RENCI director Stanley Ahalt serves as the lead PI on the UNC Translator team, but points out that the team is a cross-campus intiative, including researchers from the Institute for the Environment and the NC TraCS Institute at the School of … Read more
The UNC Institute for the Environment (IE) will host twenty middle and high school teachers from across North Carolina for a professional development institute to explore the future of the electric grid June 25-27. These teachers are enrolled in IE’s … Read more
More than half the drinking water wells tested in Chatham County contained levels of contaminants associated with coal ash that were above the state’s health advisory goal, according to researchers from UNC and Virginia Tech.
North Carolina is one of the states most susceptible to hurricanes. With a coastline that juts out into the Atlantic, the state is like a catcher’s mitt, catching the storms as they move north. At the University of North Carolina at … Read more
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute for the Environment (IE) recently joined the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule to offer environmental services to federal government agencies. “The GSA Schedule is a different way of doing business … Read more
This summer, the selected undergraduate students from UNC and NCCU will be completing 10-week research internships with faculty in the UNC School of Public Health, Departments of Geography, Geological Sciences, and Marine Sciences, and the NCCU Department of Environmental, Earth, … Read more
Jill Moore is an Associate Professor of Public Law and Government at the UNC School of Government. Local government agencies have critical roles in responding to drinking water incidents. Incidents affecting drinking water occur frequently in North Carolina. Storms may … Read more
Planning a trip to the beach? Along with looking forward to some summer fun, beachgoers may be thinking about the safety of their waterfront destination. Will the water be clean enough for swimming, surfing, wading and all the other ways … Read more
With family, friends and mentors by their sides, more than 6,000 Carolina students became alumni over the weekend. “You’ve awed with us your accomplishments and inspired us with your character,” Interim Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz told the graduates.
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
