Paerl lab Ph.D. student Haley Plaas (ESE) was interviewed by WITN on harmful algal blooms. Watch the interview at: https://www.witn.com/2021/04/16/scientists-urge-caution-around-algae-blooms/

Dr. Noble (IMS, MASC) was featured on the Well for COVID-19 tracking. Dr. Noble discusses how she is working with her research team to build wastewater-based surveillance across the state. To read more about Noble’s tracking efforts, go to https://thewell.unc.edu/2021/04/15/tracking-a-virus-villain-draft/

Zena Cardman, UNC Marine Sciences alumna, is now a NASA astronaut candidate and will be at the NC Space Symposium on April 16th. Cardman will be the keynote speaker at the symposium, which is to take place from 1 to … Read more

Rodriguez lab Ph.D. candidate Molly Bost, a student at both the Department of Marine Science and Institute of Marine Science, has received a Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship. More information about the Fellowship can be found at https://gradschool.unc.edu/funding/gradschool/dissertation.html 

Congratulations to Sarah Donaher, who recently graduated from the Department of Marine Science and Institute of Marine Science, on winning a 2021 Impact Award. Sarah is one of only a handful of graduate students to be honored with a 2021 … Read more

Fodrie lab Ph.D. student Zofia Knorek has been awarded a Royster Dissertation Completion Fellowship for 2021-2022! More information about the fellowship is available at https://gradschool.unc.edu/funding/gradschool/royster/

Rodriguez lab Ph.D. candidate Molly Bost, a student at both the Department of Marine Science and Institute of Marine Science, has received a Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship. More information about the Fellowship can be found at https://gradschool.unc.edu/funding/gradschool/dissertation.html 

(Los Angeles Daily News, Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing photographer)   A new study has been published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, written by Elijah Bird, a UNC junior mathematics and geological sciences double major. Co-authors include … Read more

Dr. Rick Luettich (ESE, MASC) spoke with WITN about recent changes to the national weather models. The news story goes into how prediction models got upgraded to provide forecasters with long-range models for hurricanes. To read more about the national … Read more

Piehler lab Ph.D. student Anne Smiley and Paerl lab Ph.D. student Haley Plaas were featured in The Well to talk about SciREN. SciREN (Scientific Research and Education Network) is led by graduate students and connects educators with researchers to enhance … Read more