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Mar 16, 2017

Students Plan Pollinator Education Week

NC State students host Pollinator Education Week to raise awareness about pollinators and the importance of these bees, butterflies and other insects.

Nov 14, 2016

Collaboration Leads to Campus Bee-Saving Effort

NC State staff worked together to save 10,000+ honey bees.

Nov 1, 2016

Student Creates Campus Pollinator Garden

Thanks to a partnership between an NC State graduate student and the university’s Grounds Management department -- a large pollinator-friendly garden is both managing stormwater and providing habitat on campus.

Jul 5, 2016

Does Biomass Harvest Affect Wildlife?

What impact on wildlife does the making wood pellets for heating have? An NC State graduate student explores this sustainability question.

Jun 30, 2016

Pollinators Welcome Here

NC State students, faculty and staff are collaborating to create campus habitat for pollinators.

May 31, 2016

Campus monarchs

Professor Dennis Werner and graduate student Melissa Tinling are creating a network of campus pollinator gardens to support monarch butterfly migration.

May 11, 2016

NC State Researcher Unearths Soil’s Impact On Human Health

On the door of Dr. Dean Hesterberg’s office in Williams Hall is a sticker that reads, “I heart soil.” That simple phrase sums up the driving motivation behind his more…

May 9, 2016

NC State Soil Scientist Aims To Improve Access to Safe Water

Every day 100 million people in Southeast Asia are slowly poisoned by the very well water they need to survive. In what’s been called the largest poisoning of a population…

Aug 14, 2015

EcoVillage students use campus turf to research compost benefits

For NC State student Andrew Harrell, spring break kickstarted an opportunity to think and do on campus. During a March 2014 sustainable planning and urban development exploratory trip to Boston with the…

Aug 12, 2015

Sustainable student-grown plants adorn Chancellor’s residence

NC State students and staff think and do right down to the summer plants soaking up the sun in the soil surrounding The Point, home of the university’s chancellor.