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Feb 24, 2025

Test your tap water for the Pack Science Challenge, March 17-21

Do some science and have some fun—it’s time to register for the spring 2025 Pack Science Challenge! The annual challenge engages students as collaborators in scientific research about their environment.  This year’s challenge runs March 17-21 and supports the project STATE H2O: Student-led Testing & Assessment of Toxic Elements in tap water. By collecting and filtering water…

May 14, 2022

2022 NC Participatory Science Network Event

2022 NC Participatory Science Network Event FRIDAY MAY 27, 11am-2:00pm REGISTER The Cooper Public Science Lab at NC State University and 12 sponsoring partners are organizing a free outdoor lunch meeting, old-fashioned style: in-person, with no electricity, no wifi, and no computers needed. The event will be Friday May 27, 11am – 2:00pm at Lake Crabtree County Park,…

Mar 19, 2020

POSTPONED: NC Citizen Science Symposium

In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and recommendations for social distancing, we are postponing the 2020 NC Citizen Science & Higher Education Symposium. We apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to the future virtual event which we have rescheduled for Saturday, September 12 . Save the date! You can find out more about…

Jul 17, 2019

Workshop: Incorporating Citizen Science into University Courses

Every NC State student should have the chance to experience authentic science: that is why we are embedding citizen science into campus life and making NC State the first citizen science campus. We have customized the online infrastructure of SciStarter.org to offer projects on campus so that undergraduates will encounter opportunities for citizen science in…

Jul 16, 2019

Workshop: Integrating Citizen Science into Living and Learning Villages

Workshop: Integrating Citizen Science into Living and Learning Villages Wednesday, July 31st, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Talley Student Union, Room 3220 Register now! This workshop is open to all NC State Living and Learning Village directors and/or staff interested in incorporating citizen science into village programming. As NC State becomes a Citizen Science Campus,…

Apr 20, 2019

Wolfpack Citizen Science Challenge Spring 2019

Never Home Alone @ NCSU The Leadership in Public Science Cluster and the Dunn Lab are proud to announce this year’s Wolfpack Citizen Science Challenge, Never Home Alone @ NCSU. Students on and near campus will be able to participate by finding and photographing insects and other life that they encounter in their home, dorm, or apartment. Photographs will be uploaded…

Apr 2, 2018

Wolfpack Citizen Science Challenge Spring 2018

On our campus there lives a microbe that can poop gold… we just don’t know where it is. It almost certainly sounds made up, but it isn’t. A bacterial species of the genus Delftia can precipitate gold out of solution. We know the genes that Delftia uses to accomplish this incredible feat. But here is the rub—we don’t really…

Apr 24, 2017

Wolfpack Citizen Science Challenge Spring 2017

The Spring 2017 Challenge has ended. Check out the final results. Take a Walk on the Wild Side of the Triangle We need YOUR help snapping photos of Triangle area plants, animals, and fungi. Wolfpack Citizen Scientists are joining the NC Museum of Natural Sciences to document local biodiversity for the City Nature Challenge. What The City Nature Challenge is…

Dec 22, 2016

Wolfpack Citizen Science Challenge Fall 2016

          The Fall 2016 Challenge has ended. Read more about it here. Take a Walk on the Wild Side of Your Campus We’re asking students, faculty and staff to use camera traps to make discoveries about the mammals that live right here on campus. “Catch” animals on camera to win prizes!…