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Esther Kwon

Esther Kwon

Rising senior Esther Kwon is an undergraduate researcher and recent SURF recipient within the UNC...
Savannah Swinea

Savannah Swinea

Rising senior Savannah Swinea is an undergraduate researcher within the UNC College of Arts &...
Rachel Noble collects water samples along the beach in Morehead City

Rachel Noble

Rachel Noble is the Mary and Watts Hill Jr. Distinguished Professor at the UNC Institute...
Diamond Holloman

Diamond Holloman

Diamond Holloman is a PhD student in the Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology within...
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Marsh Madness

North Carolina's marshes continue to fragment every day. Shelby Ziegler attempts to rebuild them by gathering data...

The Flora Files

In the last 50 years, botanists have discovered more than 500 new species of plants...
the figure of Haley Moser can be seen as she collects data while the sun sets in the Galapagos

Carolina to Cristóbal

After visiting the Galápagos Islands for a research project over winter break, senior Haley Moser...
A salamander rests in the hand of a student.

Hunting for Salamanders in the Highlands

With more than 30 species of salamanders living in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park...
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Jillian Dempsey

Jillian Dempsey is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry within the UNC College...