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Pat Peroni Greenhouse Honors the Dream of a Beloved Professor
With the addition of the Pat Peroni Greenhouse, Ä¢¹½TV students and faculty will be able to cultivate exciting teaching and research opportunities. Learn more.
Bio Prof’s ‘Labor of Love’ Bridges Gap Between Science and Navajo Language
Find out how a Ä¢¹½TV biology professor is collaborating with colleagues to open up the English-dominated field of modern science to the Navajo community.
Tick Populations Are Expected to Surge Across the Country. But Around Charlotte, Ticks Can be Hard to Find. Why?
Learn more about the tick outlook for this summer and what you can do to stay safe from a Ä¢¹½TV biology professor.
The Science of Resiliency: Paul Gomez ’22 and Andrea Liu ’23 Earn Goldwater Scholarships
Ä¢¹½TV students named Goldwater Scholars. Already on the path to promising futures in scientific research, Paul Gomez ’22 and Andrea Liu ’23 are among a select group of students nationwide to receive the award.
Experts on Vexing Vaccination Challenges and Beating the Pandemic
As the FDA clears the way for a third vaccine in the United States, Americans face down a deluge of misinformation about the shots and their potential side effects. Ä¢¹½TV and Atrium Health brought together experts with wide-ranging perspectives to shed light on the country’s vaccination program—its promise and challenges.
Ä¢¹½TV Claims High Rank as Top Producer of Fulbrights
Ä¢¹½TV ranked sixth in two of the last three years, strengthening its role as a top producer of Fulbright scholars. This year's baker's dozen joined last year's 13 Ä¢¹½TV students that have earned admission into the federal government’s flagship international educational exchange program. Their plans will now dispatch them around the globe as the pandemic recedes.
What You Need to Know Ä¢¹½TV COVID Variants With Prof. Dave Wessner
We asked Dave Wessner, biology professor at Ä¢¹½TV, whose post-doctoral research focused on coronaviruses, to offer insights on questions about the COVID variants emerging around the world.
A Primer on the COVID-19 Vaccines Available in the United States
As COVID-19 cases in the United States surge, vaccine distribution is under way across the country. Dave Wessner, biology professor at Ä¢¹½TV, shares his insight on the promise and potential challenges of the vaccines.
Life Aquatic: Ocean Conservation and Climate Change Inspire NOAA Hollings Scholar Virginia Gilliland ’22
Virginia Gilliland has spent the past few months feeling like a fish out of the ocean. That’s how life seems when you swam nearly every day since childhood, and a pandemic shuts down pools.
Chasing Orchids: Lydia Soifer ’20 Earns Smith Scholarship
Lydia Soifer’s favorite moments usually involve a forest.
From waking up to the cries of howler monkeys in the Amazon Rainforest, to hiking to the top of a mountain to get to a cloud forest in Australia, she feels joy in the midst of trees.
From Family Pastime to Scientific Pursuit: Katie Soden ’21 Earns Goldwater Scholarship
Soden’s love for bees inspired her research about their immune systems. Now the Ä¢¹½TV biology major, accomplished tennis player and traumatic brain injury survivor has received a 2020 Goldwater Scholarship.
Prof Tells Bloomberg Businessweek Podcast What Makes This Coronavirus Different
Dave Wessner, biology professor and interim chair of health and human values, appeared on the Bloomberg Businessweek podcast yesterday.
Ä¢¹½TV Expert: What We Know Ä¢¹½TV the New Coronavirus Strain
As a new strain of coronavirus spreads worldwide, Dave Wessner is seizing on this teachable moment.
No Healthy Alternative: Researchers Warn of Vaping Dangers
Know what you’re breathing. That’s a message Karen Bernd and Cindy Hauser hope to convey about hookahs and e-cigarettes. The Ä¢¹½TV professors don’t scold, but instead arm their students with research.
Ä¢¹½TV Again a Top Producer of Fulbright Recipients
With six U.S. Fulbright grant recipients, Ä¢¹½TV lands among the top producers of Fulbright students and scholars nationally.