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a tardigrade close-up, under a microscope

The Survivors

Heat-resistant. Cold-weather tough. Outer space savvy. If anything, tardigrades are survivors above all else. But...
Alyssa Grube

Alyssa Grube

Alyssa Grube is a PhD student in the Department of Environmental Sciences & Engineering within...
Ashley Ward

Ashley Ward

Ashley Ward is the climate integration and outreach associate for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

In Your Backyard

Allison Duprey and Andrew Zachman experience new opportunities through hands-on fieldwork — right here, on...
Liah McPherson takes a photo of a dolphin underwater

Coastal Connections

Liah McPherson accidentally got involved in research at UNC when she tried to enroll in...

An Unforgettable Experience

This week, UNC celebrates University Research Week — an annual campus-wide event packed with lectures...
a group of female hikers hike in the Sierra Nevadas

Riverine Re[Sr]ch

As a first-year student, Elena Watts took a research-based field trip that would change her...

Chasing Cephalopod Dreams

Jared Richards recalls childhood memories walking through the halls of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of...
Meredith Emery

Emotional Environment

When Meredith Emery photographed geography researchers conducting fieldwork, she couldn’t believe what she saw —...