Logo Contest

NCAS Logo Contest

Deadline: 11:59 PM, Monday, March 10, 2025

The North Carolina Academy of Science (NCAS) announces a contest to create a fresh, new logo to replace its long-standing logo. Submissions may come from any member of any branch of the Academy: Senior, Collegiate, or Student. However, submissions will not be considered from current members of the NCAS Board of Directors. 

The winning one design will be awarded $250.

If both a circular & horizontal design receive the most votes, these 2 designs will be awarded $250 each. Creators of the winning designs must agree to give NCAS exclusive and complete rights to use the designs in whatever capacity that NCAS deems appropriate.

  • Deadline for submissions is 11:59 PM on Monday, March 10, 2025

  • Ideally, the logo will be created with a graphic design tool, such as Canva.com (free on the internet)

  • Original design should be as large as possible and have a resolution of at least 300 dpi

  • Submissions should be made as PNG file attachments uploaded to this form.

Circular designs appropriate for stationery, and horizontal designs appropriate for meeting programs are welcome. Design submissions will be reviewed by the NCAS Logo Committee. The top designs will be available for viewing and voting during the NCAS annual meeting at Fayetteville State University on 28- 29 March 2025. Designs receiving the most votes will be declared the winners. 

Logo criteria:

  • Must include the full name of the Academy: North Carolina Academy of Science

  • Must include the year the Academy originated: either “1902” or “Since 1902”

  • Design should be general enough to be inclusive of all sciences, and may use symbols readily

    associated with science (such as a DNA strand, microscope, etc.)

  • Must be your own creation (not taken from other sources)

  • High-resolution, print quality; no drawings

  • Contemporary, clean fonts

  • Neutral colors. May include blue, black, white, gold (touches of green); circular design may be in black and white

  • Simple design and may include:

    • outline of North Carolina’s state map

    • North Carolina state symbol

The Quest for Extraterrestrial Life

Water bears were a big splash again in this year’s NC Academy of Science booth! But the real story was the awesome group of volunteers. Students from Meredith College and UNC Pembroke, joined by a host of museum volunteers, warmly greeted the public. Hundreds of visitors poured into the booth during the Astronomy Days event on the first weekend of February. A small boy, who entered the booth on Saturday, made a bee line for the water bears while shouting, “I want to see science!”

Yarbrough Correction

One of the Yarbrough Grant winners’ project had the wrong title indicated on the Yarbrough Grants page and in the Fall newsletter. The Yarbrough Grants and Publications Committees apologize for the error. Here is the correct information:

Elijah Yang, Lenoir-Rhyne University (Advisor: Dr. Michael Stiff) Project in Biology entitled “Using Different Plant Growth Regulators and Their Combinations to Improve Rooting in Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) Stem Cuttings”

NCAS Board Member Awarded $250K grant for chemistry research

Dr. Evan Reynolds is the NCAS Treasurer and Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics at Campbell University. He was awarded a $250,000 grant to support undergraduate chemistry research. Dr. Reynolds and his students will study the application of thiamine diphosphate-dependent enzymes towards current challenges in chemical synthesis.

Campbell University News Release

Reflections on the 2023 NCAS Annual Meeting

This is the first in a short series: Reflections on the 2023 NCAS Annual Meeting.  We had so many great comments from the UNCP Compass group that would not fit in their newsletter article, so we will be running one quote a day for the next couple of weeks.

The students who shared their reflections are listed in the table below.

Enjoy! Here is the first installment:

It was an exciting and informative event for all of us and provided a great platform for us to learn from and engage with talented students from various fields.

Job Posting: NCSU Postdoctoral Teaching Scholar

 https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/178210

The Biotechnology Program (BIT) at North Carolina State University invites applications for the position of Postdoctoral Teaching Scholar in the area of molecular biology. This is a 12-month position and is renewable for up to 3 years based on performance and funding availability.

Duties and Responsibilities
Responsibilities include teaching sections at the graduate and undergraduate levels of an existing course that explores manipulation and expression of recombinant DNA and developing and implementing a new laboratory course in a cutting-edge area of molecular biotechnology in the fellow’s area of expertise. There are opportunities for mentoring of undergraduate students in authentic research projects and discipline-based education research (DBER) studies.