UNCW in the News
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UNCW men’s basketball team returning to campus after CAA championship victory
WECT
Celebrating progress and potential with UNCW’s Chemistry Milestone event
WWAY
Featuring UNCW student Karlee Koheth
UNCW men’s basketball wins CAA championship, headed to NCAA tournament
WECT
Additional coverage: StarNews
UNCW’s Ali Zalaya named CAA Defensive Player of the Year
WWAY
Featuring UNCW student Ali Zalaya
‘Gullah Geechee slaves enriched America with rice – they engineered rivers but had no voice’
The Times of India
Featuring UNCW faculty Joni Backstrom
UNCW professor and students return from first 3-day coastal research trip on a boat
WECT
Featuring UNCW faculty Bradley Tolar, students Matt Bues and Jess Shearer
UNCW to host annual Intercultural Festival
WWAY
Featuring UNCW staff Jennifer Fernandez-Villa
Additional coverage: WECT
22-year-old UNCW student opens restaurant inspired by family recipes
WECT
Featuring UNCW student Tom Nguyen
Researchers embark on study of shore-to-sea habitats
Coastal Review
Featuring UNCW faculty Bradley Tolar and Christian Brizeno-Avena
Ancient Egyptian Ingenuity: How A Lost Nile Branch May Have Helped Build The Pyramids
The Archaeologist
Featuring UNCW faculty Eman Ghoneim
Perspective | Addressing the nursing shortage: A collaborative path forward
EdNC
Mentions UNCW’s involvement in the New Hanover Healthcare Career Partnership
Wilmington marathoner refuses to let cerebral palsy hold him back
WWAY
Featuring UNCW alum Michael Friant
“Admissions is an art, not a science”, says Aswani K Volety, Chancellor – University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW)
The Economic Times
Featuring UNCW Chancellor Aswani Volety
Ashley teacher named NHCS Rookie of the Year
WWAY
Featuring UNCW alum Mattie Johnson
6th Annual UNCW African American Read-In
WECT
Featuring UNCW staff Chris Robinson
Our State Book Club Presents: Jason Mott
Our State Magazine
Featuring UNCW alum Jason Mott
Business student brings authentic Vietnamese flavors to new Wilmington restaurant
StarNews
Featuring UNCW student Tom Ngyuen
UNCW Announces Distinguished Alumni Awards
WilmingtonBiz
Featuring UNCW alums Robert T. Abbotts, Mary Claire “MC” Curran, John Scholz, and Laurel Shackelton Hillen Engel
Seeking A Workforce Cure
WilmingtonBiz
Featuring UNCW Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Chris Lantz, College of Health and Human Services Dean Jack Watson, New Hanover Community Healthcare Transformation Project Director Brooke Nigro
Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Christopher Marino
WHQR
Featuring UNCW faculty Christopher Marino
It all starts in the kitchen: dietician discusses heart health and stress over food
WECT
Featuring UNCW staff Chelsea Stant
Ashley Bissette Sumerel: Wilmington’s Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic talks TV (1on1 with Jon Evans)
WECT
Featuring UNCW faculty Ashley Bissette Sumerel
UNCW grads create app connecting families with students for athletic, academic training
WWAY
Featuring UNCW alums Nico Mancuso and Austin Bates
Additional coverage: WECT, WilmingtonBiz
GrepBeat Awards Recognize Rising Stars With UNCW CIE Connections
WilmingtonBiz
Featuring UNCW CIE Director Heather McWhorter, CIE Program Manager Lydia Thomas,
CIE tenant and alum Jack Fleming, CIE mentor Nannette Strangle Castor
University of North Carolina Wilmington receives $25 million grant
Philanthropy News Digest
Dean’s List: Why Johnson & Wales is joining other NC schools in offering free tuition
News & Observer
Mentions historic $25M gift from Yousry and Linda Sayed
Meet the Winners of the Surface Elevation Table (SET) Call for Proposals
SECOORA
Featuring UNCW faculty Lori Sutter
UNC Wilmington gets $25M pledge from Sayeds
Business North Carolina
'Planting a seed': UNCW receives its largest donation ever with focus on healthcare
StarNews
$25M Gift To UNCW, Its Largest Ever, Will Support Medical Education
WilmingtonBiz
BOT member gifts UNCW $25M for healthcare, teacher prep
Port City Daily
UNCW to receive $25 million to support healthcare initiatives
WWAY
UNCW receives $25 million donation for School of Health Science
WECT
GrepBeat’s Inaugural “Rising Stars” Event Celebrates 10 Honorees
GrepBeat
Featuring UNCW CIE Director Heather McWhorter, CIE Program Manager Lydia Thomas. CIE tenant and alum Jack Fleming, CIE mentor Nannette Strangle Castor
Side by Side with Nido Quebein: Dr. Aswani K. Volety, Chancellor, UNC Wilmington
PBS North Carolina
Featuring UNCW Chancellor Aswani Volety
UNCW Seahawk named Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week
WECT
Featuring UNCW student Ali Zelaya
Aliens discover Doritos in new fan-made Super Bowl ad
TODAY
Featuring UNCW alum Dylan Bradshaw
Additional coverage: StarNews, WWAY, WECT, Port City Daily, Spectrum, WFMY
Health Care Innovator: Barbara Biehner’s leadership roles shape local care
WILMA
Featuring UNCW faculty Barbara Biehner
UNCW awarded $1.5 million for coastal research project
WECT
Featuring UNCW faculty Bradley Tolar
UNCW marine biologist to lead research trip to Antarctica
WWAY
Featuring UNCW faculty Jake Warner, graduate student Kristen Boddy
Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Dr. Stephanie Caulder
WHQR
Featuring UNCW College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts Dean Stephanie Caulder
As a longtime Wilmington artist retires from UNCW, a striking solo show sends her on her way
StarNews
Featuring UNCW faculty Pam Toll
UNC Wilmington graduate joins final three in Doritos Super Bowl Ad competition
WECT
Featuring UNCW alum Dylan Bradshaw
Additional coverage: WWAY, StarNews
Now healthy, rescued NC manatee released back into the wild in Florida
StarNews
Featuring UNCW staff Alison Loftis
Additional coverage: WXII, WBTV, WRAL, WWAY
UNC Wilmington graduate joins final three in Doritos Super Bowl Ad competition
WECT
Featuring UNCW alum Dylan Bradshaw
Additional coverage: WWAY
Homecoming for a Dean: Stephanie Caulder transforms new UNCW college
WILMA
Featuring UNCW College of Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts Dean Stephanie Caulder
As a longtime Wilmington artist retires from UNCW, a striking solo show sends her on her way
StarNews
Featuring UNCW faculty Pam Toll
‘Just Keep Swimming’: UNCW senior makes swim team after years of trying
WWAY
Featuring UNCW student Ben Prucha, staff Bobby Guntoro
New Year’s resolutions: Taking care of your mental health in 2025
WWAY
Featuring UNCW faculty Jennifer Brubaker
Demi Moore's Powerful Golden Globes Speech Reveals 1 Issue That's Too Common For Many Of Us
HuffPost
Cites UNCW’s Counseling Center
Advocacy In Academia
WilmingtonBiz
Featuring UNCW faculty Kate Nooner
Holiday spending soars despite growing economic divide
WWAY
Featuring UNCW faculty Mouhcine Guettabi
Laney High School teacher named 2025 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Southeast Region Teacher of the Year
WWAY
Featuring UNCW alum Hannah Moon
The WilmingtonBiz 100: The Rising Stars
WilmingtonBiz
Featuring UNCW alum and CIE 1 Million Cups organizer Jack Fleming
The WilmingtonBiz 100: The Influencers
WilmingtonBiz
Featuring UNCW College of Health and Human Services Dean Jack Watson
The WilmingtonBiz 100: The Innovators
WilmingtonBiz
Featuring UNCW Associate Provost for Teaching, Learning and Library Services and Dean of the Library Lucy Holman
The WilmingtonBiz 100: The Connectors
WilmingtonBiz
Featuring UNCW Cameron School of Business Dean Rob Burrus, CIE Director Heather McWhorter, CIE Program Manager Lydia Thomas, and Swain Center Director Yolanda Pollard
The WilmingtonBiz 100: The Power Players
WilmingtonBiz
Featuring UNCW Chancellor Aswani Volety
From Marine Corps to Master’s Degree: A UNCW graduate’s journey
WWAY
Featuring UNCW alumnus Gualberto Martinez
Blue Economy Index perks up slightly, lags benchmarks
Coastal Review
Local Leaders Talk Ongoing, Future Projects At Power Breakfast
WilmingtonBiz
Featuring Chancellor Aswani Volety speaking about UNCW’s strategic plan
Manatees along the NC coast? Yes, and why it might become more common, even in November
StarNews
Featuring UNCW staff Michael Tift
NC Wildlife: First manatee rescue in North Carolina a success
WWAY
Featuring UNCW staff Allison Loftis
Additional coverage: WRAL
Survey Provides Snapshot Of Local Health Care Workforce
WilmingtonBiz
Featuring UNCW’s Nursing Program
Nature’s Wonders
PBS North Carolina
Featuring UNCW faculty Lorian Schweikert, staff Jacob Bolin
Waity Selected As RTI Scholar
WilmingtonBiz
Featuring UNCW faculty Jill Waity
Engineering Community: UNCW’s Society of Women Engineers supports and inspires
WILMA
Featuring UNCW students Wren Usiatynski and Emily Weber
UNCW unveils ‘Blue Economy Asset Map’ highlighting local ocean-based industry
WWAY
Featuring UNCW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship director Heather McWhorter
Online tool maps NC’s blue economy businesses, resources
Coastal Review
Featuring the UNCW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Cameron School of Business
Veterans Day: UNCW honors women and men who bravely served in the armed forces
WECT
Featuring UNCW staff Bill Kawczynski and student Sean Bigger
Advocacy in Academia: Kate Nooner leads project to promote UNCW faculty
WILMA
Featuring UNCW faculty Kate Nooner
Several organizations gather to plant 75 tress at NHC landfill
WWAY
Featuring UNCW Plastic Ocean Project, students Katrina Rusinovich and Sam Paul
The Youth Entrepreneurship Program Celebrates Five Years
WilmingtonBiz
Sponsored Content Provided by Rob Burrus, dean, Cameron School of Business
UNCW men’s basketball breaks record for points in a game
WWAY
Now in 50th year as UNCW scorekeeper, Jim Harris faces stage 3 cancer battle
WECT
Three new artificial reefs coming to the Cape Fear region, part of seafloor enhancement project
Port City Daily
Featuring UNCW faculty Nicole Fogarty
NCInnovation Selects UNCW For New Hub
WilmingtonBiz
UNCW Doctoral Student Awarded Research Opportunity
WilmingtonBiz
Featuring UNCW student Chris Blanco
At UNCW, McLean And Gonzalez-Ortiz Receive $400K Grant For Ecosystem Research
WilmingtonBiz
Featuring UNCW faculty Matthew McLean and student Adrian Gonzalez-Ortiz
Engineering students take part in wave flume boat race at UNCW
WWAY
First-ever UNCW women’s basketball skills and wellness clinic benefits both children and parents
WECT
Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly gives remarks at UNCW’s Dare to Learn lecture series
WWAY
UNCW Recognized By Economic Development Association
WilmingtonBiz
UNCW launches NSF-Funded initiative to promote women in STEM
WWAY
Additional coverage: WECT
Bluethenthal Wildflower Preserve is now officially a certified wildlife habitat
WWAY
Additional coverage: WECT
Olivia’s Game honors daughter of former UNCW soccer star
WECT
UNCW men’s basketball picked third by CAA coaches in preseason poll
WWAY
UNCW professor gives tips on talking politics with friends and family
WWAY
Featuring UNCW faculty Jennifer Brubaker
UNCW Blue Economy Index rises 7% during September
Coastal Review
Application process for some UNC System schools being streamlined
WNCN
Jason Mott follows award-winning meta-novel with novel about award-winning author
Associated Press
Featuring UNCW faculty Jason Mott
UNCW Economist: "I hesitate to say soft landing, but I think that we are moving in that direction"
WHQR
Featuring UNCW faculty Mouhcine Guettabi
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
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 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
Effectively Creating Outdoor Spaces on Campus
Campus Rec Magazine
Grove named UNC System faculty fellow
WilmingtonBiz
Featuring UNCW faculty member Nathan Grove
UNC Wilmington School of Social Work Partners with Wilkes Community College To Provide Bachelor’s Degree Pipeline
Wilkes Record
Coral researchers from UNCW turn to innovative methods to save the world's reefs
WHQR
Featuring UNCW faculty Nicole Fogarty, Jacob Warner and Nathan Crowe
UNCW Leaders Head Group Contending For $160M Federal Grant
WilmingtonBiz
UNCW basketball adds Kentucky win to greatest in program history
StarNews