UNCW in the News

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