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Congratulations to Michelle Covi and Jennifer Cudney-Burch (both students in ICSP’s Coastal Resources Management PhD program). They are two of six N.C. graduate students to win 2012 Walter B. Jones Sr. Awards, issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Press release here.
ICSP faculty Hans Vogelsong and Dave Loomis co-chaired the conference planning committee of the 23rd International meeting of TCS in Miami, FL (June 3-6). Former ECU Chapter of TCS officers Elizabeth Brown-Pickren and Michelle Covi organized the student activities. Also presenting was ICSP faculty member Craig Landry and CRM students Andrew Bennett, Andrea Dell’Apa, Hillary Huffer, Coley Hughes, and Shona Paterson. Session descriptions and abstracts available here.
Congratulations to Sara Mirabilio, who just received the 2011 Natural Resources Scientist of the Year Award. The Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards Program, sponsored by the N.C. Wildlife Federation, honors those who “have exhibited unwavering commitment to conservation in North Carolina.”
Rick Miller presented “Examining our dynamic coasts” at the 2012 National Youth Science, held at Camp Pocahontas in West Virginia. There were over 120 delegates, 2 from each state and 20 from other countries. More information here.
David Griffith (center) in Guatemala, doing research on managed migration and value of labor. His research is funded by the National Science Foundation.
Congratulations to Terri Hathaway on being recognized as the 2012 Outstanding Practitioner by the Environmental Educators of North Carolina (EENC). Press release here.
Craig Landry’s research was cited in The Fiscal Times article, “Could Home Prices Come Back Even Stronger After Sandy?” He was also interviewed for the article which is available here.
Follow the adventures, including spectacular photos, of the research team led by Reide Corbett. The first part of the research is completed and some of the crew are heading back home (Dec. 23). Reide and others will continue to blog here from the Antarctic Continent.
