Environmental Sciences News
Let’s Talk Trash: The Ocean Edition
When you visit your favorite beach, what do you see? Maybe you see gorgeous shells decorating the sand and foot prints. Conversely, maybe you see discarded beverage cans, cigarette butts, and broken parts of styrofoam coolers. Ocean and beach trash […]
Announcing Doris Duke Scholars
We are proud of our chosen Doris Duke Conservation Scholars for 2019-2020! Aaron Durham, Environmental Sciences Mya Wilson, Environmental Sciences Shannon Dolan, Environmental Sciences Jared Lamb, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology The Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program (DDCSP) is a […]
Natalie Daughtry: Wake County Cooperative Extension Intern
Wake County has agriculture? Though Wake County is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country, agriculture is still present in around Raleigh. Wake County’s diverse population and urban areas allow for unique agricultural endeavors along with more […]
Phoenix Spivey: Undergraduate Research Opportunity at Biosphere 2
“You can call me Frog,” my driver hoarsely yelled from the front seat as we drove further and further away from the Tucson International Airport. It was my first day in Arizona and my soon to be friend and I […]
New Faculty Profile: Dr. Jordan Kern
Jordan Kern joined NC State in August 2018 as a Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program cluster hire in Global Environmental Change. He obtained his bachelor’s degree (environmental science), master’s degree, and Ph.D. (environmental sciences and engineering) from the University of North […]
Dr. George Hess – Director of the Environmental Sciences Program.
We are excited to announce that Dr. George Hess is the new Director of the Environmental Sciences Program. George is a Professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources and has been a faculty member since 1996. He currently teaches Conservation […]
Hailey Shoptaugh: Education Intern at the Rachel Carson Reserve
Rachel Carson once wrote “The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.” After spending ten weeks walking in her footsteps, I couldn’t agree more. My time as the education intern at the Rachel Carson Reserve was full […]
The Adventures of a Living Conservatory Intern
What are small, brightly colored, and loved all over? Butterflies! At my internship in the Living Conservatory at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, I was constantly surrounded by them. Here, in this mock tropical dry forest, I’ve been teaching […]
Employment Scams
There has been a recent surge in reports of students receiving emails from fraudulent employers. These scammers are preying on eager job seekers. Often scammers will pose as legitimate employers and email students offering employment opportunities to get them to respond with […]
Per Frisk: The Nature Conservancy Volunteer to Burn Technician Position
A little about me: My name is Per Frisk and I graduated this past May with a major in Environmental Sciences and minor in Forest Management, and began work a week later. I’m glad I decided to dive right into […]