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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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