Archives for May 10, 2022

Transfer portal is a chance for WCU athletes

May 10, 2022 by

Story co-written/produced with Charles Gadie Beginning in 2018, the NCAA instituted the transfer portal, a digital database where college athletes enter themselves in order to transfer to another college.  The Transfer Portal took recruiting to another level in college athletics.   Instead of solely relying on recruiting high school players, colleges can now search other colleges for […]

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‘Cooking’ up the future of biotechnology

May 10, 2022 by

Apadaca’s 353 chemistry lab is home to lots of research equipment, chemical substances along with hardworking students and faculty.   Dr. Channa De Silva, chemistry professor, is the faculty advisor for one section of lab. The focus is on nanotechnology. What is nanotechnology?  As De Silva explains, nanotechnology is not new but today its applications can bring […]

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Remarkable new biomedical research at WCU

May 10, 2022 by

WCU students working with Dr. Channa De Silva, chemistry professor, are involved in important research. Their focus is developing a method for making cancers and cancer cells visible by using nanotechnology. “It is a type of technology that deals with science and engineering aspects of materials at the nanometer region,” De Silva explains. Nanoparticles are […]

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Pinnacle Park’s new therapy trail; destressor for students

May 10, 2022 by

On March 11, 2022 Sylva’s Pinnacle Park welcomed a new trail to it’s trail system. The first of it’s kind in North Carolina, Pinnacle Park’s therapy trail is more than a hiking trail. It is for relieving stress and getting in-touch with nature. The trail models a Japanese form of therapy called “shinrin-yoku” or “forest […]

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