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Michael Terribilini, assistant professor of biology, has published a co-authored article, PRIDB: a protein-RNA interface database.

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Board of Trustees voted Oct. 22 to designate a 56-acre undeveloped tract north of University Drive as the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Forest, a dedicated land preserve and natural area. The action protects the largest remaining intact forest in the Town of Â鶹ÊÓƵ and safeguards thousands of species of plants, animals and other organisms.

This month, Â鶹ÊÓƵ students from Dave Gammon's Science Without Borders class presented museum-style science demos to approximately 100 fourth-graders from Â鶹ÊÓƵ Elementary School.

Associate prfessor Kathy Gallucci presented her paper, "A Chromatid Is Not a Homologue," at the National Association of Biology Teachers Annual Conference in Minneapolis, Minn., on Nov. 4, 2010.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Center for Environmental Studies hosted a Wild Feline Husbandry and Conservation Workshop on Nov. 6, 2010.

David Vandermast, assistant professor of biology and environmental studies, and Monica Poteat' 10, published "On the scarcity of red spruce (Picea rubens) and Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) in the beech gaps of Great Smoky Mountains National Park," in the Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science.

Environmental Studies assistant professor Josh Kapfer recently co-authored a manuscript published in the Journal of Zoology titled "Modeling the relationship between habitat preferences and home-range size: a case study on a large mobile colubrid snake from North America."

Â鶹ÊÓƵ leaders on Monday formally announced the names of four distinguished professors named to endowed professorships. Eric Fink, Roland Smith, Brant Touchette and Catherine McNeela were recognized during the opening ceremony for Planning Week 2010.