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UNCP biology student excels in summer research

August 28, 2023
| News

UNC Pembroke molecular biology student Martina Vanetten spent her summer as a member of the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation STEM Summer Immersion Program at East Carolina University.

Lindsay Branch

UNCP’s Lindsay Branch motivated by tragedy to become physician

August 8, 2023
| News

Lindsay Branch and Sophie El-Mahdy shared a passion for medicine at a young age.

After her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, El-Mahdy knew she wanted to become a doctor. Tragically, she never got that chance. She died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism. She was 16.

Alexis Jones (pictured on the right)

Senior Alexis Jones featured in Golden LEAF scholar spotlight

July 28, 2023
| Biology

Alexis Jones is currently a senior at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. She is studying biology with an interest in being a physician assistant.

UNCP Rocket Team

NC Space Grant highlights UNCP Rocket Team's success

July 28, 2023
| Biology

North Carolina Space Grant congratulates 11 student teams who competed in 2022-2023 NASA and related science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) based competitions.

Dr. Hannah Woriax

UNCP Board of Visitors welcomes three members

June 30, 2023
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UNC Pembroke has appointed three new members to its Board of Visitors––Dr. Hannah Woriax, Robert Nunnery and Calstain Ganda.

Students inducted into the Psi Lambda Chapter of TriBeta

Students inducted into honor society for biologists

June 25, 2023
| Biology

Several of the Biology Department’s top scholars were inducted into the Psi Lambda chapter of TriBeta on April 25th. The large lecture room that hosted the event was dwarfed by a great turnout of family and friends.  As the chapter’s faculty advisor, Dr.

 UNCW student, Alyssa Casillas, presenting at the Duke/UNC SLAM DUNC conference at UNC Pembroke

UNCP hosts Duke-UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center’s annual symposium

May 24, 2023
| News

UNC Pembroke hosted the Symposium for Learning about Alzheimer’s disease-related Medical research at Duke and UNC (SLAM-DUNC) on May 18-19.

Undergraduate researchers and COMPASS Director Dr. Maria Santisteban (4th from left)

PURC symposium hosts record number of presentations

May 19, 2023
| Biology

More than 90 presentations were displayed during the 17th Annual Pembroke Undergraduate Research and Creativity (PURC) Symposium.

Dr. Bryan Sales (left) and Roger Godwin

Bryan Sales wins Community Partner of the Year Award

May 13, 2023
| Biology

Ever since joining the Biology faculty four years ago, Dr. Bryan Sales has been doing a lot of growing -- plants, mentorships, collaborations, and partnerships.

Nia Brown is shown presenting her research during the 2023 UNCP PURC symposium

Biology students win awards at NC-LSAMP conference

April 29, 2023
| Biology

Three UNCP Biology students won competitive research awards during the annual conference of the North Carolina - Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NC-LSAMP).