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Mar 16, 2023

Miles Dillard: DEQ Step Intern Experience

Have you ever wanted to take part in environmental research that will help new environmental standards and initiatives become reality? If so then you will be interested in the internship… 

Feb 10, 2023

Audrey Benton: Uncovering the Wonders of Our Coasts

Imagine waking up, stepping outside, and seeing dolphins swimming right in your backyard. That’s what I did this summer at the North Carolina Coastal Federation in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.… 

Jan 19, 2023

Student Innovation Curbs Oral Hygiene Pollution

Written by Sydney Griggs and Dr. Eli Typhina Nobody thinks that something as small as a toothbrush could be detrimental to our planet.  However, we discard billions of plastic toothbrushes… 

Jul 5, 2022

Ocean Advocacy Workshop Prepares Students for Environmental Leadership

NC State cohosts inaugural workshop for college students 

Jun 20, 2022

Sara Bassett: Campus Sustainability through Composting

Did you know that dining hall food scraps at NC State can be recycled through State’s own composting facility and used to fertilize crops being grown for those same dining halls?… 

Satellite image of ghost forest in North Carolina’s marshy Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula - Environmental Analysis Course Provides Hands-on Research Experience - College of Natural Resources News - NC State University

May 31, 2022

Environmental Analysis Course Gives Students Hands-on Research Experience

From sea level rise along the North Carolina coastline to the impact of COVID-19 on women in forestry, the course allows students to tackle a variety of environmental challenges. 

Apr 29, 2022

Ian Warr: Through the Woods and Wetlands

The triangle region of North Carolina is one of the fastest growing areas in the country (Census.gov). Tens of thousands of people are moving here every year. To compensate for… 

NC State student LP Mancini holds a caecilian in the Amazon rainforest - What It's Like to Study Tropical Wildlife in South America - College of Natural Resources News - NC State University

Mar 30, 2022

What It’s Like to Study Tropical Wildlife in South America

NC State students LP Mancini and Martina Nordstrand reflect on their recent study abroad trip in Ecuador as part of the FW405/595: Tropical Wildlife Ecology course. 

A group of NC State students in the Amazon rainforest - From the Andes to the Amazon - College of Natural Resources News - NC State University

Mar 28, 2022

From the Andes to the Amazon

NC State students traveled to South America over spring break to conduct wildlife research and more. 

Wang and Barrangou pose for a picture in one of their greenhouses, with Eucalyptus and Poplar trees - Seed Funding Speeds Growth for TreeCo — an NC State Startup - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Mar 16, 2022

Seed Funding Speeds Growth for TreeCo — an NC State Startup

After receiving support from the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund, two professors’ sustainable forestry startup is using new technology to mitigate climate change.