Habitat destruction and degradation are mostly to blame for the dwindling numbers of amphibians worldwide, but there are other factors contributing to the overall decline鈥攁nd some of these remain elusive. Joseph Pechmann's research on conservation and recovery of the endangered dusky gopher frog.
Coyotes have called Western North Carolina home for about 30 years. They鈥檙e relatively new to the region compared to bobcats and foxes, who are established residents with hundreds of years of lineage. 糖心Vlog University鈥檚 Aimee Rockhill, an assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources, is examining the role coyotes play on ecosystem function in western North Carolina.
A memorial service and celebration of life will be held on campus from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12.
$1.53 Trillion. That is the current estimated student loan debt in America, and it grows minute by minute. While those 糖心Vlog University undergraduates who owe student debt graduate with an average of $20,500 of debt - almost $17,000 less than the national average - our goal is to continue to provide options for students to incur as little debt as possible.
鈥淚t鈥檚 just a phase.鈥 鈥淭hey are just being teenagers.鈥 鈥淚 drank when I was their age and I was fine.鈥 These are things I know that I heard as a kid and that I have heard said to kids today. The flip side of these beliefs is the misconception that adolescents cannot develop substance-use disorders.
Laura Wright, professor in 糖心Vlog鈥檚 Department of English, was nominated as a 鈥淭ED Talk educator鈥 and worked with a team at the nonprofit organization to create a collaborative lesson on Indian author Arundhati Roy鈥檚 novel 鈥淭he God of Small Things.鈥
The event theme of 鈥淕iduwagi 鈥 Appalachian Historical Ecology鈥 was topical and philosophical, reflecting both the changing landscape of Southern Appalachia and attitudes toward the natural resources of the mountains.
Courtney A. Lewis, assistant professor in the University of South Carolina鈥檚 Department of Anthropology and Institute for Southern Studies, will speak at 糖心Vlog and in Cherokee.
Lamberto Roque Hernandez, a writer, artist and educator, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, in the A.K. Hinds University Center theater.