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KIETS Climate Leaders Program

Student Highlights

See what our Climate Leaders Program scholars are doing to help find viable solutions for climate change.

Climate leaders program Alumni Highlights

CLP student Hayden Rudd

Forestry Student Selected For Prestigious Knauss Fellowship

CLP alum, Hayden Rudd, will spend a year working as a scientific advisor to a member of Congress or a Congressional Committee to help address coastal policy challenges.

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CLP Student Zakir Bulmer and Faculty Mentor Tal Ben-Horin

NC State on the Coast

CLP Student, Zakir Bulmer, and his Faculty Mentor conduct research as part of the North Carolina Center for Coastal Algae, People and Environment (NC C-CAPE).

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Sunny Day Flooding study

Study Finds Coastal Flooding More Frequent Than Previously Thought

CLP alum, Ryan McCune, helped co-author the associated paper, “Land-based Sensors Reveal High Frequency of Coastal Flooding,” in the open-access journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment.

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CLP Student Katy H. speaks at the March 2022 Teen Science Cafes talk.

Katy Hollinger

CLP student Katy Hollinger was a guest speaker with the Teen Science Cafes, discussing Modeling Past Hurricanes to Prepare for the Future.

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CLP student Sonia P. shares her approach to climate change through alternative sports.

Sonia Preisser Rubio

CLP student Sonia Preisser Rubio shares her approach to climate change through alternative sports.

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Presentation slide for Brian Vaughn's work in Lenoir County, NC

Brian Vaughn

CLP student Brian Vaughn presented a scope of work to the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency’s Regions Innovating for Strong Economics & Environment (RISE) Stakeholder Partnership on his internship project with Lenoir County, NC Emergency Services.

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