Officials broke ground Friday for the renovation of the more than 5,300-square-foot building at Hammocks Beach State Park where Black educators convened during segregation.
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Maritime Museum readies for February activities
The N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort is gearing up for February by offering educational programs for all ages.
Talk to focus on nature-based coastal infrastructure
Dr. Sid Narayan presents “Forces of Nature: The Role Ecosystems Play in Protecting Coastlines and Communities,” Thursday in the Coastal Studies Institute on the ECU Outer Banks Campus.
State offers STEM summer mentorship opportunities
The four-week, paid annual mentorship program with state government leaders is open to North Carolina high school girls with an interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM.
Maritime Museum offers ‘Deep Dive’ into living history
The next monthly program set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 21 will be about “Navigation Tools in the Age of Sail.”
Ribbon-cutting set for new StoryWalk project in Leland
StoryWalk includes 18 panels along the Westgate Nature Park trail, each featuring a page from the children’s book,“The Traveling Coin” by local author Kevin Kirk.
Aquariums to offer discount on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The N.C. Aquariums are offering half-off admission fees Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Sea Grant, Space Grant offer research funding
The grant programs are now taking applications for research support, scholarships and fellowships.
Museum researchers preserve 450-pound sharptail mola
Once the preservation process is complete on the species of mola fish that washed ashore at North Topsail Beach, the specimen will become part of the Ichthyology, or fish, research collection at N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh.
Deadlines near for Sea Grant funding applications
Deadlines for a handful of grant and fellowships through North Carolina Sea Grant are in the next few months.
Pine Knoll Shores aquarium welcomes 2 new river otters
The two male otters, Pee Dee and Rocky, are named after North Carolina rivers and will share a space with Eno and Neuse, the aquarium’s current otters.
UNCW professor appointed to United Nations Convention
Dr. Narcisa Pricope has been appointed to a three-year term with the United Nations to advise the UN Convention to Combat Desertification Science-Policy Interface.
Institute students to present Buxton Woods study findings
Students at the UNC Institute for the Environment’s Outer Banks Field Site, who have been studying changes in vegetation in the Buxton Woods Reserve over the last 34 years, are set to present their research methods and findings Dec. 5 at the Dare County Fessenden Center Annex.
‘Dinosaurs Take Flight’ exhibit at Cape Fear Museum
The exhibit on display until May 2023 combines original artwork with fossils, replica skeletons, hands-on activities, and interactive media.
Renewable ocean energy topic of next Science on the Sound
Dr. Mike Muglia is scheduled to present at 6 p.m. Nov. 17 his research, “Renewable Ocean Energy Developments: Concepts to Kites” during the monthly, in-person, lecture series on the ECU Outer Banks Campus on Wanchese.
NC Aquariums free for military families this Veterans Day
Admission is free for all veterans, active, reserve or retired U.S. military and their dependents at the Fort Fisher, Roanoke Island and Pine Knoll Shores aquariums.
