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Waterfall - Sometimes Saving Plants Takes Removing Others: The Threat Invasive Species Hold Against Forest Health - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Jan 24, 2025

Sometimes Saving Plants Takes Removing Others: The Threat Invasive Species Hold Against Forest Health

By: Cate Harris Ever since I was little, I dreamed of a job where I could spend the day outside just as I did then. It wasn’t until I was older and looking for a subject to study in college that I realized that doing just that was possible. My sister gave me a piece…

Jan 9, 2025

Isabelle Zarsadias: A Summer in Charlotte Storm Water Services: Safeguarding Our City, One Storm Pipe at a Time

It was a scorching July afternoon when I found myself standing in a resident’s backyard, examining a sinkhole the size of my bedroom. As I looked down into the gaping hole, I couldn’t help but feel a mix of excitement, responsibility, and curiosity. This was just one of the many challenges I encountered during my…

Dec 20, 2024

SOARE: SWAG Summer Research Experience

Written by: Eric Martineau The annual problem of my generation is finding a good way to spend their summer vacation, but luckily for me, I didn’t have any questions about what I wanted to do. I was offered a scholarship position in the Summer Opportunities in Agricultural Research and the Environment: Strategic Work in Applied…

Dec 13, 2024

New Pollutants: Analyzing Soil Samples for a Newly Discovered PFAS Becoming Another

Written by: Sophia Cunningham The government scientist: someone whose stereotype is strange experiments in a lab you need special clearance to even get into. There are possibly cutting-edge chemicals and secret aliens involved. I got to work in a government lab this summer, and while there weren’t any aliens, I did get to work with…
Interns group picture - CLT Stormwater: One Piece of a Dynamic System - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Dec 6, 2024

CLT Stormwater: One Piece of a Dynamic System

Written By: Halee Reinhardt, NCSU If you’d asked me last fall what my summer would look like, I’d probably have painted a picture of long, lazy days in the sun and too much ice cream. And while there was plenty of sun (and ice cream), it wasn’t in the way you’d expect. Instead, I found…

Nov 15, 2024

Nicky Todorov: My First Ever Job Experience!

Hi, my name is Nicky Todorov, and I’m a senior at NC State majoring in environmental sciences and minoring in renewable energy assessment. This past summer, I worked at a solar O&M company called ACT Power Services as a portfolio engineer intern. ACT wasn’t the one building solar farms, it was the one fixing them,…

Nov 1, 2024

Emma Budden: Discovering My Passion for Field Work

Fulfilling…is the word I would use to describe the two months I spent doing field work in the Warm Heart of Africa. Upon landing in Lilongwe, Malawi, we drove the bumpy roads up to Mzuzu, seeing the vibrant orange sunset; it was a surreal feeling to know that this would be home for the next…
Hiking in the mountains - Emerson Brown: Digging for Diamonds - A Museum - College of Natural Resources at NC State University

Sep 6, 2024

Emerson Brown: Digging for Diamonds – A Museum Experience

Growing up, I spent almost every rainy Saturday with my dad at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. I am eternally grateful for these memories, and even though I gained a fear of prehistoric giant sloths, the sense of awe and curiosity the museum gave me has stuck throughout the years. So, when I…

Aug 16, 2024

Christopher Myers: Making Science for Everyone

Everyone took a step back. The children were quivering in fear, covering their faces to shield their eyes. The adults looked down at what was in my hands with fascination, tainted by a hint of uncertainty. I smiled and held my hands out further, cradling a tarantula molt, urging the visitors to touch it and…
Mountain landscape - Ashlyn Wray: Preservation and Education - Distinct Yet Inseparable - College of Natural Resources at NC State University

Jul 26, 2024

Ashlyn Wray: Preservation and Education – Distinct Yet Inseparable

Nine months ago, I sat in one of my advisor’s offices at a total loss for how I would make the most of my first summer as an NC State student. I found that my interests were pulling me in every direction. Whether it was atmospheric science, environmental monitoring, wildlife research, or seemingly anything else;…