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Make-A-Thon 2024: Innovation for Good
Discover the winning solutions to Make-A-Thon 2024, NC State's annual sustainability innovation competition.![Young woman standing in front of a market building](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/featured2.jpg)
From Distance Learning to Community Farming
Gabrielle Buchanan thrived in the CALS agricultural science distance education program, developing skills that now boost her role as a volunteer services coordinator at Raleigh’s Inter-Faith Food Shuttle.![Julianna Duran-Jolley sitting near succulents](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/juliannaduranjolley-1.jpeg)
Researcher Spotlight – Julianna Duran-Jolley
Learn more about the environmental justice research by Global Change Research Fellow, Julianna Duran-Jolley.![Forest fire. Credit: Egor Vikhrev on Unsplash](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/egor-vikhrev-e6jqigzgoy-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg)
Climate Change May Make Wildfires Larger, More Common in Southern Appalachian Region
Extreme and frequent droughts will mean more forest burned by wildfire in the southern Appalachians.![Hurricane Florence causes the Cape Fear River to flood, nearly submerging homes, above ground swimming pools, and vehicles.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/lascurainnca4.jpg)
Register for the International Invasive Species and Climate Change Conference
The inagural International Invasive Species and Climate Change Conference (IISCCC) is January 30-31.![Fireworks explode over the NC State belltower to close down Packapalooza 2022.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Fireworks-Over-Belltower-360x216.png)
Top 10 Campus Sustainability Moments of 2023
Explore University Sustainability Office’s top ten favorite moments that advanced campus sustainability in 2023.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/hopsleadrgb.jpg)
All Hopped Up
Get ready for a truly homegrown brew as breeders work to create hops plants that can thrive in North Carolina.![Christmas tree farm in Avery County just outside Newland.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/fraser-fir-christmas-trees-ncsu-1500x844-1.jpg)
3 Benefits of Genetically-Improved Christmas Trees
NC State researchers are working to develop “elite” Fraser fir trees that look better, grow faster and retain their needles longer.![Fall leaves and a berry](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/blackgum-tree-nyssasylvatica.jpg)