Yearly Archives: 2016

Monday November 14, 2016 Sonja Haynes Stone Center, UNC Chapel Hill Dr. Zuleyma Tang-Martinez was a faculty member at the University of Missouri-St. Louis for 35 years, where she taught undergraduates and mentored graduate students and postdocs investigating social animal behavior. … Read more

Undergraduate students completed the SPIRE Summer Research Program 2016. Students engaged in research projects mentored by SPIRE scholars at UNC Chapel Hill and participated in weekly professional development sessions, a journal club, a GRE preparation course, and social activities in … Read more

Since 2000, SPIRE scholars have transitioned into academic positions at institutions across the country. The SPIRE program also results in a greater proportion of underrepresented scientists transitioning into academic faculty positions as compared to national data. These outcomes were recently … Read more

Five former SPIRE scholars returned to UNC Chapel Hill for a panel discussion with the current SPIRE scholars on April 1. The panelists included: – Krystle McLaughlin, Ph.D.– (Professor of the Practice, Lehigh University) – Omar Quintero, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Univ of Richmond) … Read more

Brittany Miles, current junior, biology major in the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Johnson C. Smith University was awarded a research fellowship from the Ecological Society of America (ESA) SEEDS program. The program offers Undergraduate Research Fellowships for … Read more

Dr. Kristen Walton, a former SPIRE fellow and now Assistant Professor at Missouri Western State University, received the Research Recognition Award at Experimental Biology 2007 in Washington, D.C. for a poster presented on the use of case studies and data … Read more