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Undergraduate Research Opportunities for Summer and Fall 2021
Updated: March 12, 2021 Below are research opportunities for undergraduate students looking to gain additional experience in their fields of study. These opportunities fulfill the AEC 492/493 Learning Experience requirement for Applied Ecology minor students. All below opportunities are available to any undergraduate […]
A Primer on Coronavirus, Variants, Mutation and Evolution
What's a variant vs. a strain? How do viruses mutate? And... what does this have to do with drunk monks?
The Libraries’ Open Pedagogy Incubator: Sharing Information, Lowering Barriers, and Engaging More Learners
Erin McKenney tell us what she learned from participating in the Libraries' first Open Pedagogy Incubator.
AEC’s REU Grant in Tropical Ecology Renewed
The Tropical Ecology REU program run by Alonso Ramírez is currently accepting applications!
Bats With White-Nose Syndrome Choose Deadly Habitats
Bats afflicted with white-nose syndrome continue to chose deadly habitats, despite the consequences. This Nature Communications paper by Skylar Hopkins and team helps reveal an "ecological trap" set by an infectious disease.
Spring 2021 Fermentology Line-Up
Register now for the spring line-up of Fermentology mini-seminars and live Q&As with experts in fermented foods!
Farmed Striped Bass Without Hormones Or The Price-tag
Ben Reading and pals have developed a method for farming striped bass more efficiently and less expensively, without hormones.
Basic Bear Bowels Beget Barren Gut Biomes
Scientists have discovered that being a carnivore doesn't require as many guts as previously thought.
Watch the 2020 Applied Ecology Minor Research Symposia
Congratulations to the 2020 Applied Ecology minors for these great talks! Watch them all here.
Ask an Ecologist: Do Monarch Butterflies Overwinter in North Carolina?
Elsa helps out Tamsin with her question about a late-season monarch she spotted in her garden.