By rsearles, on November 15th, 2011 YAYIGRADUATED. Therefore, my UNC onyen is expiring, and I will no longer have access to this UNC web page. This blog will now be housed at its new and improved WordPress location, HERE.
My UNC email will also be expiring, so please forward all contact to this address: rsearles14 (at) gmail.com.
Thanks. It’s been real.
By rsearles, on November 3rd, 2011
Every year, the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) sponsors a handful of talented student writers to attend the AAAS scientific conference with $1,000 travel fellowships. Any undergraduate interested in science journalism can apply, and this year the conference will be held in Vancouver, Canada (Feb. 16-20, 2012). The fellowship includes a mentoring program and . . . → Read More: Calling All Fledgling Science Writers: NASW Travel Fellowships to Vancouver
By rsearles, on July 7th, 2011 Fudgy chocolate sour cream cupcakes with mocha ganache, inspired by images from Kop's research.
A science geek-foodie’s dream come true. In celebration of her most recent publication, “Mitotic Spindle Proteomics in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells,” Dr. Ahna Skop of UW-Madison made these delicious-looking sour cream-based fudge cupcakes iced with mocha ganache. Dr. Skop, I . . . → Read More: Mmm, Mitotic Spindles…
By rsearles, on May 15th, 2011 On the Pill
On Monday, the Wall Street Journal came out with an article on the Pill (oddly familiar to my PsychToday article, cough cough) on how hormonal contraceptives may be disrupting the sexual attraction chemo-signals we give and receive.
The most recent research that pushed this ‘old’ news into the spotlight again was conducted . . . → Read More: Evolutionary Psychology, ‘The Pill’, and Happiness
By rsearles, on March 15th, 2011 In an effort to appease the hungry beast that is UNC Student Congress, and get a little more funding, Carolina Scientific content has officially gone online. I’m really excited to see how our writers will show their creativity and express their research interests in this more-flexible writing forum, and I hope their enthusiasm for science . . . → Read More: Hoorah!
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Bio 
Rebecca Searles is a recent UNC-CH graduate of Biology and Psychology, and former Editor-in-Chief of Carolina Scientific.
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