The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute for the Environment is hosting its 17th annual Community Modeling and Analysis System (CMAS) Conference Oct. 22-24 at the university’s Friday Center. The annual conference has become an international hub and … Read more
By Megan Hoert Hughes On July 25, 2018, more than 130 undergraduate researchers from fourteen different programs came together for poster and oral presentations at the 4th Annual Summer Undergraduate Pipeline Research Symposium hosted by The Graduate School at UNC-Chapel … Read more
By Joseph Delesantro Joseph Delesantro is a Ph.D. student in ecology at UNC-Chapel Hill. The Jordan Lake Reservoir was completed in the early 1980s to prevent flooding and allow for greater growth and economic opportunities in the region. Today the … Read more
A new interdisciplinary program in Environment, Ecology and Energy (E³P) will leverage the College’s strengths in natural sciences, social sciences and humanities to teach students how to best manage resources in an ever-changing world.
From a University of North Carolina Institute for the Environment news feature by Michael F. Piehler published by the University of North Carolina Institute for the Environment about research by master’s student and Coastal Review Online science correspondent Kathleen Onorevole.
Eighteen 4th and 5th grade teachers from North Carolina got their feet wet, literally, learning about how to incorporate outdoor education into their classrooms at the 2018-2019 kick-off of ExPLORE NC, a teacher professional development program. ExPLORE NC is an … Read more
Agriculture Technologies: Produce More with Less Produced by Aaron Williams, Chase Porter, Jintong Wu and Kelly Williams North Carolina at the Forefront of Solar Energy Produced by Rob Gourley, Margaret Hassell, Jack Davidson and Jonathan Gonzalez View more videos from … Read more
By Michael F. Piehler Scientists have documented many benefits of living shorelines, but until now there have been no studies on their capacity to remove nitrogen from the water, a natural process called denitrification. The ability of living shorelines to … Read more
Top University Researchers Across the State to Collaborate on Emerging Contaminant Detection, Modeling and Impact Assessment The North Carolina Policy Collaboratory received a new $5,013,000 million appropriation from the N.C. General Assembly as part of the State budget for the … Read more
This spring, I participated in a senior capstone class with students in UNC-Chapel Hill’s Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program (E3P) and led by the Institute for the Environment’s Andrew George. A capstone is an engaged scholarship course that allows students … Read more
