With little to go on but fragments of oral history and the scant clues they could glean from a decaying steel hull, a team of East Carolina University maritime studies students has helped piece together the identity and story of a shipwreck in the Pamlico Sound near Rodanthe. The project was made possible by the …
This fall, the UNICORN Angel Network launched with the mission of cultivating community among NCSSM-related entrepreneurs while connecting them to sources of advice and capital. Powered by IDEA Fund Partners, one of the Southeast’s most active seed and early stage venture investors, the UNICORN Angel Network is a platform for students, alumni, and supporters of the …
The Wake Forest University School of Business and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts today announced a partnership to promote and support opportunities for UNCSA graduates to pursue graduate studies at the Wake Forest School of Business in its nationally-recognized Master’s in Management program. The collaboration offers UNCSA students an accelerated application process, and access …
Breaking Straps To Test Their Strength GREENSBORO, N.C — Have you ever wondered just how strong those straps are that hold down loads on tractor-trailers? Or have you wondered how safe it is to drive on a highway behind a truck with a load tied down by these straps? The researchers in the Fail Lab …
Although ground technically was broken last summer during preliminary site preparation for a facility to replace Western Carolina University’s outdated Natural Sciences Building, a ceremonial groundbreaking officially marking the beginning of construction on the Tom Apodaca Science Building is set for Friday, March 2. The event will begin at 2 p.m. in the courtyard of …
Imagine spending an entire lifetime reading one sentence — that’s the kind of problem Joaquín Drut faces every day. The UNC physicist works with numbers too large to compute in an effort to better understand the way our universe works. Sometimes a single word acts as a powerful tool for communicating a whole world of …
The flu is simple, right? You get it from germs, it feels terrible and then you get better. Turns out there’s a bit more going on. Every year, millions of people will get sick from the flu—but many don’t know how it works or spreads or what they can do to prevent it. Christopher Hurt, …
The following news release was issued jointly by the United South and Eastern Tribes Inc. (USET) and UNC Asheville: In a signing ceremony this morning, United South and Eastern Tribes Inc. (USET) and the University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNC Asheville) agreed to collaborate on an education initiative that will offer undergraduate opportunities at …
When assistant professor of technology, Dr. Bijandra Kumar, joined Elizabeth City State University in September 2017, he brought with him research on the cutting edge of sustainable technology. Kumar’s goal as an academic researcher is to find the most efficient means to use renewable energy such as solar power. Storing the collected energy has been …
A student’s design for a modular restaurant created from shipping containers that can be disassembled, transported and reassembled took one of the top honors in the Planning and Visual Education (PAVE) 2017 Student Design Competition. Emma Morris, a senior in Appalachian State University’s interior design program, competed against more than 400 other entries and took …