Highlands IEDec 12, 20244 min readHow to Spend a Weekend in Highlands, or, An Adventure in Slow TimeWhen I complained about being bored as a child, my endlessly wise and often contrary mother would always tell me the same thing: “You’re...
Highlands IEDec 12, 20247 min readThe Sky Island ProjectOver this semester, each of the Highlands IE students has had the distinct pleasure of working on an individual project in addition to...
Highlands IEDec 12, 20244 min readSalamander TalesPersonally, I am a big salamander enthusiast. Luckily for me I am currently living in the salamander biodiversity hotspot of the world....
Highlands IEDec 11, 20244 min readOn staircases and switchbacksWhen hiking trails along steep terrain, one thing is certain: staircases and switchbacks. Over the course of my life, and especially this...
Highlands IEDec 11, 20243 min readThe Anthropocene Reviewed: Facebook MarketplaceThere are arguably few better ways to summarize our semester in Highlands than as a crash course in human connection. As a group of 15...
Highlands IEDec 11, 20244 min readWords about birds: in my life & this semester🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦 A special thank you to Erin Flanagan for providing literally all but a small...
Highlands IEDec 10, 20244 min readValentine, my sweet ValentineThe big house on the hill. The love of my life. Valentine House on the HBS campus. I have never lived in a house I love this much, and in...
Highlands IEDec 9, 20244 min readLeap of Faith: Cliff Jumping into New AdventuresThe Fall The drop is fast. Air fills my lungs one second, and is knocked out by water the next. I have just successfully taken the...
Highlands IEDec 6, 20243 min readComing Together to Complete Our Final Science Communication AssignmentThis week was our final week of classes and we have been really busy wrapping up all of our final assignments. We have all been working...
Highlands IENov 26, 20244 min readFish on Fish on FishFish on fish on fish This semester I finally had the opportunity to capitalize on my desire to fish. Now I have been able to do so in a...
Highlands IEOct 26, 20243 min readFinding the Silver LiningHurricane Helene uprooted (no pun intended) our whole program almost exactly one month ago. While I don’t want to belittle the...
Highlands IESep 26, 20244 min readConnectionEach year, I choose at least one thing to really focus on developing and appreciating. Last year, 2023, I chose healing and strength....
Highlands IESep 12, 20243 min readAugustAn August ago, I was a freshman moving into my jail cell of a dorm on south campus. I didn't know where anything was (I still probably...
Highlands IESep 6, 20244 min readLabor Day Weekend Time flies when you're at HBS apparently, cuz somehow it's already September and the leaves are gonna start turning soon! As someone who...
Highlands IEDec 17, 20233 min readSanteelah Memories, Cheoah TragediesThere are some 30,000 lakes present in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, and not one of them is naturally occurring. Every single one...
Highlands IEDec 12, 20232 min readI can't wait to leave, and then come back. This semester has been my most rewarding since coming to UNC Chapel Hill, and I haven't even been on UNC campus since the spring. It will...
Highlands IEDec 9, 20232 min readFamily ChristmasWe (Highlands IE students) started this semester as a group of near strangers. A few of us knew one another through classes or had mutual...
Highlands IEDec 3, 20234 min readThe epic highs and lows of the Highlands tailgate“BACK IN BLACK!” Connor and I screamed along to the quintessential AC/DC song blaring from my car speakers as we crept up Little Scaly...
Highlands IENov 30, 20232 min readMonarch TherapyMidway through September, a new visitor graces the Western North Carolina mountains. And no, I’m not referring to Bigfoot. It’s the...
Highlands IENov 13, 20234 min readStargazingI’ve never paid much attention to the night skies until recently. I grew up in the middle of suburbia, about 15 miles outside of a major...
