Desperately Seeking Salamanders
Two undergraduates in the College of Arts and Sciences search for salamanders in western North Carolina — and find so much more.
Two undergraduates in the College of Arts and Sciences search for salamanders in western North Carolina — and find so much more.
Graduating senior Meghan Paschall has spent her time at Carolina studying science and working as a CNA in UNC Hospitals to prepare herself for a future career in medicine.
Isabel Silva-Romero studies how ocean temperatures affect the food web on rocky reefs around the Galápagos Islands.
By investigating the behavior of stem cells in a microscopic worm, Kacy Gordon’s lab hopes to produce useful knowledge at larger scales of biological complexity.
Logan Brackett received the 2021-2022 Award in Management in the College of Arts & Sciences for his outstanding accomplishments
Liah McPherson records the lives of dolphins and whales — from Hawaiʻi to Antarctica. She’s now a master’s student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; she graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2019 with a dual degree in biology and animal behavior and a minor in marine science.
Jared Richards studies bizarre and beautiful sea creatures over 480 million years old. At UNC, he studied quantitative biology, combining his love of science and statistics, as a Chancellor’s Science Scholar. He’s now a graduate student at Harvard University.
Carolina Covenant Scholar Thidar Aye’s journey to Chapel Hill began in Myanmar. At UNC, she fell in love with research and hopes to one day enter a Ph.D. program in biology.
Junior Aakanksha Gundu has made research an integral part of her undergraduate experience and encourages others who are interested to do the same.
From dancing to singing to 3D printing, our students tap into their creative side to explore the world around them.