In a time where nurses are desperately needed throughout the country and minorities in the field are even more sought after, Camp BONES at the University of North Carolina Wilmington is a unique answer to the call for minority nurses throughout North Carolina and the nation.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has recognized the University of North Carolina Wilmington as the first institution of higher education in the state to complete a FEMA-approved crisis mitigation plan. UNC Wilmington is one of approximately 25 institutions nationwide with an approved mitigation plan, which prepares the university to be disaster resistant and resilient during crisis situations involving a wide spectrum of potential hazards.
The University of North Carolina Wilmington opened ECOteal last fall. It is the first store in the 16 campus UNC system dedicated to selling environmentally friendly products.
Steve Ross, a research associate professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington's Center for Marine Science is available to discuss the proposed protection of ancient coral reefs located off the coast of North Carolina.
Political experts at the University of North Carolina Wilmington can provide insight into the approaching historic 2008 American presidential election and international politics.
Expert Tom Simpson, Federal Reserve Board veteran and University of North Carolina Wilmington executive in residence explains why global economic recovery will be slow in 2009, the elements that lead to our declining economic situation and the reasons why our current crisis is not as severe as the depression of the 1930s.
MARBIONC, a biotechnology development program at the University of North Carolina Wilmington Center for Marine Science, has received a second patent for marine-derived substances that may be beneficial in the treatment of cystic fibrosis and asthma.
Clyde Edgerton, University of North Carolina Wilmington professor of creative writing, will have his ninth novel published on Aug. 11. The Bible Salesman is the story of Preston Clearwater, a car thief who picks up hitchhiker Henry Dampier, a 19-year-old Bible salesman.
Hailed as one of the top dance companies in the nation, the Raleigh-based Carolina Ballet returns for a month-long summer intensive and residency at University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Martin Posey, marine biologist at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, is among a handful of scientists working to restore the North Carolina native oyster population, estimated to be 5-10 percent of what it was in the early 1900s.
Southern Crossroads: Perspectives on Religion and Culture brings together interdisciplinary research on the relationship between religion and Southern culture in the areas of food, music, art, vernacular folkways and literature.
A diverse group of North Carolina high school students initiated 30 new community service projects during the first University of North Carolina Wilmington Need 2 Lead (N2L) weekend, May 15-18. The new program focused on equipping 30 sophomore leaders with the tools needed to design and implement their own dream service projects in their home communities.
Faculty at the University of North Carolina Wilmington have played a key role in designing, analyzing and interpreting a national clinical trial study of a new drug that may help people with mild cognitive impairment, a condition that is often a precursor to Alzheimer's disease.
Climate change may be predicted by fish who "eavesdrop" their way to healthy food sources using chemical cues given off by ocean organisms. This research, conducted by the University of North Carolina Wilmington assistant professor Sean Lema and collaborators, was published in the March edition of the journal Science in the article "Dimethylsulfoniopropionate as a Foraging Cue for Reef Fishes."
Esteemed author John Updike reads to a sold out crowd in Kenan Auditorium at University of North Carolina Wilmington on Oct. 23.
The Cameron School of Business at the University of North Carolina Wilmington is listed in the 2008 edition of the "Best 290 Business Schools," published this month by The Princeton Review. It is the first time UNC Wilmington has been included in this annual publication. UNCW's listing focuses on the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program.
By estimating the age of Adélie penguin remains using radiocarbon dating, University of North Carolina Wilmington Professor Steven D. Emslie has determined a history of penguin colony locations that spans the last 45,000 years, the longest record now known for any species of penguin. He has charted the ancient penguin colonies' population shifts with climate change data and sea-ice extent to create a new and reliable method of dating ice movement.
Today, the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina authorized the University of North Carolina Wilmington to grant the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Administration.
Recognizing the need for strong ethics in business leaders, BB&T Corporation has made a gift of more than $1 million to the University of North Carolina Wilmington to establish the Moral Foundations of Capitalism program within the Cameron School of Business.
University of North Carolina Wilmington received the 2006 Christa McAuliffe Award for Excellence in Teacher Education at the annual meeting of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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