In the News Archive 2008
- Joe DeSimone – 2008 Tar Heel of the Year (December 30, 2008)
- New life for coral reefs shattered by tsunami (December 30, 2008)
- Why N.C. needs stronger school-siting standards (December 29, 2008)
- Report sounds alarm on dead zone in the Gulf (December 22, 2008)
- Robertson seminars to discuss — and feature — sustainable food (December 19, 2008)
- Working now on a sustainable future (December 19, 2008)
- Big water users may need permits (December 10, 2008)
- Cassandra OLenick, environmental sciences major, and 10 others win Fulbright Scholarships (December 10, 2008)
- Nine UNC students, including an environmental studies major, to study in Asia as Phillips Ambassadors (December 08, 2008)
- Reefs not protected from climate change, conference told (December 02, 2008)
- Aisha Ihab Saad, environmental health sciences double major, wins Rhodes scholarship (November 24, 2008) Notes: The Environmental Health Science degree is a joint program between the Gillings School and the Institute.
- UNC’s Saad wins Rhodes Scholarship (November 24, 2008) Notes: The Environmental Health Science degree is a joint program between the Gillings School and the Institute.
- Energy and climate change experts to speak at UNC (November 19, 2008)
- UNC contract to help UAE assess environmental health risks expanded (November 13, 2008)
- Camden County Project Final Report Released (November 13, 2008)
- Energy and climate change experts to speak at UNC (November 11, 2008)
- Blowing through Manhattan: Winds and airborne particles make their way through the urban landscape in RENCI visualization. (November 10, 2008)
- UNC hosts safe drinking water symposium (October 30, 2008)
- Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative to host November 10-11 Summit: Pharmaceuticals in Water: What We Know, Don’t Know and Should Do (October 23, 2008)
- UNC Environmental Course Meshes Degrees (October 22, 2008)
- Unique coral reef research mission begins (October 15, 2008)
- 30-mile red bloom off N.C. coast is harmless, scientists say (October 10, 2008)
- Symposium examines climate change, sea level rise on N.C. coast (October 07, 2008)
- UNC study on properties of carbon nanotubes, water could have wide-ranging implications (October 02, 2008)
- Chancellor Thorp to take field trip to marsh at N.C. Aquarium tour stop (October 01, 2008)
- UNC celebrates naming of Gillings School of Global Public Health (September 29, 2008)
- Chancellor Thorp’s state tour includes visits with high school, college students and UNC chancellors (September 26, 2008)
- UNC Among Nation’s Top Sustainable Campuses (September 25, 2008)
- UNC biologist receives $1.5 million NIH innovator award (September 23, 2008)
- UNC drinking water treatment project receives international award (September 18, 2008)
- UNC taking the long-term view on carbon neutrality (September 10, 2008)
- Environmental Honors Fraternity recognized in recent Green campuses 3.0 online publication (September 10, 2008)
- Carbon pledge a first step for UNC (September 08, 2008)
- Daily life starts to show signs of change (September 08, 2008)
- N.C. overflows with flood risk (September 04, 2008)
- UNC faculty experts can help reporters with hurricane stories (September 03, 2008)
- 2 NC sites win $25M in Homeland Security contracts (September 03, 2008)
- UNC-CH to mark start of disasters center (September 02, 2008)
- Homeland Security representatives to celebrate new center to study natural disasters (September 02, 2008)
- Gillings Innovation Lab takes novel approach to personal responses to arsenic in drinking water (August 29, 2008)
- Green industrial park in Camden County is feasible, UNC study says (August 28, 2008)
- UNC to present results of feasibility study for green industrial park in Camden (August 28, 2008)
- Institute expands options (August 26, 2008)
- Sustainability Now A Class At UNC (August 18, 2008)
- New sustainability minor begins this semester (August 12, 2008)
- A Tall, Cool Drink of … Sewage? (August 11, 2008)
- Global Warming May Up Allergies, Asthma (August 06, 2008)
- Triangle colleges hope ‘green’ look attracts students (August 04, 2008)
- Water use across N.C. called ‘inefficient’ (July 31, 2008)
- UNC, N.C. State, Duke post high “green” grades (July 29, 2008)
- Nearly 900 species discovered in Smokies during 10-year project (July 22, 2008)
- UNC chemistry researcher wins DuPont Young Professor award (July 21, 2008)
- The New Green Focus for Future MBAs (July 21, 2008)
- Scientists take part in Carolina Vegetation Survey (July 21, 2008)
- Builder enlists water experts (July 07, 2008)
- Scientists study water in nanotubes (July 01, 2008)
- UNC awarded grant to improve understanding of chemical effects on environment, health (June 26, 2008)
- DeSimone awarded Lemelson-MIT Prize for innovations in polymer chemistry (June 25, 2008)
- Triangle scientist DeSimone wins MIT prize (June 25, 2008)
- Steve Levitas, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP (June 23, 2008)
- Committee set up to draft national environmental health strategy (June 18, 2008)
- UNC-CH to assess risks in Emirates (June 10, 2008)
- Deal to map strategy for environmental health signed in UAE (June 10, 2008)
- UNC to help United Arab Emirates assess environmental health risks (June 10, 2008)
- UNC to study link between sustainable farming and health (June 05, 2008)
- Photos from the Institute’s graduation are now viewable online (May 20, 2008)
- Tar Heel Bus Tour visits Carbonton Dam Site (May 15, 2008)
- Timothy Keim: We must act to protect our water resources (May 13, 2008)
- Media invited to Carbonton Dam stop of Tar Heel Bus Tour Tuesday (May 13) (May 12, 2008)
- ENST Public Service Scholar graduate combines service, education (May 12, 2008)
- Two Environmental Science students win $8,000 NOAA scholarships (May 07, 2008)
- Tar Heel Bus Tour introduces new Carolina faculty members to the state (May 07, 2008)
- Berke named Interim Director of the Institute for the Environment (May 06, 2008)
- UNC Institute for the Environment director named (April 30, 2008)
- Lawrence Band appointed to lead UNC Institute for the Environment (April 29, 2008)
- Growing Green Earth Day Tour is Saturday (April 26) at N.C. Botanical Garden (April 24, 2008)
- Salvesen at CSCD wins Wildlife Habitat Policy Research Program grant (April 22, 2008)
- FerryMon to be featured on NCNOW on WUNC TV Thursday, 24 April at 7:30 PM (April 22, 2008)
- 125 at UNC inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, including three Environmental Studies majors (April 17, 2008)
- UNC Kenan-Flagler launches first sustainable business accelerator (April 14, 2008)
- Earth Day celebrations kick off early at Carolina (April 11, 2008)
- UNC’s Benami wins Udall Scholarship (April 09, 2008)
- UNC Kenan-Flagler launches first sustainable business accelerator (April 09, 2008)
- Environment, arts flow through charter on Haw (April 08, 2008)
- Blooms Like It Hot: A link exists between global warming and the worldwide proliferation of harmful cyanobacterial blooms. Read this article recently published in Science by Hans Paerl and Jef Huisman (April 04, 2008)
- UNC geography professor chosen as leadership Fellow (April 01, 2008)
- UNC Environmental programs still rank in top 10 nationally, says US News and World Report (March 28, 2008)
- Doyle one of 19 researchers selected as 2008 Leopold Leadership Fellows (March 25, 2008)
- UNC experts say ‘green’ park will be challenge (March 18, 2008)
- Traces of drugs found in water (March 17, 2008)
- Homeland Security funds UNC center to study natural disasters in coastal areas (February 27, 2008)
- Homeland Security Department Names Academic Institutions to Lead New Centers of Excellence (February 27, 2008)
- Revealed: polluting impact of humans on the oceans (February 15, 2008)
- Study Finds Humans’ Effect on Oceans Comprehensive (February 15, 2008)
- First map of threats to marine ecosystems shows all the world’s oceans are affected (February 15, 2008)
- UNC joins global warming teach-in (January 31, 2008)
- UNC cited in new National Wildlife Federation report on climate (January 31, 2008)
- UNC joins national teach-in to support solutions to global warming (January 28, 2008)
- Let It Crumble: When No Infrastructure Is Best (January 18, 2008) Notes: Discovery Channel News
- Obsolete U.S. infrastructure holds benefits for environment (January 18, 2008)
- Doyle named a GlaxoSmithKline public policy fellow (January 17, 2008)