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Nov 20, 2024

STEPS Recap of European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference

By: Matt Scholz, Senior Program Manager, Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance & co-director of Knowledge Transfer, STEPS STEPS director Dr. Jacob Jones and co-lead of Knowledge Transfer Dr. Matthew Scholz recently attended…

Nov 18, 2024

STEPS Joins Forces with Water Resource Recovery Facilities to Develop Innovative Data-Driven Management Solutions

By: Rachel Kitt, STEPS Communications Intern STEPS recently hosted our second annual technical working group (TWG) meeting on biological phosphorus removal (Bio-P) with water resource recovery facility (WRRF) professionals at…

Nov 15, 2024

Phosphorus education project featured at NC Science Teachers Association conference

By: Kathleen Bordewieck STEPS researchers and scholars from our Education team attended the North Carolina Science Teachers’ Association annual conference earlier this month in Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Gail Jones, Kathleen…

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 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…

Jul 18, 2024

STEPS Center Receives Insight Into Diversity Magazine’s 2024 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

(Raleigh, NC; for immediate release)—Today, the STEPS Center received the 2024 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in…

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 18, 2024

STEPS KT Co-Director Khara Grieger awarded Broadening Participation Medal

By: Heather Frantz Khara Grieger, assistant professor in the Department of Applied Ecology at NC State, has been awarded the STEPS Center Broadening Participation Medal. This award recognizes efforts to foster diversity…

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…