2014 News - UNC Institute for the Environment

ERP Staff Leads Saturday Academy for IDEA High School Students

On Saturday, November 8, twenty IDEA high school students traveled to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh as part of the IDEA Saturday Academy series. The students worked with museum scientists in the Visual World Investigate Lab … Read more

NC Healthy Homes Outreach Task Force Meeting

On Wednesday, November 12, thirty lead and healthy homes professionals from across the state came together at the UNC Institute for the Environment for the quarterly NC Healthy Homes Outreach Task Force meeting. The representatives from local and state health … Read more

UNC BCERP Launches Website to Educate Young Black Women About Breast Cancer

On October 1, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program (UNC BCERP) launched an interactive website devoted to educating young African American women about environmental risk factors for breast cancer. Researchers in the UNC BCERP who … Read more

ERP Staff Leads First Saturday Academy of the 2014-2015 School Year

On Saturday, September 27, twenty IDEA high school students attended the first Saturday Academy of the 2014-2015 school year. The students spent the morning at UNC’s Morehead Planetarium and Science Center exploring the Water in Our World exhibit and seeing … Read more

Public Health Forum on Childhood Sun Damage and Skin Cancer

On September 5, staff in the UNC IE Environmental Resource Program (ERP) partnered with the UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility (CEHS) to host a public health forum on childhood sun damage and skin cancer risk. The theme was Protecting … Read more

Farewell, Amy!

Amy MacDonald, Environmental Health Educator, will be leaving ERP as of September 12 to take on a new position with Wake Tech Community College as Director of Grants Performance. From ERP Director, Kathleen Gray: “It will be difficult to replace Amy, … Read more

Exploring the Future of Electricity Teacher Workshop at Discovery Place

On Aug 14th, 2014, thirteen science teachers attended a workshop titled Exploring the Future of Electricity at the Discovery Place Education Studio in Charlotte, NC. During this daylong workshop, participants learned about the alternative energy sources and emerging technologies that … Read more

UNC Program Promotes Energy Awareness Among Local High School Students

As seen on Chapelboro.com: “This week the Institute is hosting 28 local high school students who will spend a week on the campus of UNC exploring topics related to current energy use, climate change, alternative energy and sustainability as part … Read more

UNC-led Summer Program Introduces High Schoolers to Geoscience

As seen in The Herald Sun: As a group of high school students looked on from the river bank, professor Brent McKee stuck a tool into the bottom of the Neuse River to collect sand, leaves, sticks and dirt. Then … Read more

SciVentures Campers “Journey Into the Cell”

In partnership with Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, the Community Outreach and Engagement Core (COEC) of the UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility developed a new environmental health focused program for Morehead’s SciVentures summer camp for middle school students. … Read more

Inaugural EGRET Fellows Program Summer Institute

ERP staff held the inaugural EGRET Fellows Summer Institute from June 24th to 26th in which 25 fifth grade teachers participated in a three-day workshop at Goose Creek State Park in Washington, NC. During the workshop, teachers interacted with scientists, … Read more

North Carolina Healthy Homes Website is now “live”!

We are pleased to announce that the North Carolina Healthy Homes website is “live” and ready for use. The site, which is partially funded through a NIEHS grant, has been redesigned by ERP staff in collaboration with the Guilford County … Read more

COEC Staff Participate in National Asthma Awareness Month

May was National Asthma Awareness Month and Neasha Graves and Megan Hughes, Community Outreach and Engagement Core (COEC) educators, were busy conducting several NIEHS-funded asthma and healthy homes activities and trainings around the region. On May 7, the COEC presented … Read more

Empowering Pre-college Students to Engage in Climate Change Solutions

Dana Haine, Program Director for IE’s Climate Leadership and Energy Awareness Program, gave a virtual presentation titled Empowering Pre-college Students to Engage in Climate Change Solutions to members of the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness (CLEAN) Network, an informal group … Read more

IDEA High School Program Saturday Academy, March 15th

On Saturday, March 15, the IDEA High School Geoscience Students traveled to Newport News, VA to visit the Virginia Living Museum. Students learned about the hydrology and geology of the Chesapeake Bay, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Virginia Coastal Plain. … Read more

Journalists Explore NC’s Environmental Challenges During Week-long Expedition

The UNC Institute for the Environment—jointly with the UNC Superfund Research Program, Duke Superfund Research Center and the Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources (IJNR)—is hosting 18 journalists from around the country March 3-8 on a learning expedition to explore … Read more

IDEA High School Program Saturday Academy, February 22nd

On February 22, 2014 IDEA High School Geoscience students attended Saturday Academy 3. We were joined by IE’s Dr. Lindsay Dubbs for marine science exploration at Nags Head, NC. We also worked with Beky Branagan, from Outdoor Afro, who led … Read more