UNCP RISE

UNC-Pembroke Students are you:

-Looking for a future in research?
-Curious about career options for STEM majors?
-Interested in going to grad school for a STEM degree?
-Interested in getting paid for conducting research as an undergrad?

Then RISE is the perfect fit for you!!! We are a granted-funded research program with the goal to diversify the research workforce and are currently recruiting new student researchers.

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Greetings! We wanted to share with you our November Newsletter. Please enjoy! If anyone wants to send any updated information or opportunities, please feel free to do so and we will include it in the nexts months edition.

Here's the link:
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Happy Fall! We are currently working on our Newsletter and we wanted to include information from some of our fellow alumnus. If you would like to be included, feel free to message us a profile for you along with any updates (new job, degrees, families, location, etc)! Also, if you are aware of any opportunities in your area or at your institution, send those as well! Thanks in advance.

We want to give a big shoutout to our keynote speaker, Marsalis Smith. He graduated from UNCP in 2014 with a BS in Biological and Biomedical Sciences. Marsalis is a RISE alumni and was a member of Tri-Beta. We were delighted to welcome him back to tell us about his journey to grad school as well as his current research.

This is Melanie Handley. She is a current RISE Fellow and her internship was at NC State where she was investigating the question "does flower shape affect the transmission of a bumble bee parasite?"

Meet Josh Cade, one of our RISE fellows, spent his summer in Bethesda, Maryland at an NIH internship studying Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Parkinson's disease.

Here are two more of our RISE fellows:
Erica Baynard (pictured left) and Jessica Dean (pictured right) both spent their summer interning at Wake Forest University. Erica focused her studies on the impact of individual cell compartment oxidation on lipid raft formation. Jessica's studies focused on studying Biomarker CD117: An indicator for prostate cancer recurrence and metastasis

Meet Jasmine Kelly, one of our RISE fellows. She spent her summer as an intern at Eastern Kentucky University studying the importance of Eastern Hemlock in Acadian Flycatcher home range use.

RISE Fellows went to local elementary and middle schools to inspire the next generation that they too can be scientists.

RISE Fellows Cohort 13 at UNCW for NCAS 2019

Thanks, Dontae, for being a great RISE recruiter!

RISE is still accepting applications for Cohort 14!!! Stop by the RISE office today and Wednesday for more information about the program!

It's that time of year again. RISE is recruiting for Cohort 14!!! Calling UNCP undergrads majoring in STEM with an interest in research. Apply to be a RISE Fellow today!

https://www.uncp.edu/academics/research/rise-research-initiative-scientific-enhancement/applications-and-forms/rise-application

A cheerful Happy New Year and welcome back to our RISE Fellows and all UNCP students! Have a great spring semester!

This year fourteen RISE Fellows and two staff members traveled to Indianapolis, IN for ABRCMS 2018. We had eight students present research (one oral presentation and seven posters). As usual ABRCMS was a hit! Lots of giveaways and good connections. See you next year, in San Francisco, ABRCMS!

Cohort 13: Britney Alcira, Erica Baynard, Josh Cade, Colton Crenshaw, Melanie Handley, Jasmine Kelly, Cheyenne Lee, Dakota Lee, Dontae Mosley, Jazlyn Pointer, Fredejah Royer, Kaitlan Smith, Victoria Spencer, Ma**ca Thomas (not in attendance: Jessica Dean & Cody Morazan)

Dr. Jamila Simpson, Interim Associate Dean and Assistant Dean of the College of Science at NCSU, was our guest speaker at our meeting on 10/10/18. She gave an awesome presentation about the importance of diversity in STEM. "If you are not in the room who will ask your questions?"

RISE Fellows and UNCP students who participated in summer research programs showcased their hard work at this event. UNCP RISE' own Dr. Joanna Cooper was the featured guest and gave a great keynote talk about her research on Circadian Rhythms. Way to start off the year!

Student Research Featured in RISE Symposium | The University of North Carolina at Pembroke August 24, 2018 / Biology Dr. Ben Bahr and keynote speaker Dr. Joanna Cooper The RISE Program moved its annual End-of-Summer Research Symposium (August 24th) to the University Annex allowing, for the first time, a keynote address and oral presentations. After Provost David Ward's welcoming remarks,....

Yesterday was the first day of class and the first RISE meeting of Fall 2018. We broke the ice with the new cohort by asking the students when they first realized they wanted to be a scientist. Many were inspired by the passion and love for science of their teachers and professors. When did you first realize you wanted to be a scientist?