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May 20, 2019

WRRI’s Nicole McIntosh and Others Honored by NC State Office of Research and Innovation

From left to right: Vice Chancellor Mladen Vouk; Laura Kroeger (ORI); Jobi Cook (Associate Director, NC Space Grant); Sasha Campbell (Digital Communications Manager, Office of Research Commercialization); Derek Gatlin (Grant Proposal Developer, PDU); Nicole McIntosh (Coordinator for Research and Outreach, WRRI); Andrea McCarrick (Scientific Technical Editor, NCICS); Megan Bortner (Accountant, ISSC); Andrew Thrasher (Research Scholar,…

May 9, 2019

Scientists and Community Partners Collaborate on New Projects

By Danielle Costantini Five new projects have received funding from the North Carolina Community Collaborative Research Grant Program. Topics include research related to water quality treatment in wetlands, algal blooms and cyanobacteria, and community resilience in the face of natural disasters. In its fourth year, the program known as CCRG leverages support from the William R.…

Apr 30, 2019

New WRRI and NC Sea Grant Graduate Fellows Focus on Diversity

By Katelyn Vause Six graduate students across North Carolina will soon begin new coastal and water resource research projects. Four of those projects will be funded jointly through fellowships with the Water Resources Research Institute of the University of North Carolina system and North Carolina Sea Grant. Research consortia facilitated by WRRI — the Urban…

Apr 12, 2019

Record Crowd for 2019 NC WRRI Conference

By Katelyn Vause and Summer Walls Nearly 400 attendees gathered March 21-22 to explore research, network with professionals and engage in timely discussions about one of the world’s most valuable resources — all at the 21st North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute Annual Conference. Held at the McKimmon Center on the North Carolina State University…

Mar 11, 2019

WRRI to Host 2019 Annual Conference for Water Resource Industry and Academe

By Summer Walls North Carolina’s Water Resources Research Institute will host its 21st Annual Conference on Thursday, March 21 from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, March 22 from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Thursday, a networking reception from 5 to 7 p.m. will allow attendees to interact and learn about new research…

Mar 1, 2019

WRRI Annual Conference Sponsor To Offer Free Data Workshop

The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI), a sponsor of the 2019 WRRI Annual Conference, will host a workshop on managing data entitled Managing and Sharing Water Data Using Community Tools. The workshop will be included as part of the 2019 WRRI Annual Conference, however, the workshop will be free…

Jan 23, 2019

Researchers’ Predictions of Neuse River Oxygen Levels Prove Correct

Last June, a team of researchers used an experimental model to forecast that hypoxia — low levels of dissolved oxygen — would be more severe than average in the Neuse River Estuary during midsummer 2018. Such predictive models are important, because hypoxia can lead to ecosystem stresses, including fish kills. Daniel Obenour, an environmental engineer…

Jan 22, 2019

From Floyd to Matthew: Vulnerable Populations Respond to Flooding in Eastern N.C.

Guest post by Jasmine Hayes I am a recent Master of Public Health graduate from East Carolina University. I was born and raised in the small rural town of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. My career goals are to increase knowledge of health and wellness, creating environments that allow people to reach their physical, mental and…

Nov 29, 2018

WRRI Graduate Fellow Finds Opportunity in Setback

Story by Justine Neville, 2018 North Carolina Sea Grant – WRRI Graduate Research Fellow, NC State University Throughout this post, I refer to the river as “Lumbee” in observance of the 2009 Lumbee Tribal Government Ordinance CLLO-2009-0625-01: “Reclamation of the Lumbee River’s Ancestral Name.”  State and federal agencies have referred to the river as “Lumber”…

Nov 26, 2018

Young Minds and Urban Creek Enjoy New Green Infrastructure at Kingswood Elementary School

Story by Christy Perrin, NC WRRI & North Carolina Sea Grant On a warm autumn morning in 2017, four young boys excitedly reach for irises in small pots and a chance to push their hands into soft dirt. One of the fourth graders laments his buddy is late and will miss out on planting the…