American Dogwood
Cornus florida
The state flower of North Carolina, Dogwood blossoms appear in early spring all over the UNC campus.
Recent News
Gidi Shemer Receives Faculty Academic Advising Award
Congratulations to Biology Lecturer/Advisor Gidi Shemer, who has been named Winner of the Outstanding New Advising Award – Faculty Academic Advising, given by the National Academic Advising Association. “The NACADA Annual Awards Program for Academic Advising honors individuals and institutions making significant contributions to the improvement of academic advising. NACADA is a representative and advocate of academic advising and those providing that service to higher education.” READ MORE ABOUT NACADA >>
Jeremy Greeter Receives a 2012 NDSEG Fellowship
Congratulations to Jeremy Greeter (Ty Hedrick lab), who has been selected to receive a prestigious 2012 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, administered by the American Society for Engineering Education. The NDSEG Fellowships demonstrate the Department of Defense’s commitment to increase the quality and quantity of scientists and engineers in our country. READ MORE >>
Megan Rúa Receives NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Congratulations to Megan Rúa (Charles Mitchell lab), who was awarded a three-year NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. Megan’s postdoctoral research project will begin in August and will be conducted in Dr. Jason Hoeksema’s laboratory at the University of Mississippi.
Kyle Palmquist Receives ASB Award Honorable Mention
Congratulations to Kyle Palmquist (Bob Peet lab) who received an Honorable Mention for the Eugene P. Odum Award for her talk entitled “Dramatic declines in small-scale species richness in longleaf pine savannas” at the Association for Southeastern Biologists annual meeting in Athens, GA. The Eugene P. Odum award is given by the Southeastern Chapter of the Ecological Society of America for the best oral presentation on ecological research given by a student at the annual ASB meeting.