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The Class of 2030 begin their ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ journey with Move-In Day on Aug. 21. Four current ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students offer their words of wisdom to the incoming class.

The article explores how the body’s antiviral defenses can both limit and enhance the effectiveness of viruses being developed as cancer therapies.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ faculty Hwayeon Ryu and Andrea Perreault have joined the three-year Computational Biology Peer Mentor Network, a national initiative connecting faculty from primarily undergraduate institutions to strengthen interdisciplinary teaching, research, mentorship and professional development in computational biology.

Associate Professor of Mathematics Hwayeon Ryu and Assistant Professor of Biology Efra Rivera-Serrano received a three-year, $500,138 grant to study viral myocarditis.

Dave Gammon, professor of biology, presented his research on vocal mimicry at the annual meetings of the Animal Behavior Society in Cincinnati, Ohio

Assistant Professor of Biology Efraín Rivera-Serrano and undergraduate researchers Ryder Hutchinson ’28 and Alex Roberts ’27 received travel awards from the American Society for Virology to attend and present their research at the organization’s 2026 annual meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Gress will present his research at the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) presentations on July 23 in the Snow Family Grand Atrium.

The Rivera-Serrano Lab’s latest student-led publication, published in Viral Immunology, examines how genetically distinct reoviruses behave across different epithelial cancer cell models.

A new study in the Journal of College Science Teaching provides and validates a rubric to help science instructors identify incremental progress in non-majors’ development of reflection skills during a single course or other short-term experience.

Alexander Roberts ’27 is the recipient of the prestigious 2026 Undergraduate Research Award from North Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities.