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College of Natural Resources

Gabby Landry holding a snake. Photo Credit: Sam Schoenberg/NC State Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources

Mar 22, 2024

A Passion for Conservation Led Gabby Landry to NC State

Gabby Landry is a senior majoring in fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology in the College of Natural Resources. She is also an inaugural member of the James Buzzard Leadership Development Program, which is designed to build leadership skills through a variety of hands-on experiences with current leaders in a variety of fields. The program was initiated through a generous donation from James “Jim” Buzzard, an alumnus of the College of Natural Resources and the former president of MeadWestvaco. 

Shannon Dolan

Mar 19, 2024

Shannon Dolan ’22 Is Setting Sail To Protect, Conserve and Manage Our Oceans

Shannon Dolan discusses her work in conservation and sustainability, and how the Park Scholarships program and the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars program enabled her to achieve her collegiate and career goals. 

Niveda Mahesh

Mar 11, 2024

Park Scholar Niveda Mahesh Seeks to Create Sustainable Change

Students in the College of Natural Resources work to solve urgent challenges at the intersection of the environment, economy and society. Niveda Mahesh, a freshman studying paper science and engineering and the founder/president of the nonprofit organization 4Girls 4Change, embodies this mission. 

A National Park Service sign

Jan 30, 2024

New Scholarship Paves Trail for Future Park Rangers

A scholarship established by Rebecca Harriett ’79 and her husband will support College of Natural Resources students interested in working at state or national parks. 

NC State researchers place waste items on a conveyor belt for visual and hyperspectral cameras to photograph. The images are uploaded to a cloud database and then analyzed by machine learning models to identify organic materials. Photo by Christopher Myers

Dec 5, 2023

AI-Powered Waste Management System to Revolutionize Recycling

Lokendra Pal, the EJ Woody Rice Professor in the College of Natural Resources’ Department of Forest Biomaterials, is working with his collaborators to develop a “smart waste management system” for the collection, identification and characterization of organic materials in non-recyclable waste. 

Michely

Oct 18, 2023

Goodnight Spotlight: A Transfer Scholar With a Commitment to Nature

Michely is a member of the Goodnight Transfer Scholars class of 2026 for whom studying wildlife conservation is a way of contributing to something that she cares deeply about while also honoring her roots in Brazil. 

The copper wolves at Wolf Plaza near Talley on main campus. Photo by Marc Hall

Sep 12, 2023

Forestry Alum’s Legacy Honored at Slocum Camp

Brady Johnson, a 1998 graduate of the Poole College of Management, recently donated funds to the College of Natural Resources to name the newly renovated dining hall at Slocum Camp after his grandfather J. Baxter Johnson Jr., who graduated from the College of Natural Resources in 1948. The dedication honors a major figure in Johnson’s life and recognizes his family’s shared love for NC State while also providing for the forestry students who spend six to nine weeks each summer learning at the camp. 

Haley Jenkins wearing earmuffs and moving a piece of lumber

Aug 29, 2023

Haley Jenkins Analyzes Sustainable Wood Products

Haley Jenkins is a junior majoring in sustainable materials and technology in the College of Natural Resources, as well as a recipient of the Natural Resources Foundation Alumni Scholarship Award and the Wilson Family Scholarship. This summer, Jenkins served as an undergraduate research assistant with the wood science and engineering program at Oregon State, a multidisciplinary university program focused on science, technology and engineering. 

The Memorial Belltower and flowers

Aug 22, 2023

On the Path to Success

No matter what area — or areas — of NC State you support, your generosity makes a big difference throughout our campus. Our students graduate into successful careers, our faculty drive game-changing research and our programs build valuable connections, expanding our reach and your impact far beyond Raleigh. This past academic year, 36,159 donors joined us on a path to a bolder, brighter future. Learn more about how donor support is powering the extraordinary in a new school year. 

Jenna Abrahamson in front of a computer

Aug 22, 2023

Jenna Abrahamson Develops Remote Sensing Methods to Predict Flooding

Jenna Abrahamson is a Ph.D. student in the Center for Geospatial Analytics and a recipient of the NC State University Graduate Research Fellowship. This summer, she worked remotely for the Pacific Northwest National Lab as a Ph.D. intern on its terrestrial and aquatic integration team under the Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate.