Indianapolis, later this week.

The culmination of three years of research by Roanoke faculty and students comes together on July 1 with the opening of the exhibit "Hunting Dragons: Origins" at the Wilson Hughes gallery in downtown Roanoke.

Roanoke students continue research in Palau.

Sara Dorrance received $5,000 from Psi Chi for a research project on people's dependence on cellphones.