As a part of their annual Senior Campaign, UNC-Chapel Hill’s graduating class of 2022 campaigned to raise money and awareness for the Environmental Justice Undergraduate Research Program, a program administered by the UNC Institute for the Environment. The Senior Campaign, … Read more
The UNC Institute for the Environment (IE) had a day like no other on Mar. 29 for GiveUNC—Carolina’s 24-hour giving challenge. The Institute partnered with the Senior Class to raise money and awareness for a new environmental justice research program … Read more
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Stephanie Caddell is an intern with the Institute’s Center for Public Engagement with Science. She also participated in the Morehead City Field Site. She is a sophomore studying environmental science in the Department of Earth, Marine, and Environmental Science within … Read more
Join us on Mar. 29 for #GiveUNC, Carolina’s 24-hour giving challenge. Please enjoy our take of the #dronetrend #tiktokchallenge. We have a drone! Actually, we have a whole drone lab! Follow along Mar. 29 to see all of the innovative … Read more
A tall and looming reed grass, nonnative phragmites now extends pervasively into North Carolina’s marshes and shorelines. Likely introduced to North America in the 18th or 19th century, it hasn’t taken long for Phragmites australis — more commonly known as … Read more
Mark your calendars for Mar. 29 and help the UNC Institute for the Environment exceed our fundraising goals for GiveUNC—UNC-Chapel Hill’s 24-hour giving challenge. Last year, the Institute had a “day like no other,” raising more than $325,000 from more … Read more
Melanie Elliott hadn’t planned to become a sustainability analyst for Sustainable Carolina when she first arrived at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after leaving a career in restaurant management. With a desire to do something she felt … Read more
A new online educational resource invites high school students to examine ways that humans are exposed to arsenic and how exposure might influence susceptibility to COVID-19 infection. The tool was developed by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP) Center at … Read more
NC ENVIROSCAN, a new online interactive mapping tool, helps North Carolina communities increase awareness of key environmental and societal factors that can impact health. Developed through a collaboration between the UNC Superfund Research Program (UNC SRP) and the Institute for … Read more
