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In this column distributed by the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Writers Syndicate, Professor Dave Gammon makes the case for the COVID-19 vaccine. The column was published by the Burlington Times-News, the Greensboro News & Record, the Lexington Dispatch and the Asheboro Courier-Tribune.

In this column published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Greensboro News & Record, Winston-Salem Journal, Greenville Daily Reflector and Elizabeth City Daily Advance, Professor Dave Gammon writes about his experiences as a first-time elections official.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ College, the College of Arts and Sciences has recognized seven faculty and staff for excellence in teaching, mentoring, scholarship, service and leadership.

Grace Garrett ’21, under the mentorship of Associate Professor of Biology Jen Uno, is examining the gut microbiome of the zebrafish to address unanswered questions about the fertility and reproductive health of humans.

Blending in-person experimentation with remote methodologies, faculty have changed the way labs operate while meeting learning requirements.

Faculty in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ College, the College of Arts and Sciences, spent the summer reexamining instruction and finding ways for students to connect with content and each other.

Now a budding scientist and entomologist with the Hamel Lab, Carranza is a first-generation, Latinx college student who once questioned her calling to science. Growing up, she rarely saw scientists who looked like her represented. Her summer internship raised the profile of an unheralded female entomologist from the 20th century and forged connections in her field.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, students conducting research as a part of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program shared their work with the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ community virtually on Wednesday.

The nine-day, virtual version of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Explorers was designed by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ faculty, alumni, and undergraduates to boost scientific thinking and skills in Alamance-Burlington School System middle schoolers through synchronous and asynchronous experiments.

Sears and Hamel, an associate professor of biology, published an empirical study in a disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal.