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The J.W. Pate Award from the Cape Fear River Assembly was awarded to Janet MacFall, professor of environmental studies and biology, in recognition of her work promoting environmental awarness.

Experimental Biology is the annual meeting of six societies comprised of more than 14,000 scientists and 50 guest societies.

A public health studies major explores how pregnant women approach the decision about whether to have a waterbirth. 

The university's top award comes with $15,000 to support and celebrate academic and creative achievements.

Mariana Kneppers '18 is a biology and environmental and ecological science major originally from Walnut Creek, California, who is focusing her Lumen Prize research on coastal wetlands.

Five faculty members and eight undergraduate researchers from the Biology and Environmental Studies departments represented Â鶹ÊÓƵ at the N.C. Academy of Science conference at High Point University on March 24-25, 2017.

The awards program highlights and celebrates alumni who have graduated within the past decade and who are distinguished in their professions and invested in the future of Â鶹ÊÓƵ and their community.

Assistant Professor of Biology Jen Hamel gave an invited seminar as part of the university's Department of Biology and Marine Biology seminar series on Friday, March 31. 

Assistant Professor of Biology Jen Hamel gave an invited seminar as part of the Biology Department seminar series on Wednesday, March 22, at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. 

The article by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ biologists appears in the Journal of College Science Teaching