When poor health led to the demise and felling of a giant post oak near Old West two years ago, it would have been easy to think that the tree’s 240-year tenure on Carolina’s campus was over. But thanks to … Read more
John Preyer grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina with a zeal for being outdoors. He got hooked on fishing and hunting by his older brother and some of his friends. But the Preyer’s lived in town and didn’t own land. … Read more
When the air quality modeling community thinks of CMAS (Community Modeling and Analysis System), they instantly think of Adel Hanna. Hanna has been the director of the CMAS Center since 2003. Institute for the Environment Director Michael Piehler announced at … Read more
The Transportation, Equity, Climate and Health (TRECH) study is a multi-institution ongoing study at IE, in partnership with 3 other schools of Public Health at Harvard, Boston University and Columbia. This study, funded by the Barr Foundation is in support … Read more
Each summer, IE’s Center for Public Engagement with Science (CPES) hosts a week-long camp for high school students interested in science. Amid the global pandemic, Energy LEAP (Literacy, Engagement and Action Program) was held remotely this summer during the last … Read more
Sarav Arunachalam is quantifying how reduced vehicular air emissions due to stay-at-home orders have affected air quality and public health. “At the end of the day, I think there’s a lot more to be done. There’s so much information coming … Read more
New research finds that simpler is better when it comes to letting people know which fish are contaminated with harmful pollutants and unsafe to eat. Where and how to communicate fish consumption advisories is complicated. Advisories can be specific to … Read more
Gathering together for lunch on day one of each semester is Rachel Noble’s tradition. She aims to get to know students from their first day together at the Morehead City Field Site and she said she enjoys seeing many of … Read more
Engaging students in a semester of transformative hands-on learning and research are key aspects of the experiences offered at all of UNC-Chapel Hill’s field sites. A partnership among the Institute, the Environment, Ecology and Energy Program and the Study Abroad … Read more
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was Todd BenDor’s first job choice back in 2007 after finishing graduate school at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Ph.D. in regional planning. Fast forward more than a decade and … Read more
