Achievement unlocked! Over 50,000 observations to Never Home Alone, an iNaturalist.org citizen science project led by Rob Dunn at NC State University🌎📱

To join the project visit inaturalist.org/projects/never…

#EcologyInAction #ThinkAndDo #CitizenScience #iNaturalist

A rolling stone gathers no eggs: the importance of stream insect egg laying natural history for stream restoration: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecolog… 🧪🌊

#thinkanddo #ecologyinaction

Join us in congratulating faculty members Jie Cao, Catherine LePrevost and Elsa Youngsteadt on their recent promotions! 🥳

Learn more about their work at NC State: cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecolog…
#ncstate #thinkanddo

Faculty member Elsa Youngsteadt was recently interviewed by Better Homes & Gardens about bee hotels! 🐝🏡
bhg.com/what-is-a-bee-… via BetterHomes&Gardens

“In a short period of time-only 10 years-there have been just some amazing, amazing accomplishments in the department,” said CALS Dean Garey Fox... “This is a night to celebrate 10 years and a night to celebrate the future.”
cals.ncsu.edu/news/nc-state-…

Grieger has built a diverse team at NC State and has served on the Applied Ecology department’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee 🗞 cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecolog…

We turned 10! 🥳

See more highlights from our department celebration on IG: instagram.com/p/C5ys9cWPUtE/…

🌎 Attention graduate students working on interdisciplinary climate change research in the Southeast: Applications for the SE CASC 2024-25 cohort of Global Change Research Fellows are open!

Learn more and apply before Feb 15: go.ncsu.edu/apply-2024-gcrf USGS Climate

Meet Luke Strawn, the embedded counselor for students in CALS and NC State Sciences. Luke offers drop-in hours, no appointment necessary, to help students get connected to counseling services with him or other counselors.

Get in touch: ncst.at/MQB750PTw7g

#LightenYourPack

It was a 'bear-y' busy summer for the Coastal Black Bear Project. 🐻

The project, with researchers in NC State Applied Ecology, studies the population of black bears in eastern N.C. and provides students with hands-on research experience. Learn about their work: ncst.at/J1E050PQPHl

Have you heard the buzz? 🐝 NC State is a nationwide leader in bee research. Through a partnership with NC Beekeepers, we are developing a one-of-a-kind apiculture research and education program.

Learn about the program and help us advance its future: ncst.at/A05550PQh3V

New #AECPublication from @kgrieger et al., 'Parameters, practices, and preferences for regulatory review of emerging biotechnology products in food and agriculture' in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology: buff.ly/468vzO2

📣 #Researchers working with #metagenomics you don’t want to miss these amazing #guidelines on everything from designing #fieldwork to #bioinformatics analyses 🤩👏🧬🦠
Well done Ostaizka, Antton Alberdi, Rob Dunn et al!

New #AECPublication from Rob Dunn et al., 'Field and laboratory guidelines for reliable bioinformatic and statistical analysis of bacterial shotgun metagenomic data' in Critical Reviews in Biotechnology: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

New #AECPublication from AEC alum, Joseph McIver et al., 'Assessing the Toxicity of Sea Salt to Early Life Stages of Freshwater Mussels: Implications for Sea Level Rise in Coastal Rivers' in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry: buff.ly/3EOv2Vr

Elsa Youngsteadt is featured in this NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 'Farms, Food and You' podcast! Listen to the full episode: Get Curious with Urban Entomologists buff.ly/3PrebwY

Congratulations to AEC graduate student and former @SE_CASC fellow, Bethany Wager, for being selected for a Conservation Leadership Grant from the NC Wildlife Federation! cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecolog…

New #AECPublication from Jeff Buckel et al., 'Spatial extent and isolation of marine artificial structures mediate fish density' in Frontiers - Marine Science buff.ly/3ESFxqZ NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Technology

New #AECPublication from Jeff Buckel et al.! NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Technology