News & Events from Around the College

JCI Insight

Engulfment and cell motility protein 1 potentiates diabetic cardiomyopathy via Rac-dependent and Rac-independent ROS production

September 18, 2019
| Faculty Publications
  • Ben Bahr, Biotechnology Research and Training Center, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
  • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Martin Farley

Dr. Martin Farley earns Distinguished Service Award

September 18, 2019
| College of Arts & Sciences

Dr. Martin B. Farley is the recipient of the 2019 AASP­­ The Palynological Society’s Distinguished Service Award.

Melbourne

Students spend summer studying in South Korea, Australia

September 12, 2019
| News

Academic studies over summer break extended far beyond the classroom for a dozen UNC Pembroke students and faculty.

Jazz history class

Dr. Aaron Vandermeer serves as guest lecturer in Germany

September 9, 2019
| News

Germany’s Baroque-style palaces, prominent town squares and forested hills provided a breathtaking backdrop for UNC Pembroke professor Aaron Vandermeer’s jazz history lectures over the summer.

Jasmine Kelly learning from her mentor, Dr. David Brown, about bird banding while handling a White-eyed Vireo

Jasmine Kelly's Summer Research is for the Birds (Acadian Flycatchers)

September 7, 2019
| Biology

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

Melanie in the Rebecca Irwin Lab

Melanie Handley Does Summer Research on Bee Parasite

September 7, 2019
| Biology

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

Richard Grounds

Native American Speaker Series postponed

September 3, 2019
| News

The kickoff of the 2019-20 Native American Speakers Series at UNC Pembroke has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 24.

Brandon Herron uses green light to study Antarctic algae

Brandon Herron Studies Antarctic Algae during Summer Internship

August 31, 2019
| Biology

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

Gail Spaien

Solo exhibition to feature renowned artist Gail Spaien

August 27, 2019
| News

The A.D. Gallery at UNC Pembroke will present a solo exhibition of the work of Gail Spaien, beginning Thursday, Aug. 29.

UNCP awarded $1M STEM grant

August 23, 2019
| News

The number of students enrolling in upper division STEM-related programs at UNC Pembroke has increased nearly three times faster than the increase in total upper division enrollment in the last five years.