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Faculty mentors for the Kids in the Garden Program (left to right): Drs. Rita Hagevik, Kaitlin Campbell, and Martin Farley

Hagevik, Campbell and Farley are featured in Brave Minutes podcast

February 25, 2023
| Biology

Biology professors Rita Hagevik and Kaitlin Campbell and Geology professor Martin Farley talk about their Kids in the Garden Program during a 30 Brave Minutes podcast.

Shortness of breath cartoon

Faculty launch patient-reported outcome study

February 24, 2023
| Biology

Researchers led by Dr. Silvia Smith of the UNCP Biology Department have launched a three-year study to better understand shortness of breath in dysautonomia patients. In addition to Dr. Smith (Principal Investigator), research team members include Co-Investigators Drs.

Flyer announcing SPIRE postdoctoral seminars on February 14th

SPIRE Postdocs to give science seminar on February 14th

February 11, 2023
| Biology

Postdoctoral Fellows in the SPIRE program at UNC-Chapel Hill will present their research at 12:30 PM on Tuesday, February 14th, in UNCP's Old Main (Museum of the Southeast American Indian).

Dr. Tonya Holy Elk Locklear

Tonya Holy Elk Locklear's creative works to appear in NC Literary Review

February 10, 2023
| Biology

Tonya Holy Elk Locklear's creative works will be featured in the July issue of North Carolina Literary Review (NCLR).  Dr.

Riley Fox

Brewington, Fox named Maynor Honors Scholars at UNCP

February 2, 2023
| News

Justus Brewington and Riley Fox exemplify all the qualities that UNC Pembroke values in the Esther G. Maynor Honors College, which is designed to attract top students.

Flyer announcing science seminar on February 7th

SPIRE Postdocs to give Seminar on Tuesday, Feb 7th

February 1, 2023
| Biology

SPIRE Postdoctoral Fellows will share their research as part of the Biology Department's seminar series.

Dr. Amber Rock holding aquatics sampling gear

Biology Department's Amber Rock is the Focus of Brave Minutes Podcast

January 24, 2023
| Biology

Dr. Amber Rock has mentored undergraduate students in aquatics research ever since joining the Biology faculty five years ago.  Take a listen to what she has to say about her research -- click on 30 Brave Minutes.

Dr. Rita Hagevik

Rita Hagevik elected board member in international organization for science teachers

January 4, 2023
| Biology

Rita Hagevik, Director of Graduate Programs in Science Education in the UNCP Biology Department, has been elected to a three-year term as a Board Member at Large of the international organization of the Association of Science Teacher Education (see theaste.org).

Pictured from left to right: Hunter Ivey, Kinsley Adams, and Erika Rivera in Vancouver

Biology Students win Awards for Presentations at International Conference

December 1, 2022
| Biology

Students Kinsley Adams (Biology, Senior), Erika Rivera (Environmental Science, Junior), and Hunter Ivey (Biology, Sophomore) traveled to Vancouver, Canada, to present their independent research at the Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Entomological Society of Canada, a