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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 ...

SPIRE Summer Undergraduate Research Program 2025

The goals of the program are to provide undergraduate students the opportunity to participate in innovative research at UNC-Chapel Hill, develop professional skills as a scientist, and contribute to a scholarly community.  Research opportunities exist ...

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 ...