The Road Less Traveled: An Academic Journey from Undergrad to Professor

July 10, 2023 | Lauren Pharr

Fidan has developed a framework to model the daily flood extent in the North Carolina Coastal Plain area after Hurricane Matthew....

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Sustaining Iconic Fish

April 18, 2023 | Lauren Pharr

“I wanted to be a marine biologist, basically from the moment I watched a National Geographic video featuring Dr. Eugenie Clark. She was my hero growing up,” says Matt Damiano, an alumnus from North Carolina State University’s Department of Applied Ecology....

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NC State Scientists Work to Raise Awareness for a More Inclusive Outdoors

February 6, 2023 | Lauren Pharr

Field Inclusive, a nonprofit co-founded by Lauren D. Pharr and Murry Burgess, two Black Ph.D. students at North Carolina State University (NCSU), strives to offer tangible and actionable improvements in issues related to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) when it comes to individuals who are targeted based on their race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity and/or religion while working in or enjoying the outdoors....

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image: Hatteras Trouble spot along NC 12. credit: NC DOT/CC BY 2.0.

NC Resilient Coastal Communities Program Accepts Applications from Communities and Contractors

January 10, 2023 | Lauren Pharr

Division of Coastal Management is hosting an informational webinar on the application process on January 12 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m....

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Mapping North Carolina’s Vulnerable Estuarine Shorelines

November 23, 2022 | Lauren Pharr

An accurate and up-to-date shoreline classification map of the NRE is critical to understanding the context and magnitude of storm-induced erosion and would enable coastal communities to better understand erosion risks associated with different shoreline environments....

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