Black sea bass - UNC Wilmington’s Aquaculture Center in Wrightsville Beach, N.C. is fine-tuning a pilot program that will take its cultivated black sea bass onto restaurant tables and into the marketplace. Established in 1997, this research and educational facility currently consists of controlled-environment broodstock holding systems, a larviculture laboratory, a nutrition laboratory, an experimental hatchery with live feeds production systems, and a variety of experimental recirculating growout tank systems.  Aquaculture program staff and student offices, analytical laboratories, and feed preparation laboratories are located at the nearby Center for Marine Science, Wrightsville Beach. - UNCW/Katherine Freshwater

Black sea bass - UNC Wilmington’s Aquaculture Center in Wrightsville Beach, N.C. is fine-tuning a pilot program that will take its cultivated black sea bass onto restaurant tables and into the marketplace. Established in 1997, this research and educational facility currently consists of controlled-environment broodstock holding systems, a larviculture laboratory, a nutrition laboratory, an experimental hatchery with live feeds production systems, and a variety of experimental recirculating growout tank systems.  Aquaculture program staff and student offices, analytical laboratories, and feed preparation laboratories are located at the nearby Center for Marine Science, Wrightsville Beach.

- UNCW/Katherine Freshwater

Rebecca Raab, Anthropology, stands with her project as thirty eight undergraduates presented their original research at the University of North Carolina Wilmington Showcase of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship on April 5, 2006 at the Randall Library. The event was co-sponsored by UNCW Center for Support of Undergraduate Research & Fellowships, UNCW Honors Scholars Program, Office of the Chancellor, Academic Affairs, Office of Research Services and Sponsored Programs, College of Arts and Sciences, Cameron School of Business, School of Nursing, and Watson School of Education. -UNCW/Jamie Moncrief

Rebecca Raab, Anthropology, stands with her project as thirty eight undergraduates presented their original research at the University of North Carolina Wilmington Showcase of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship on April 5, 2006 at the Randall Library.


The event was co-sponsored by UNCW Center for Support of Undergraduate Research & Fellowships, UNCW Honors Scholars Program, Office of the Chancellor, Academic Affairs, Office of Research Services and Sponsored Programs, College of Arts and Sciences, Cameron School of Business, School of Nursing, and Watson School of Education.

-UNCW/Jamie Moncrief

Tricia Kelley, UNCW  professor of geography and geology, talks with REU students about stratigraphy and field geology during a recent trip to a dig site in Columbus County. Student researchers majoring in Archeology, American Indian Studies, Biology, Environmental Studies, Geology, Paleontology and Marine Science performed field work in a large pit near Old Dock, N.C. as part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Biodiversity Conservation June 5, 2008.  The program, funded by the National Science Foundation, runs through July 31 and offers students from across the nation opportunities to perform research with academic professionals. The multidisciplinary group of students and faculty will compare fossil, archeological and modern marine samples to study how the marine ecosystem has changed through time. They hope to determine the degree and nature of human impact, assess the health of the modern system, and identify possible approaches to protecting biodiversity.  - UNCW/Jamie Moncrief

Tricia Kelley, UNCW  professor of geography and geology, talks with REU students about stratigraphy and field geology during a recent trip to a dig site in Columbus County. Student researchers majoring in Archeology, American Indian Studies, Biology, Environmental Studies, Geology, Paleontology and Marine Science performed field work in a large pit near Old Dock, N.C. as part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Biodiversity Conservation June 5, 2008. 

The program, funded by the National Science Foundation, runs through July 31 and offers students from across the nation opportunities to perform research with academic professionals. The multidisciplinary group of students and faculty will compare fossil, archeological and modern marine samples to study how the marine ecosystem has changed through time. They hope to determine the degree and nature of human impact, assess the health of the modern system, and identify possible approaches to protecting biodiversity. 

- UNCW/Jamie Moncrief

A pair of learning robots perform tai chi for the UNC Wilmington board of trustees Thursday, April 18, 2011. The robots are part of the assistive technology demonstration and lending site operated by the Watson School of Education and will be used to teach autistic and other learning challenged children. Richard Chapman of Auburn University and UNCW’s Jeff Ertzberger, Watson School of Education, Director of Technology, were on hand to talk about the robots. -UNCW/Jamie Moncrief

A pair of learning robots perform tai chi for the UNC Wilmington board of trustees Thursday, April 18, 2011. The robots are part of the assistive technology demonstration and lending site operated by the Watson School of Education and will be used to teach autistic and other learning challenged children. Richard Chapman of Auburn University and UNCW’s Jeff Ertzberger, Watson School of Education, Director of Technology, were on hand to talk about the robots.

-UNCW/Jamie Moncrief

“According to researchers at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, people gain 16 pounds on average, within 8 months of starting sedentary office work.” Stand up, walk around, then read the full article here.

“According to researchers at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, people gain 16 pounds on average, within 8 months of starting sedentary office work.”

Stand up, walk around, then read the full article here.

Inexperienced divers face many perils in the waters off the Cape Fear Coast, which have cost the lives of local divers in the past year. The University of North Carolina Wilmington, Scuba Now dive shop and the Diver Alert Network (DAN) are sponsoring a dive safety seminar to help prevent future accidents. The seminar will be held on Thursday, May 24 from 7-9 p.m. in the Golden Hawk Room at UNCW’s Nixon Annex, adjacent to Trask Coliseum. The event is open to the public and free of charge. Diving experts from DAN and UNCW will review safety procedures for divers of all experience levels. The Divers Action Network is a nonprofit organization with a mission to promote dive safety. For more information about DAN, visit www.diversalertnetwork.org. For more information on the seminar, please contact Frank Chapman at 910.962.3531 or chapmanf@uncw.edu.

Inexperienced divers face many perils in the waters off the Cape Fear Coast, which have cost the lives of local divers in the past year. The University of North Carolina Wilmington, Scuba Now dive shop and the Diver Alert Network (DAN) are sponsoring a dive safety seminar to help prevent future accidents.

The seminar will be held on Thursday, May 24 from 7-9 p.m. in the Golden Hawk Room at UNCW’s Nixon Annex, adjacent to Trask Coliseum. The event is open to the public and free of charge. Diving experts from DAN and UNCW will review safety procedures for divers of all experience levels.

The Divers Action Network is a nonprofit organization with a mission to promote dive safety. For more information about DAN, visit www.diversalertnetwork.org.

For more information on the seminar, please contact Frank Chapman at 910.962.3531 or chapmanf@uncw.edu.

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UNCW highlighted in salisburypost.com’s article about local foods! “The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, for example, which coordinates the Feast Down East label, has partnered with the 10 Percent Campaign from the very beginning. The university has also helped promote public awareness of the campaign and the benefits of eating locally grown food by hosting events on campus such as local food events for students and faculty and conferences targeted toward restaurants and other businesses.”

UNCW highlighted in salisburypost.com’s article about local foods!

“The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, for example, which coordinates the Feast Down East label, has partnered with the 10 Percent Campaign from the very beginning. The university has also helped promote public awareness of the campaign and the benefits of eating locally grown food by hosting events on campus such as local food events for students and faculty and conferences targeted toward restaurants and other businesses.”

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Sea Grant, Water Resources Announce Funding Opportunity:

North Carolina Sea Grant and the Water Resources Research Institute of the University of North Carolina are providing competitive funding for one-year research proposals.

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“The University of Arizona leads the iPlant Collaborative, which is based at the University of Arizona’s BIO5 Institute. Collaborating institutions include the Texas Advanced Computing Center, the University of Texas in Austin, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and Purdue University.” Read the full article here.

“The University of Arizona leads the iPlant Collaborative, which is based at the University of Arizona’s BIO5 Institute. Collaborating institutions include the Texas Advanced Computing Center, the University of Texas in Austin, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and Purdue University.”

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“The UNCW Office of Cultural Arts, in partnership with the Upperman African American Cultural Center and Africana Studies, presents The Parchman Hour, the gripping new drama from Mike Wiley Productions, at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 13 in Kenan Auditorium. Conceived and written by actor/playwright Mike Wiley and acclaimed author Timothy B. Tyson (Blood Done Sign My Name), The Parchman Hour commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Riders movement, one of the most dramatic and compelling components of the American civil rights struggle of the 1960s.” Read the full article here.

“The UNCW Office of Cultural Arts, in partnership with the Upperman African American Cultural Center and Africana Studies, presents The Parchman Hour, the gripping new drama from Mike Wiley Productions, at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 13 in Kenan Auditorium. Conceived and written by actor/playwright Mike Wiley and acclaimed author Timothy B. Tyson (Blood Done Sign My Name), The Parchman Hour commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Riders movement, one of the most dramatic and compelling components of the American civil rights struggle of the 1960s.”

Read the full article here.