The G. Timothy (’80) and Jessica Hope (’07) Pate Environmental Science Field Program Scholarships, or simply the Pate Scholars Program, recently received a renewal in its funding. The Pate Scholars Program is a need-based scholarship opportunity that helps reduce the … Read more

Connecting Teachers with State Parks This summer I had the opportunity to work for UNC Institute for the Environment through an APPLES service-learning internship. I primarily worked on the “A Park for Every Child” project for the duration of my internship position. … Read more

UNC Institute for the Environment‘s Center for Public Engagement with Science along with UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health‘s Center for Environmental Health + Susceptibility maintains a disaster response + recovery resource for NC. In recent years, hurricanes and tropical … Read more

During their summer break, elementary school teachers from across the state braved the rain and the heat to learn environmental education techniques from specialists with the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation and the Institute for the Environment’s (IE) … Read more

As part of the Institute for the Environment, the UNC Clean Tech + Innovation Program has launched a storytelling platform called, Clean Tech Stories. The content will bring the topics of global and regional transformation to life through student travel … Read more

Each year, Americans slurp up 2.5 billion oysters. They’re an important part of coastal cuisine, and in North Carolina alone the fishery is worth about $4 million dollars. But there’s more to the acclaimed Eastern oysters than meets the eye. … Read more

Transportation is the largest source of carbon pollution in the U.S., contributing 30% of total greenhouse gas emissions in the nation. Tailpipe emissions are also a large source of traditional pollution that can degrade air quality and harm human health, … Read more

Name: Brianna Chan Major: Environmental Health Sciences Expected graduation date: 2022 Why did you want to go to China and South Korea?  China and South Korea are both rising leaders in the green sector, regarding clean technology development and innovative … Read more

View slideshow Over the past year, the Institute for the Environment’s Center for Public Engagement with Science (CPES) has teamed up with teachers from Northside Elementary School to create a curriculum that will engage third through fifth grade students with … Read more

This fall, eight UNC faculty members will participate in a five-day intensive course that will explore the operation, safety, federal regulations and data collection capabilities of drones for environmental research. Susan Cohen, associate director for UNC’s Institute for the Environment … Read more