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The late Dr. Patricia Sellers

Applications for Patricia Sellers Scholarship in Environmental Justice are Due April 5th

March 22, 2021
| Biology

Students who wish to apply for the Patricia Sellers Scholarship in Environmental Justice must complete the application form (see downloadable form below).  The completed application must include an abstract (250 words maximum) that describes how your environmental rese

Leanna Jacobs

Meet UNCP Alumna Leanna Jacobs: Aspiring Physician Assistant

March 18, 2021
| News

UNC Pembroke graduate Leanna Jacobs advanced closer to a career in medicine with her recent acceptance into the Physician Assistant program at Methodist University.

Zachery Bayles uses radiotelemetry to track box turtles

John Roe and Undergrad Zachery Bayles: Dormancy Behavior Protects Box Turtles from Fire

March 16, 2021
| Biology

Using long-term data from two state parks, Biology professor John Roe and his undergraduate researcher Zachery Bayles (Biology) found that winter burrowing behaviors of Eastern Box Turtles protect them from fires.  Even when their overwintering habitats are hit by fire, box turtles suffer li

Linda Council

Alumna, aspiring doctor Linda Council gains invaluable experience as first responder

March 15, 2021
| News

After earning a biology degree at UNCP in 2016, Linda Council decided to place her medical school plans on hold.  However, she has not been idle. To prepare for a career as a doctor, she has spent the last four years gaining real-world experience as a first responder.

CARE Center

Completing the food cycle at UNCP

March 11, 2021
| News

In 2019-20, UNC Pembroke’s CARE Resource Center helped divert 60,000 pounds of food from being wasted while working to alleviate local food insecurity and also lending support to local farmers.



Biology Alumnus Davon Goodwin (on the right)

Biology Alumnus and Farmer Davon Goodwin Comments on Stimulus Plan

March 10, 2021
| Biology

While still a Biology undergraduate at UNC Pembroke, Davon Goodwin (2013) pulled off the largest plant sale ever seen for the Biology Club.  So it comes as no real surprise that he is now growing his own plants in a big way, producing blackberries, grapes, and mixed vegetables for

Cover of Ecosphere (Photo credit: John Roe)

Biology professor John Roe’s landmark study of Box Turtles makes cover of Ecosphere Journal

March 9, 2021
| Biology

John Roe has a long history of mentoring undergraduate students in box turtle research.  So it may come as no surprise that his long-term study of Eastern box turtles has made the cover of Ecosphere, a

Lead author Michael Almeida (left) and Dr. Ben Bahr of the William C. Friday Laboratory & Alzheimer's Disease Research Laboratory

Bahr Lab’s Paper on Traumatic Brain Injury Makes Headline News

March 8, 2021
| Biology

Ben Bahr’s lab has made dramatic and award-winning progress in understanding and addressing the underlying causes and risk factors with regard to Alzheimer’s disease.  In collaboration with researchers at the U.S.

Ben Bahr

UNCP professor, Biotech Center team identify dementia-related brain alterations due to military blasts

February 25, 2021
| News

A lead team of experts at UNC Pembroke in collaboration with U.S.

Ann Berry Somers on site at a HERP Project herpetology camp, where high school students learn to become citizen-scientists, collecting real world data.

Dr. John Roe, UNCG professor publishes paper on eastern box turtles

February 24, 2021
| Biology

The article below is from UNCG News:

ANN SOMERS PUBLISHES GROUNDBREAKING PAPER ON EASTERN BOX TURTLES

Posted 16 February 2021