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Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week

March 31 – April 4
Join the Graduate School, in collaboration with the Graduate Student Association, as we support and recognize graduate and professional students’ many contributions to research, teaching, our state and beyond.

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March 21, 2025

What Do Chernobyl’s Stray Dogs and ‘Jurassic Park’ Have in Common? Ask This Up-And-Coming Population Geneticist

Through NC State’s Genetics and Genomics Scholars program, Ph.D. candidate Megan Dillon has become a leading expert in the population genetics of stray dogs living around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

March 05, 2025

Grad Student Profile: Isabella Bartels

Isabella Bartels is a first-year master’s student in Public History, focusing on the history of climate change adaptation, science, and its cultural perceptions. Guided by her mentors, her research aims to raise awareness of the lived experiences of climate change in environmentally vulnerable communities.

March 03, 2025

Accepting Applications for the Fall 2025 Graduate Travel Awards

The Global One Health Academy is proud to offer funding for graduate students to travel domestically or internationally for the Fall 2025 semester through their Graduate Travel Award.

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February 27, 2025

From Lab to Field: Using Biochar to Clean Watersheds

Liz Riedel, a graduate student in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, is investigating a low-cost biochar filtration solution to improve water quality in rural wastewater systems.

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Apr 01

Tuesday5:00 PM

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Apr 02

Wednesday1:15 PM

Graduate Student Research Symposium

Apr 15

Tuesday5:00 PM

ETD Committee Approval Deadline

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Tatiana Osorio Montoya

Meet first-year graduate student Tatiana Osorio Montoya. Tatiana is an international student from Colombia studying in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

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