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Registration now open; proceeds to benefit Seahawk Club

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UNC Wilmington announced today that Trask Land Company, led by President Raiford Trask III, has established a merit scholarship at the university to benefit active-duty U.S. Marines and members of their families.

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Scientists hope to learn more about how life thrives in these harsh environments

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Recognizing Edgerton’s international prominence in his respective field, the professorship will begin in the 2013 fall semester and is appointed for a five-year term.

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Literary agent James Fitzgerald joins acclaimed faculty for three days of fiction, poetry and nonfiction workshops.

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Event features technology exhibits, educational sessions, networking opportunities & keynote speech on social media safety by IBM’s Jeff Crume.

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A new economic impact study has revealed that the University of North Carolina Wilmington is a significant catalyst for the economic engine of Southeastern North Carolina, generating more than $1 billion in annual economic activity during academic year 2011-12.

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A new study conducted by associate professor Bruce McKinney at the University of North Carolina Wilmington shows Facebook users are not as narcissistic as once thought.

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The University of North Carolina Wilmington announced plans to reorganize its Entrepreneurship Center as a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) under the auspices of the UNCW Research Foundation at a press conference today, Tuesday, Feb. 28. The change is designed to ensure the center’s continued growth and to provide it with greater flexibility to support entrepreneurship and innovation in Southeastern North Carolina.

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Over the past decade, the populations of staghorn and elkhorn corals in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary have remained steady after dramatic declines in the last century. Long-term monitoring conducted by researchers from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) has revealed that while populations of the iconic branching corals remain far below their historic numbers, the surviving populations of both species have not suffered further declines.

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Jamie Rotenberg, UNC Wilmington assistant professor of environmental studies, along with researchers at the Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education (BFREE), is studying what is thought to be the first active Harpy Eagle nest ever recorded in Belize, where the predatory birds were previously thought to be extinct.

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Construction of a biological research station in Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary on the east slope of the Andes mountains will allow faculty and students from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Francis Marion University to study one of the world’s most biologically diverse regions.

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Antibiotics resistant strains of bacteria and fungi, or "superbugs," are on the rise, killing tens of thousands of people each year. As the critical need for new classes of antibiotics grows, scientists are looking for miracles in unexplored realms of the ocean, home to an array microbes skilled at killing competitors. Scientists at UNC Wilmington hope to fund their groundbreaking work in a unique way – with the help of a $50,000 Pepsi Refresh grant.