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USM conducts oil spill impact study on Mississippi coastal marshes

USM conducts oil spill impact study on Mississippi coastal marshes

When the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill disaster occurred along the Gulf Coast two years ago, ecologists at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg wanted to dig deep to study the impacts.

Researchers have spent most of their time at test sites like Lake Thoreau Environmental Center in the city, but the Oil Spill opened up a different eco-system to research, along with a new set of challenges.

Show the love and Volunteer with Habitat in February!

Show the love and Volunteer with Habitat in February!

If you or your group would like to volunteer with us in February. If you have questions about volunteering, please contact Amie Nunez at 601-582-4663 ext. 12 or by email at info@hattiesburghabitat.org! 
 

Southern Miss Professor Morgan receives grant for Solar Cell Research

Southern Miss Professor Morgan receives grant for Solar Cell Research

Dr. Sarah Morgan, associate professor in the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at The University of Southern Mississippi, has been awarded a $60,000 grant from the Ray C. Anderson Foundation that will be used in her continuing solar cells research.

Morgan’s grant is part of $270,000 awarded by the foundation in research grants for sustainability programs. Other schools receiving grants include Georgia Institute of Technology, Auburn University and Arizona State University.

If You Feed Them, They Will Build!

If You Feed Them, They Will Build!

Next week, Hattiesburg Habitat will be hosting nearly 30 students from Pittsburgh that will be coming to volunteer to build the home of Daniel Litland in Petal. These students give up one week of their winter break to volunteer with Habitat. They are volunteers, so we like to reward their efforts with some good old Southern hospitality!

If you would like to volunteer to help feed these students lunch during the week- please sign up here!

PWAS intro to Bird Watching

PWAS intro to Bird Watching

The Pinewoods Audubon Society is sponsoring/presenting an Introduction to Bird Watching Class at the Oak Grove Public Library at 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays:

  • Jan. 12
  • Jan. 26
  • Feb. 02
  • Feb. 09 

five part class. 

The fifth meeting will be on Feb. 16 at the PWAS Window Watch (Part of the Great Backyard Bird Count). 

This class will be a basic introduction to birding, and is offered to the general public for free, though registration is required. 

University of Central Florida Students to volunteer with Hattiesburg Area Habitat for Humanity

University of Central Florida Students to volunteer with Hattiesburg Area Habitat for Humanity

Hattiesburg, Dec. 11 – Hattiesburg Area Habitat for Humanity is hosting 23 student volunteers during their winter break from Dec. 17-21. The students are participating in Habitat’s national alternative break program, Collegiate Challenge. The students are visiting from the University of Central Florida. For the past 23 years, more than 194,000 students have spent their school breaks volunteering across the country through this Habitat for Humanity program. Habitat’s Collegiate Challenge is one of many programs Habitat has to engage youth ages 5 to 25 in Habitat’s work.

Southern Miss researchers study marine algae as alternative fuel source

Southern Miss researchers study marine algae as alternative fuel source

While the United States continues to rely on foreign countries for oil, there’s a push here at home to find alternative fuel resources.

Working diligently toward that end are researchers at The University of Southern Mississippi who are participating in an international research project aimed at turning marine micro-algae into fuel.

The fact is -- we rely on it every day -- but how many know its true origin?