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Economists Outline Global, National And Local Trends
WilmingtonBiz
Featuring UNCW faculty Mouhcine Guettabi
Additional coverage: WWAY, WHQR

UNCW holds 6th annual cybersecurity conference 
WWAY 

Documenting Gullah Geechee History on NC's Coast 
PBS 
Featuring UNCW faculty Joni Backstrom 

Report: UNCW Has $3.2 Billion Economic Impact statewide 
WilmingtonBiz 

UNCW ranked among the top NC colleges by U.S. News & World Report 
StarNews 

UNCW adding new research vessel to fleet 
WWAY 
Additional coverage: WilmingtonBiz

Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: UNCW Theatre Professor Elizabeth Wellman and Senior Theater Studies Major Abigail Hamm 
WHQR 

Mike Oblinger: UNCW’s Athletic Director and the future of the ‘front porch’ (’1on1 with Jon Evans’ podcast) 
WECT 

UNC System reports enrollment growth 
The North State Journal 

Almeida Receives 2024 RCSA Cottrell SEED Award 
WilmingtonBiz 
Featuring UNCW faculty Paulo Almeida 

Man left paralyzed at 19 drives car again for 1st time  
ABC News 
Featuring UNCW alum Ryley Hopper 

What Makes You Ready to Be a College President? 
The Chronicle of Higher Education 
Featuring UNCW faculty Kevin McClure 
Additional coverage: Inside Higher Ed, Diverse Education 

Nooner, Patterson Named Associate Deans 
WilmingtonBiz 
Featuring UNCW staff Kate Nooner and Laurie Patterson  

UNCW signs Memorandum of Understanding with Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management 
WWAY 

UNCW to host second annual Ocean Innovation Conference 
WECT 

UNCW marks the anniversary of Florence with a day of service 
WECT 

While you’ve been gone: UNCW’s Discovery Hall addition and Randall Library renovation 
The Seahawk 

Exhibit in UNCW's expanded library offers a view of the university's earliest days 
StarNews 

UNCW sees record enrollment increase 
WWAY 

‘It’s the heartbeat of the metropolitan area’: Impending shutdowns at state ports as potential union strike looms 
WECT 
Featuring UNCW faculty Mouhcine Guettabi 

Bruce Earns National Council's Excellence Award 
WilmingtonBiz 
Featuring UNCW faculty Kate Bruce 

Former NASA astronaut will be the keynote speaker for the ‘Chancellor’s Dare to Learn Lecture’ at UNCW 
WWAY 
Additional coverage: WECT, Port City Daily 

UNCW Blue Economy Index rises 3.07% during August 
Coastal Review 

UNCW conference to focus on ocean-related economic opportunities 
WECT 

UNCW announces officially licensed NIL Store for Seahawk Student-Athletes merchandise 
WWAY 

 

PHOTOS: Seahawk sculpture at UNCW gets a new home 
StarNews 

UNCW marine mammal researchers talk about tough stranding cases, ways to educate the public 
WHQR  
Featuring UNCW faculty Michael Tift, staff Tiffany Keenan and Alison Loftis 

Rising Waters (Part III): On the coast of the Carolinas, storms aren't the only flooding risk 
WHQR 
Featuring UNCW faculty Larry Cahoon 

US Embassy Concludes Nationwide Education Fair Series in New Delhi, Showcasing 80+ US Universities and Drawing Over 10,000 Studies 
The Times of India 
Featuring UNCW staff Michael Wilhelm 

Borrett Appointed NSF Rotating Program Director 
WilmingtonBiz 
Featuring UNCW staff Stuart Borrett 

Soaring Seahawk statue to move to Hoggard Lawn 
WECT 

After 39 years, Wilmington's conductor to retire with a 'bittersweet' symphony 
StarNews 
Featuring retired UNCW faculty Steven Errante 

UNCW welcomes class of 2028 as students start first day classes Wednesday 
WWAY 
Additional coverage: WECT 

Mapson Named An Interim Associate Dean At UNCW 
WilmingtonBiz 
Featuring UNCW faculty Kristin Mapson 

UNCW college move-in: Takeaways from the Chancellor 
WWAY 

Program helps commercial property owners reduce runoff 
Coastal Review 
Featuring UNCW faculty Michael Malin 

Governor Advisory Council for Hispanic and Latino Affairs meet at UNCW 
WWAY 

UNCW opens expanded and renovated library 
WECT 
Additional coverage: WWAY  

UNCW announces reopening of expanded library; students to move in this weekend 
WECT 

UNCW’s new expanded library to reopen this week 
Port City Daily  

Pave the way to a cleaner future: UNCW finishes new parking area retrofit 
Spectrum 
Featuring UNCW staff Felecia Lee 

Alum Donates Purple Heart to UNCW 
WWAY 
Featuring UNCW alum David Buzzard 

UNCW team IDs mystery species infecting bay scallops 
Coastal Review 
Featuring UNCW faculty Julia Buck and staff Ami Wilbur 

UNCW Board of Trustees approves 2024 Campus Master Plan, putting 18 projects in motion over the next five years 
WECT 

UNCW sells commemorative bricks from demolished Galloway Hall 
WWAY 
Additional coverage: WECT, Port City Daily 

Teaching teachers: UNC Wilmington hosts two-week workshop on 1898 Massacre 
Spectrum 
Featuring UNCW faculty Cara Ward 

UNCW Faculty Work with Congress to secure $625,000: Allows for Creation of Cyber Security Maritime Specialization 
WilmingtonBiz 
Featuring UNCW faculty Ulku Clark 

UNCW trustees to vote on new Campus Master Plan, discuss on-campus housing and more 
WECT 

WHQR Partners with UNCW to Preserve Stations Archives 
WHQR 

UNCW earns spot in bestselling Fiske Guide 2025 
WWAY 

UNCW researchers identify new parasite found in NC scallops 
WWAY 
Additional coverage: WECT, WCTI 

Former Whiteville and UNCW baseball star Brooks Baldwin heading to the Major Leagues 
WWAY 

Long-running UNCW field course merges science, policy 
Coastal Review 
Featuring UNCW Professor Emeritus Jim Herstine and faculty Jennifer Biddle 

UNC System awards $29 million to expand nursing education at UNCW and 11 other universities 
WECT 
Additional coverage: WCCB 

2 UNCW Seahawks taken on day two of MLB Draft 
WWAY 
Additional coverage: WECT 

‘It was the perfect dorm’: UNCW alumni speak on demolition of Galloway Hall 
WECT 
Additional coverage: WECT, WWAY 

PHOTOS: Demolition of UNCW's Galloway Hall begins 
StarNews 

Calling All Flaco Fans: A New Book on the Famous Eurasian Eagle-Owl Is Perched to Fly Onto Shelves (Exclusive) 
People Magazine 
Featuring UNCW faculty David Gessner 

UNC-Wilmington hosting ‘1898 Institute’ to help educators teach about the Wilmington massacre 
WUNC 

Permeable pavement project underway at UNCW 
Coastal Review 
Additional coverage: Port City Daily 

UNCW student: 'I want to work with my heroes. I want to feel full circle' 
StarNews 
Featuring UNCW student Kalyn Groncki 

Topsail High School graduate crowned Miss North Carolina USA 2024 
StarNews 
Featuring UNCW alum Kenzie Hansley 

UNCW chef wins national collegiate cooking competition 
Port City Daily 
Featuring UNCW staff Ryan Andress 

From vice president for the UNC System to chief medical officer, here are recent hires 
StarNews 
Featuring UNCW staff Bradley Ballou 

The original occupant of an Egyptian sarcophagus was unknown. Then a tiny ornament revealed a very big name 
CNN 
Featuring UNCW faculty Eman Ghoneim 

Wilmington Entrepreneurs Win Awards, Capital 
WilmingtonBiz 
UNCW awarded biotech grants 

UNCW hosts Brick by Brick program, students get hands on experience 
WWAY 
Featuring UNCW alum Marcus Fragale 

UNCW Blue Economy Index bests its benchmarks in May 
Coastal Review 

Chamber Announces 40 Under 40 Winners 
WilmingtonBiz 
Featuring UNCW alum and staff Mayra Robles 

Worrell Earns NourishNC Lifetime Achievement Award  
WilmingtonBiz  
Featuring UNCW alum Ray Worrell 

UNCW executive chef competing for national ACE Champion title  
WWAY  
Additional coverage: WECT  
Featuring UNCW staff Ryan Andress 

UNCW marine biology professor shares what people need to know about shark bites, beach safety  
WRAL   
Featuring UNCW faculty Larry Cahoon 

Greenfield Lake fish kill reveals higher contaminant levels, researchers tracing source  
Port City Daily  
Featuring UNCW faculty Michael Mallin 

UNCW reveals post-Galloway demo development plans 
Port City Daily 

UNCW Honors Faculty Awards Recipients 
WilmingtonBiz 

UNCW online nursing master's program receives national recognition 
WilmingtonBiz 

Scientists may have solved mystery behind Egypt's pyramids 
BBC 
Featuring faculty member Eman Ghoneim 

Additional multimedia coverage worldwide: 

Dozens of Egyptian pyramids, some in Giza, sat along a branch of the Nile, study says
NBC 

Did a Dried-Up Branch of the Nile Help the Egyptians Build the Pyramids? 
Smithsonian Magazine 

Newly mapped lost branch of the Nile could help solve long-standing pyramid mystery 
CNN 

Lost Branch of the Nile May Solve Long-Standing Mystery of Egypt’s Famed Pyramids 
Scientific American 

Scientists find evidence of ancient waterway beside Egypt’s pyramids 
National Geographic 

UNCW professor discovers pyramids were built along lost branch of the Nile River 
WWAY 
Additional Coverage: WECT, Spectrum 

Hundreds of dead fish found in lake with 'extremely low' oxygen levels, cause unknown 
WRAL 
Featuring UNCW’s Aquatic Ecology Lab 

Testing underway to determine cause of fish kill at Greenfield Lake 
WWAY 
Featuring UNCW’s Aquatic Ecology Lab  

UNCW's oldest dorm is set to be demolished. Here's what you need to know. 
StarNews  

UNCW prepping for July demolition of Galloway Hall 
Port City Daily 

UNCW chef Ryan Andress offers up gold-medal fare in Wilmington, NC 
StarNews  

Suplee takes helm at UNCW School of Nursing 
WilmingtonBiz  

The Wilmington, NC nicknames to know, from ILM to Wilmywood 
StarNews 
References "The Dub" 

New $500 million NCInnovation program awards first grants. Here’s where money is going 
News & Observer 

UNCW Researcher Wins One Of NC Innovation's First Grants 
WilmingtonBiz 
Additional Coverage: Bladen Online 

Lab works on ‘cool’ vaccine solution 
WilmingtonBiz 
Featuring Ying Wang, chemistry, and The Wang Lab at the University of North Carolina Wilmington 

UNCW professor awarded grant money to develop new flu vaccine 
WECT 

UNCW hosts commencement ceremonies for thousands of graduates 
WECT 

UNCW holds 75th spring commencement Friday and Saturday 
WWAY 

'Warrior' | UNCG police officer's family accepts posthumous master's degree 
WFMY News 2 

‘I’ve been dreaming of this moment’: UNCW student shares sentiments on graduation day 
WECT  

First-generation, international, and COVID-19 graduate says goodbye and gives thanks to UNCW 
WWAY 

UNCW holds grand opening for Virtual Reality Research and Learning Lab 
WWAY 
Featuring UNCW staff Kenneth McMillan 

Wilmington-based Fishing App Wins NC IDEA Grant 
WilmingtonBiz 
Featuring UNCW alum Landon Hill

UNCW online nursing educator program gets Quality Matters certification 
WECT 

UNCW first in UNC System to win national nursing recognition 
Port City Daily 

WWAY's Nate Mauldin wins UNCW Student Media Award 
WWAY  

UNCW CSB's 42nd Annual Business Week: Business Students Reflect on Their “Why” 
WilmingtonBiz 

The sound of history: Using sonar to find underwater artifacts 
Spectrum News 
Featuring Osku Backstrom, environmental sciences 

Are federal subsidies helping increase NC coastal property values? 
StarNews  
Featuring Dylan McNamara, physics and physical oceanography 

This school district is helping high schoolers who aspire to be teachers start now 
EdNC 
UNCW is one of the institutions mentioned.   

A political wake-up call: More Fayetteville-area voters are abandoning political parties 
The Fayetteville Observer 
Featuring Nadine Suzanne Gibson, Department of Public and International Affairs 

Civil War history symposium for teachers coming to Wilmington 
Port City Daily 
Featuring Angie Zombeck, Department of History 

UNCW maritime cyberdefense program to receive $625K in federal funding 
WilmingtonBiz 
Additional coverage: EdScoop 

UNCW expanding maritime cybersecurity program thanks to new federal funding 
WECT 

PFAS research lauded as environmentalists call for regulatory action  
CityView 
UNCW is mentioned in a variety of contexts. 

Anna Kooiman is headed back to national cable news. Her new show debuts this weekend. 
Yahoo 
Featuring UNCW alum Anna Kooiman 

Wilmington native to represent NC in Miss Black USA competition 
WECT 
Featuring UNCW alum Ricki Nelson 

UNCW chancellor, Woody White give thumbs up to UNC System’s new testing alternative 
Port City Daily 

PFAS research lauded as environmentalists call for regulatory action 
NC Health News 
UNCW is mentioned in a variety of contexts. 

Education college's partnership program honored by national organization 
Wilmington Biz 
Featuring the Watson College of Education 

'Stand Up, Be Seen, Be Kind': Wilmington native crowned 2024 Miss Black North Carolina 
StarNews 
Featuring UNCW alum Ricki Nelson 

WILMA's Leadership Institute: Meet Arie Gee 
WILMA 
Featuring UNCW alum and staff member Arie Gee 

4th North Atlantic Right Whale Found Dead Off East Coast This Year, Newborn Calf's Fate Uncertain 
Newport Buzz 
Featuring UNCW scientists 

NC scientists receive tools for tracking new compounds 
Coastal Review 
Featuring UNCW faculty member Dr. Ralph Mead and students Justin Parker and Cody Wilson 

UNCW professor appointed to U.N. pool of experts 
WilmingtonBiz 

Scott-Pollock selected by UNC Board of Governors for excellence award 
WilmingtonBiz 

Incubating Ideas 
WILMA 
Featuring the UNCW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship 

UNCW Blue Economy Index goes live on Bloomberg 
WilmingtonBiz 

Despite climate change, coastal property values are on the rise. Researchers point to two reasons. 
WHQR 
Featuring Dylan McNamara, physics and physical oceanography 

UNCW Watson College of Education Receives National Exemplary Professional Development System (PDS) Award 
Bladen Online 

Best colleges in North Carolina  
The News & Observer  
UNCW is one of the featured institutions.  

UNCW announces 24-hour giving challenge fundraiser  
WECT   

UNCW looks to the ocean for cybersecurity specialization  
WilmingtonBiz  

UNCW designs new degree program to advance mid-career adults 
WilmingtonBiz 

West bank development, climate change threaten newly discovered Gullah Geechee artifacts 
Port City Daily 
Featuring Joni "Osku" Backstrom, environmental sciences, and Sean Palmer, Upperman African American Cultural Center     

Hacking cyberdefense shortage 
WilmingtonBiz 
Features UNCW’s cyberdefense program and efforts 

UNCW names new dean of Watson College of Education  
Port City Daily  
Additional coverage: WECT; WilmingtonBiz   

Ancient Iberians Ingested Red Dust Loaded with Mind-Altering Mercury  
Smithsonian Magazine  
Featuring Steven D. Emslie, biology and marine biology  

Unlocking Egypt's Secrets  
WILMA  
Featuring Eman Ghoneim, earth and ocean sciences  

Archaeologists Uncover American Slaves' Engineering Feats Underwater  
Newsweek  
Featuring Joni "Osku" Backstrom, environmental sciences, and Sean Palmer, Upperman African American Cultural Center    

NC Biotech picks local venture challenge finalists, adds research award  
WilmingtonBiz  
Featuring faculty members Joseph Covi, Christopher Halkides and Ying Wang  

'Swash zone' study: UNCW professor awarded almost $1 million   
Spectrum News    

1974-2024: 50 years of an art professor’s work on display at UNCW  
Port City Daily  

UNCW ArtsFest to showcase the talent of departments March 23  
WECT  
Additional coverage: WWAY; Port City Daily   

UNCW announces 2024 alumni association awards  
WilmingtonBiz    

Now a UNCW teacher, a Navy vet captures life coming home from Iraq War  
StarNews 

UNCW Holds Rank Among Best Online Programs  
Bladen Online  

CHHS Commissions New Corbett Anatomy Lab with Ribbon Cutting   
Bladen Online     

Extensive study aims to help state better manage fisheries  
Coastal Review  
Mentions UNCW’s participation   

NCTECH reports tech job growth in the state, but gaps remain in Wilmington  
WilmingtonBiz  
Features UNCW’s participation.    

Local organizations celebrate Black History Month with dozens of events   
WWAY  
Featuring the UNCW Upperman African American Cultural Center  

UNCW launches index to track and support sustainable use of ocean resources  
WECT  

UNCW publicizes Blue Economy Financial Index, prepares to launch online  
WilmingtonBiz  

Why the Battleship North Carolina is turning part of its parking lot into wetlands, tidal creek  
StarNews  
Featuring UNCW's Benthic Ecology Lab     

UNCW to lead project to help identify gravesites at historic African American cemetery  
WUNC  

UNCW professor discovers 200-year-old artifacts in Brunswick River  
WECT  

UNCW coastal engineering professor awarded nearly $1M research grant  
Port City Daily  

Heritage Expeditions Calls at Franklin Island  
Cruise Industry News  
Featuring UNCW faculty member Steve Emslie and alum Kate Sutherland  

"Echoes of a Coup" explores untold history of 1898 Wilmington coup and massacre  
WUNC  
Features Michael A. Betts II, Film Studies     

Submerged evidence of rice cultivation and slavery found in North Carolina  
Heritage Daily  
Featuring UNCW researchers  

Bad And Bougie: The Black Elite's Relationship with Corporate America  
Forbes  
Featuring Candice Robinson, sociology and criminology   

NEA Awards Mott Creative Writing Fellowship  
WilmingtonBiz  
Features creative writing faculty and alum Jason Mott  
Additional coverage: WECT; Port City Daily  

UNCW hosts Southeast NC Regional Science Fair  
WWAY  

Birds of a Feather  
Wilma  
UNCW is mentioned in several capacities.    

UNCW's student newspaper The Seahawk celebrates 75th anniversary  
WWAY    

Students reported her for a lesson on race. Then she taught it again.  
Washington Post  
Featuring UNCW alum Mary Wood  

Using AI to make the most of teachers' planning periods  
EdNC  
Features graduate student Mark Mormando   

UNCW surpasses major campaign goal, having raised more than $128 million since 2015 
WWAY 

'Transformative' investment in health care workforce announced in New Hanover County 
EdNC 
UNCW is a recipient of the investment from the endowment. 

UNCW researchers to study how waves, storms move sand 
Coastal Review 

UNCW professor awarded nearly $1 million grant for swash zone study
Fox Wilmington 

2024: A look ahead 
WilmingtonBiz 
Features UNCW faculty member Mouhcine Guettabi 

Well Intentioned Mental Health Courts Can Struggle to Live Up to Their Goals 
NPR
Featuring Kristen DeVall, faculty and co-director, National Treatment Court Resource Center 

What Is a STEM MBA? 
Best Colleges
Featuring UNCW Cameron School of Business and Nivine Richie, associate dean for graduate, international and executive programs 

Saving sea turtles takes a village: NCWRC helps rescue turtles ‘stunned’ by recent cold snap 
Coastland Times
Features UNCW’s turtle rescue partnership with other state institutions 

UNCW Program To Incubate Female, Blue Economy Startups 
WilmingtonBiz 
Featuring UNCW CIE’s Idea Test Lab  

CoastLine: Disappearing grasslands major threat to biodiversity in coastal plain of SE NC 
WHQR 
Features Amy Long, UNCW senior lecturer and research scientist 

UNCW holds 2024 FAFSA Day 
WWAY 

Making Waves for Coastal Science 
PBS
North Carolina Features UNCW’s Coastal Engineering Program 

UNCW helps host statewide esports tournament quarterfinals 
WWAY 

Who's who in Wilmington's film industry? A look at top players as production nears return  StarNews  Features Tim Palmer, UNCW Department of Film Studies 

From 'first-day birders' to area scientists, a look at Cape Fear birds and who's protecting them  StarNews  Features UNCW’s Danner Research Lab and Ray Danner 

When Sea-Level Rise Threatens Coastal Wetlands, Don’t Look to Rivers For Help, Scientists Say 
Stroud Water Research Center 
Featuring UNCW faculty Joanne Halls 

JSCC, UNC Wilmington partner for Pathways Program 
Daily Reflector 

St. James oyster shoreline initiative returns to Waterway Park 
State Port Pilot
Featuring UNCW’s living shoreline project and faculty member Troy Alphin  

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