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Full Circle: Undergraduate Student Returns to Youth Science Program that Sparked Career Path

Heather Frantz

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Nov 12, 2024

Paddleboarding for Pollen

Can certain diets keep bees healthy? That’s what applied ecology graduate student April Sharp aims to find out by studying Crithidia bombi, a fecal-orally transmitted parasite that may contribute to worldwide bee declines. 
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Oct 9, 2024

Creating Cultural Connections Through Aquatic Ecology

Applied Ecology Professor Alonso Ramirez has built a welcoming community for Latino students and researchers through ongoing research and initiatives. 
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Aug 21, 2024

Buoying Kenyan Aquaculture

Applied Ecology Professor Harry Daniels hopes to support the budding aquaculture industry in Kenya through a growing partnership. 

Aug 15, 2024

Undergraduates Blossom Researching Bees in Summer STEM Experience

Eleven undergraduate researchers with diverse academic backgrounds came to NC State University from colleges across the country for BeeMORE (Bees and Microbes in Organized Research Experiences), a nine-week summer research program.… 
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Jul 18, 2024

Small-scale Science with Big Results: Using Nanotechnology to Improve Agricultural Sustainability

To feed a growing world population in the face of mounting environmental challenges, a team of scientists including Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist Khara Grieger sought to grow plants more… 

Jul 16, 2024

One Health Workshop Brings Together International Universities and Non-Government Organizations at NC State

Researchers and practitioners from three countries gathered for a three-day workshop funded by NC State’s Global One Health Academy (GOHA) to strengthen and expand collaborations between several universities and non-government organizations… 

Jun 17, 2024

USGS North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Gather for Coordinating Meeting, Collazo and Cooperative Research Unit Recognized

The coordinating body of the North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (CRU) met in-person for the first time in five years at North Carolina State University, the CRU’s… 

Jun 5, 2024

Khara Grieger named co-Director of Outreach and Advocacy for the Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein

The Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein has launched at North Carolina State University. The Bezos Earth Fund awarded NC State $30 million over five years to lead a center of excellence… 

May 30, 2024

NC State Graduate Student Bianca Jimenez Wins NSF Fellowship To Support Her Bee Research

Bianca Jimenez, an NC State graduate student in applied ecology, will use a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to study a parasite in bee species. The prestigious NSF Graduate… 
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May 10, 2024

Full Circle: Undergraduate Student Returns to Youth Science Program that Sparked Career Path

Maya Hardison can list kayaking as one of her many professional skills thanks to an NC State University camp she participated in five years ago. As an eighth grader, Hardison was…