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Former SPIRE scholar Dr. Krystle McLaughlin shares her story working through the challenges of balancing academic faculty expectations and family life during and after the coronavirus pandemic in the latest edition of ChemistryWorld. Dr. McLaughlin ...

Former SPIRE Scholar Wins Teaching Award

The University of North Carolina Board of Governors has selected 17 outstanding faculty members to receive the 2025 Awards for Excellence in Teaching. Former SPIRE scholar Antonio Baines, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Biological Biomedical Sciences at North ...

Grants Earned by Former Scholars

Former scholars continue to be productive in research and education by earning grants in their current positions. Some highlights include: Lindsey Costantini, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University) was awarded an R16 grant from the ...

IRACDA Conference 2024

The SPIRE program hosted the most recent IRACDA Conference, June 23-25, 2024 on the campus of UNC Chapel Hill with the theme “Maximizing Impact Through Research and Teaching.” The conference brought together 280 participants from ...

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