This week, the PFAS SMART symposium at CMS was led by Thermo Fisher & co-hosted by the NC PFAS Testing Network & CMS. The meeting shared information about PFAS testing workflows, overcoming analytical challenges and achieving reliable results. #uncwcse

Check out the recent paper by UNCW Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences Professor Chad Lane and UNCW Alumni Association liz yanuskiewicz "A 7500-year record of fire and precipitation dynamics from Clear Pond, South Carolina, USA." bit.ly/3Yg7EtV

We 💙 Science! Professor Andrea Hawkes continues to be at the forefront of sea level research! #uncwcse

Join me and make a gift to Seahawks Give 2025 givecampus.com/4cifjf

Jared Wood, UNCW doctoral student, will defend his Pharmaceutical Chemistry Ph.D., Wed., April 23, 2025. Wood is the FIRST Chemistry & Biochemistry student to defend this Ph.D. After receiving his Ph.D., Wood has a job at Merck in South San Francisco! CONGRATS!

🎉🎉🎉CONGRATS to Dr. Andrea Hawkes, UNCW Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences on her recent paper in "PNAS," entitled "Increased flood exposure in the Pacific Northwest following earthquake-driven subsidence and sea-level rise." Providing understanding for coastal resilience planning. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

The importance of real-time weather data for forecasting, search & rescue efforts & maritime safety is featured in the StarNews. CORMP data used by the public & groups such as the National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center, U.S. Coast Guard, Harbor Pilots & Ocean Rescue.

Sharing for awareness: Policies and Procedures Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate bit.ly/NSF_Indirect

Before we forget who the real visitors are 🦈🪼🐳

Sometimes science looks glamorous - like heading out for field work in the Florida Keys - but most of the time it’s long days in lab and a few nights on an air mattress collecting data points. Hats off to our awesome team of students and postdoc! #NSF #oceanscience UNCW_CMS

Study from Microbial Ecophysiology Group, UNCW's Alison Taylor lab, reveals the 1st evidence of chlorophagy in marine phytoplankton, showing how coccolithophores-"Scyphosphaera apsteinii" use a novel organelle to digest prey & recycle nutrients. doi.org/10.1111/nph.20…

What BIG eyes! Study by Lori Schweikert UNCW Biology & Marine Biology Department & colleagues find NEW knowledge of the humpback whale eye, revealing that these iconic giants possess really limited visual acuity—raising questions about how they see (or don't see) in the open ocean. bit.ly/whaleEYE

Massive congratulations to Applied Coastal & Ocean Sciences PhD student Camille Sullivan, who recently received the Parke D. Snavely Jr. Cascadia Research Award from the Geological Society of America! Camille is advised by EOS Professor Scott Nooner.

CONGRATS to Robert T. Burrus Jr., dean of UNCW's UNCW Cameron School of Business who has been named Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

New DISCOVERY in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS), a collaboration b/w UNCW's DrugDiscovery & NIH. Team discovered aridomycin, a natural compound made by bacteria that strongly fights Staphylococcus aureus infections & an emerging fungus Candida auris! Robert Thomas Williamson pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

While out collecting samples w/ a MarineQuest summer class, Capt'n Jay Styron on 'R/V Cape Fear' noted an invasive Black Tiger Shrimp. Styron submitted a collection record of the Tiger Shrimp to the USGS. Have you seen one? Learn more & report: oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/tigershr…

POV: then and now as we celebrate 25 Years at the Myrtle Grove location. Marine science research has been SOARING at UNCW for 54 YEARS!!! On the water 24/7/365!

Join us for UNCW's Center for Marine Science OPEN HOUSE is Oct. 4, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Celebrating our 25th Anniversary at the Myrtle Grove location will marine science has been soaring at UNCW for 54+ years!

🚨New Pub in nature! Highly collaborative with Tiffany Keenan as lead author and many members of UNCW Comparative Physiology Lab! This article describes the anatomical features associated with a functional glymphatic system in bottlenose dolphins. UNCW doi.org/10.1038/s41598…

#HurricaneErin will pass through Southeast U.S. waters, bringing storm surge and dangerous offshore conditions. The SECOORA Hurricane Resources page provides critical info: 🌊 Buoy data 💧 Water level data 🎥 WebCOOS camera footage ⛈️ Glider data secoora.org/hurricane-reso…