Sophie Mallinson
Daily News InternSophie Mallinson joined 吉彩网网站 as a daily news intern in summer 2023. She since has worked as a reporter for the daily news team, largely focusing on environmental stories.
Originally from Greenville, N.C., Sophie graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Media and Journalism. During her time as a Tar Heel, Sophie served as a reporter and producer for Carolina Connection, UNC-Chapel Hill鈥檚 radio program. She currently is heavily involved in science education at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center.
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East Carolina University is offering free therapy services to address the needs of people with Parkinson鈥檚 disease. -
A mobile breast cancer screening program is scheduled to launch this month in Nash County. The event is the first of one nonprofit鈥檚 efforts to provide 200 free mammograms across Eastern North Carolina. -
Duke鈥檚 collection of more than 800,000 specimens of fungi, plants and algae makes the herbarium one of the largest in the country. The move to close it has drawn criticism from faculty and researchers nationwide. -
While new national clean air protections are in place, a UNC-Chapel Hill study looked at how the chemical composition of air pollution has changed across time and space. -
With alluring warm weather and blooming plants, March marks the start of North Carolina鈥檚 spring wildfire season. -
A traveling exhibition debuts Friday at UNC-Chapel Hill's Ackland Art Museum, consisting of artwork from what's considered one of the nation's best collections of American Indian art. -
Marine mammal experts on North Carolina鈥檚 coast want to combat misinformation about the cause of strandings. It comes after two sperm whales were stranded and died along the state鈥檚 coast in December. -
Three North Carolina counties have some bird populations that are strongly declining, consistent with a 2019 study that found 鈥渕ajor鈥� population loss among North America鈥檚 birds. -
A new effort is underway to complete 500 acres of oyster sanctuaries in the Pamlico Sound. It鈥檚 an effort to combat a century of decline in oyster populations. But, the goals extend beyond the water鈥檚 edge. -
Chapel Hill's Ackland Art Museum returned a painting Tuesday that Nazi collaborators took from a Jewish family during World War II.
