STEPS News

Nov 13, 2024

Machine Learning Predicts Highest Risk Groundwater Sites to Improve Water Quality Monitoring

Written by: Matt Shipman, NC State News Services (matt_shipman@ncsu.edu). Originally posted on NC State News. An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a machine learning framework that uses limited water…

Oct 23, 2024

The STEPS Seminar Series Welcomes Andrew J. Margenot

Rethinking phosphorus: a case for a biogeochemical approach in agroecosystems Author: Andrew J. Margenot Affiliation: Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ecologically simplified landscapes of the Midwest…

Oct 3, 2024

STEPS 2024-2025 Director’s Fellows

By: Rachel Kitt, STEPS Communication Intern STEPS is thrilled to announce three recipients of our Director’s Fellowship for 2024-2025. The fellowship, now in its second year, demonstrates STEPS is committed…

Aug 14, 2024

The STEPS Seminar Series Welcomes Roland D. Cusick

Identifying opportunities and challenges for phosphorus recovery and reuse from agricultural and municipal waste streams Author: Roland D. Cusick Affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at…

Jul 29, 2024

The Morning Star: 25-in-25, in 2500 words

The STEPS Center’s vision is to facilitate a 25% reduction in human dependence on mined phosphates and a 25% reduction in losses of point and non-point sources of phosphorus to…

Jul 16, 2024

STEPS ExPlorers Summer 2024 Program Recap

By: Kailyn Gilliam From July 8-12, 2024, STEPS hosted our annual STEPS ExPlorers summer program, a one-week camp for high school students passionate about STEM. The camp took place at…

Jul 10, 2024

New STEPS Publications on Urine Diversion for P Recovery

By: Ashton Merck Two new publications from STEPS researchers focus on improving adoption of urine diversion systems, a promising innovation to promote phosphorus recovery through recycling of phosphorus in human…

Apr 11, 2024

STEPS Awarded Seed Grant to Expand Phosphorus Research Collaborations in Morocco

By: Niki Jennings, MSE This post was originally published by MSE News. The NC State University Committee on International Programs (CIP) has awarded an Internationalization Seed Grant to Kobe Steel Distinguished…

Mar 29, 2024

Meet STEPS’ Student Leadership Council!

By: Mai Listokin American cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it is the only thing…

Mar 26, 2024

The STEPS Center and Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance announce Phosphorus Week 2024

For release on March 25th, 2024 Monday, April 8th kicks off the 15th week of the year, which the Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability (STEPS) Center and Sustainable Phosphorus…