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Oct 20, 2022

Kate Jones, Former Global Change Fellow, Reflects on the 2022 Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Symposium

This post contains an article written by Kate Jones, former Global Change Fellow, for the Center for Geospatial Analytics News website. The following is a personal reflection of her experience…

Oct 20, 2022

Science to Action Fellowship: Former Global Change Fellows Perspectives

In mid-August, SE CASC climate science translation and communication fellows Kristen Fontana and Brittany Salmons interviewed two former Global Change Fellows (GCF) Megan Johnson and Lise Montefiore. After their time as SE CASC…

Oct 17, 2022

Researcher Spotlight – Samantha Michlowitz

2022-23 Global Change Fellow MS student, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences (MEAS)Advisor: Dr. Sarah LarsonEvery year the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center funds a multi-disciplinary cohort of Global Change…

Aug 16, 2022

Land-Grab Universities: How the Morrill Act funded land grant universities by taking Indigenous lands

In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act, which turned nearly 11 million acres of land expropriated from tribal nations into seed money for land grant universities. This November,…

Aug 3, 2022

Perspectives from Morgan Chavis, Science Communication Intern with National CASC and NC State

Morgan Chavis, student at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, just finished her Science Communication summer internship supported by the National and Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Centers. This post…