Michelle Jewell

Jun 2, 2023

BEESS Spring 2023 Wrap-up

Here's your one-stop-shop for all of the info and links to the BEESS seminars this past semester. 

May 17, 2023

Study Finds Carrying Pollen Heats Up Bumble Bees, Raising New Climate Change Questions

The study raises questions about how bee species will be impacted by a warmer world due to climate change. 

Apr 25, 2023

Watch the Applied Ecology Minors’ Research Symposium

Congratulations to all of our undergraduate minors for their impressive research and presentations! 

Mar 22, 2023

Elsa Awarded New Grant To Conserve Rare Butterflies

Congratulations to Elsa and her team for being awarded funding to conserve the Crystal skipper butterfly. 

Mar 14, 2023

Clayton Lynch Wins Best Student Presentation at NC AFS

Congratulations to Clayton for being recognized with the Best Student Presentation at the 2023 NC AFS meeting! 

Mar 6, 2023

High Genetic Diversity of Commercial Honey Bees Is Also Uniformly Distributed

The genetic diversity of hundreds of commercial honey bees is high, but their genetics are largely the same highly diverse set, with no regional subpopulations. This is good news/bad news for managed colonies. 

Feb 17, 2023

Ants Aren’t Adapting to Warmer Temperatures

Elsa's research on the effects of sub-lethal temperatures on ants is featured in Eos. 

Feb 13, 2023

Ámbar and Ryan Awarded at Southern Division American Fisheries Society

Congratulations to Ámbar and Ryan for their recognitions at the 2023 Southern Division American Fisheries Society meeting! 

Feb 3, 2023

They Outlasted the Dinosaurs. Can They Survive Us?

Applied Ecology alum Dewayne Fox and his work on Atlantic sturgeon are featured in this NY Times article. 

Jan 25, 2023

Researcher Spotlight – Emily Nastase

Learn more about graduate student and Global Change Fellow, Emily Nastase in this researcher spotlight by SE-CASC.