Biology

Reinventing Life: A Guide to Our Evolutionary Future asks readers to consider their impact on the way species change over time.

David Vandermast, associate professor of biology, was re-elected to the chair of the Southeastern Chapter of the Ecological Society of America.

Kelsey Van Dalfsen has been named a 2012 Goldwater Scholarship recipient while Julie Ronecker received an Honorable Mention.

Dr. Michael Kingston, professor of biology and environmental studies, was elected to the position of President-Elect at the North Carolina Academy of Science's 109th annual meeting at Campbell University on March 23-25. He will serve as the Academy's President during the 2013-2014 academic year.

Michael Terribilini, assistant professor of biology, presented research with two students at the Midsouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society's ninth annual meeting in Oxford, Miss.

Four biology students received awards for their presentations at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Science hosted by Elon University March 25-26.

Dave Gammon, assistant professor of biology; Jen Platania, associate professor of economics; Susan Manring, associate professor of management; and environmental studies major David Munoz published a peer-reviewed guest editorial in the December 2011 issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.