On October 12th, 2019, the Kids in the Garden program went canoeing on the Lumber River, beginning at Chalk Banks in Lumber River State Park. Ranger Zachary Lunn, UNCP 2016 Environmental Science graduate, gave a quick description of what was likely to be seen along the river.
Biology major Joshua Cade investigated Parkinson’s Disease during an eight-week research internship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and it paid off BIG. Joshua’s outstanding poster presentation, from this work, landed an “Honorable Mention for the 2019 Exceptional Summer Stu
Biology major Melanie Handley studied the transmission ecology of a bee parasite during a 10-week research internship this summer (2019) in the BeeMore (Bees and Microbes in Organized Research Experiences) Program at North Carolina State University. The program is funded by the
Environmental Science major Jasmine Kelly spent her summer break (2019) at Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, Kentucky), gauging the importance of tree habitat for bird populations, in an NSF-funded REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates). Her field research was based in the c
Biology major Brandon Herron spent 10 weeks this summer in a research internship at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, as part of an NSF funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), where he worked alongside graduate student Shasten Sherwell in the Rachael Mor
For the second year in a row, the RISE Program’s End-of-Summer (Undergraduate) Research Symposium took place in the University Annex. A record number of students (more than 40) participated in the program, which ran from 2:00-5:00 PM on Friday, August 23rd, 2019.
Hundreds of families and friends gathered on the quad on Saturday to witness a long anticipated celebration. Undergraduate commencement exercises were celebrated under warm, muggy conditions and overcast skies, but the mood was upbeat.
Wednesday, May 1st, 2019: Five undergraduate students from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke were selected to present at BASF in Raleigh for a scientific poster session.
In UNC Pembroke Podcast 32, Drs. Velinda Woriax (Chair of Biology) and Amy Gross (Geology and Geography) discuss how scientists communicate complex ideas to the general public.
