Faculty Receive National Academies' Early-Career Research Fellowships
Two scientists representing Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»'s College of Engineering and Computer Science, Wilkes Honors College and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute have received the prestigious Early-Career Research Fellowships.
'Dream Team' Awarded $1.1 Million for Blind Mexican Cavefish Research
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» researchers have received a $1.1 million NSF grant to develop powerful transgenic tools and gene-editing technologies in the blind Mexican cavefish to significantly advance it as a research model system.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Attracts Record Number of National Merit Scholars
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» has welcomed a record number of National Merit Scholars for the fall 2019 semester.
Gregg B. Fields Named Executive Director of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»'s I-HEALTH
Gregg B. Fields, Ph.D., has been named as executive director of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»'s Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention (I-HEALTH), one of the university's four research pillars.
Life-Metrics Mobile App Wins Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»'s Business Plan Competition
Life-Metrics, an activity tracking mobile app created by Wilkes Honors College student David Gorski, won first place and $12,000 in prize money at the annual Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Business Plan Competition.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Inducted as Chapter of Association for Women in Science
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»'s Association for Women in Science chapter will be dedicated to promoting diversity as well as supporting women in scientific careers.
Do Mussels Reveal the Fate of the Oceans?
A first-of-its-kind study has identified the connection between microplastics, marine aggregates and marine animals, which has important implications for the fate of plastic particles in marine environments.
Harriet L.Wilkes Honors College Receives Top National Rating
The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College (WHC) of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» recently received a top rating in the fall 2018 edition of Inside Honors.
Wilkes Honors College of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Joins The Common Application
Students applying to the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» (Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³») for 2018-2019 will have the ability to do so through The Common Application.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and Max Planck Team Up on First Joint Position
As of May 1, Ken Dawson-Scully, Ph.D., will be newly appointed to the role of associate vice president for strategic initiatives and head of institutional partnerships for Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and Max Planck.