On Friday, May 10, eighty middle school students from North Garner Middle School in Wake County will head to the Neuse River to test water turbines they constructed in the classroom from garbage, plastic water bottles, milk jugs, wine corks … Read more

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been recognized this year by the Times Higher Education’s (THE) as first in the United States in the University Impact Rankings and 24th out of 462 participating universities globally.

By Annie McDarris ’20 This semester, Annie McDarris participated in a capstone class through the Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program that examined well water contamination and environmental justice in the northern piedmont of North Carolina. She is a part of … Read more

Air pollution kills. In the United States, 1 of every 25 deaths occurs prematurely because of exposure to outdoor air pollution. It kills more Americans than all transportation accidents and gun shootings combined. More than diabetes or than breast cancer … Read more

Two UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduate students will get hands-on, professional training this summer thanks to a new internship program funded by Pavel Molchanov, a Duke alumnus and senior vice president and equity research analyst at Raymond James & Associates. Cassidy Harding, … Read more

View slideshow An Onslow County science teacher led a team of students from Dixon High School to a first-place win in the wind energy competition at the North Carolina Renewable Energy Challenge held on April 6, 2019. JD Jorgensen, a … Read more

The study is impressive, says Jinsong Huang, a physicist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who also was not involved with the work. He suggests it might push perovskite solar cells closer to commercial sale. “Stability is the … Read more

It’s a common cliché that students love to brag about their time abroad. For a history major, Athens is the ultimate study abroad destination. For a textiles student, maybe it’s Milan. For an environmental science major, it’s Galápagos

Ayashe Ramey, global studies major, Spanish and sustainable studies double minor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , free reusable water bottles and straws are given out to students, making it easy … Read more

In 1990, the Neuse River was on the brink of catastrophe.  Nutrient pollution was robbing this river of so much oxygen that fish were dying by the millions every day. Toxic algal blooms threatened the river as a source for … Read more