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Roseau Valley in Saint Lucia

The Storm that Changed Her

A hurricane in 2010 turned Caela O’Connell’s dissertation plans upside down. It continues to affect...

A Project of Her Own

Most UNC-Chapel Hill PhD students oversee their own research projects for their dissertations. But Kriddie...
UNC PhD student Colleen Betti sifts through dirt at her field site in Gloucester, Virginia.

Sifting Through Schoolyard Memories

This summer, UNC-Chapel Hill PhD student Colleen Betti and 80 volunteers rushed to uncover a...

In Hot Water

Warming ocean waters are one of many climate change consequences, and scientists have observed fish...

Stephanie Smith

Stephanie Smith is a PhD student in the Department of Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences...
Tessa Davis and Liz Farquhar conduct fieldwork in the North Andean Paramo

Perseverance in the Páramo

This summer, UNC-Chapel Hill research technicians Liz Farquhar and Tessa Davis traveled to the Andes...

Searching for Sheepshead

Commercial and recreational fishing are important contributors to the North Carolina economy, but there are...
Jennifer, Diane, Kay, and Eric Youngstrom

It Runs in the Family

What do you get when a research psychologist marries a clinical psychologist? Two Carolina chemists...
high school students use an app as part of an environmental science class

Empowering Youth for a Resilient Future

As climate change continues to impact daily life, researchers at the UNC Institute for the...