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A group of four students stand around a whiteboard table with a custom-made board game on it

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Students in Ashu Kumar's information systems class test a game they created for an interactive project that incorporates the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence. From left are Jalen Vaughn, Jabari Gayle, Jiyhad Bobbitt and Jermaine Knaff.

deer in woods

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This research sheds light on how deer impacts may change with soil pH and suggests that deer management is critical for protecting tree regeneration given current soil conditions. 

flower

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Mountain laurel, the abundant state flower, had been thought to compete with tree seedlings. But the study did not find that mountain laurel was a significant inhibitor of tree seedlings.

deer on mountain

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The study's findings indicate which deer- and forest-management actions are most effective under different forest conditions.

Person digging in soil, inset image shows soil in hands

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The researchers tested the soil. Nearly all plots in the forests had a pH less than 4 prior to the liming treatment, the result of natural soil acidification and prior acid rain.