Thanks for joining us on October 16th for the annual Biology Department Picnic! The picnic was catered by Hillsborough BBQ Company, who provided BBQ chicken, vegan chili, and coleslaw. In addition to great food, BGSA hosted a bake sale and … Read more
Due to their great success last year, Biology Department T-shirts are again available to order! The image for the shirt is below, as well as an example of the final product. The shirts are dark grey, soft, fitted Next Level … Read more
On June 28th, we celebrated this year’s change in Biology Department Chair. After 5 years of great service, Dr. Bill Kier turned the position over to Dr. Vicki Bautch. We helped them commemorate the swap with cake and ice cream, … Read more
On May 18th, many Biology faculty and students participated in the NC DNA Day 5k and Festival. The event was held to raise funds to support North Carolina DNA Day – an annual event to inspire and educate the next … Read more
This year, the Carolina Biosciences Alumni Reunion hosted an Art of Science Competition. With over 50 entries, our own Jes Coyle from the Hurlbert lab received third place with her artwork entitled “Symbiotic Continent”. You can view winning images and … Read more
On May 6th, the middle school students from the Biology Pen Pal Program visited campus to tour some of the labs and meet their graduate student Pen Pals. The lab tours were graciously hosted by the following labs and graduate … Read more
Congratulations to Kyle Palmquist who was awarded with the 2013 Eugene P. Odum Award for having the best student paper at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists. Kyle is a CEE student in Bob Peet’s lab. Here … Read more
On April 3rd, a group of faculty and students from the Biology Department set out to Battle Park for a nature walk. Leading the walk were plant identifying expert Alan Weakley, bird spotting expert Allen Hurlbert, and bird call expert … Read more
The annual Darwin Day event was held on February 16, 2013 at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. Four UNC Biology labs were represented at the event, helping promote outreach and education on topics of evolution: Burch Lab – … Read more
The biology t-shirts have finally arrived! If you ordered one, please see Julie Lawrence (Coker 212) 8am-4pm M-F to pick it up. Didn’t order a shirt but would like one? We have a handful of extras for sale! See Julie … Read more
