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UNC Environment Newsletter | December 2018
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Featured Video
What does it mean to be halfway?
We’ve got some exciting news that we can’t wait to share with you — as of Oct. 1, 2018, UNC-Chapel Hill has raised more than half of its total fundraising goal in the Campaign for Carolina! And, our director Mike Piehler has a cameo in the field with some of his graduatate students celebrating the milestone. Watch now and learn more about the Campaign for Carolina by visting campaign.unc.edu. Watch Video
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Latest News
IE scientists partner with Virginia Tech on NSF RAPID grant to study well contamination in aftermath of Hurricane Florence
A team of scientists from the UNC Institute for the Environment’s Environmental Resource Program (ERP) and Virginia Tech has been awarded a National Science Foundation RAPID grant to quickly mobilize a study of private well contamination in New Hanover and Robeson counties in North Carolina. Nearly one-third of residents in the state rely on private wells for drinking water. Private wells are unregulated, leaving individual well owners responsible for ensuring the safety of their drinking water. After record flooding from Hurricane Florence, many of these wells were susceptible to contamination from things like harmful bacteria and hazardous waste to toxic metals. Read more
IE continues to enhance energy literacy among NC students and teachers with grant from Duke Energy
In 2019, the Duke Energy Foundation will continue to support IE’s efforts to promote energy literacy among teachers and students in North Carolina, through a yearlong teacher professional development program and a yearlong science enrichment program for high school students. Led by the UNC Institute for the Environment’s Environmental Resource Program (ERP), teachers and students will receive hands-on, state-of-the-science exposure to current energy scholarship through the Energy Literacy Fellows program for 8-12th grade teachers and the Energy Literacy, Engagement and Action Program (Energy LEAP) for students. Read more
Meet the 2018 Duke Energy Faculty and Graduate Fellows
The Duke Energy Fellows program, administered by the UNC Institute for the Environment, is funded by a grant from the Duke Energy Foundation to develop leaders in the energy sector. The Duke Energy Faculty Fellowship supports one faculty member per year interested in assembling teams to pursue interdisciplinary funding opportunities on energy topics. The Duke Energy Graduate Fellowship program supports 2 graduate students working on energy-related research. Meet the 2018 recipients. Read more
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UNC Environmental Spotlight
Working to Strengthen the Oyster Industry on North Carolina’s Coast
By Kasia Grzebyk
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| Tamlin Pavelsky’s research in global water storage will not only help scientists understand how water moves throughout the world, but it will also give clues about the movement of greenhouse gasses that are released into the atmosphere via these bodies of water. | Read more |
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UNC-Chapel Hill has reached the ranks of the top-five research universities in the United States for federal research expenditures, according to the latest National Science Foundation (NSF) Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey.
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UNC Environment in the News
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Featured Event
2019 UNC Clean Tech Summit
Join us for the sixth annual UNC Clean Tech Summit Feb. 28 – Mar. 1 at UNC’s Friday Center. The event will highlight the latest innovations, trends and challenges in the clean technology industry and how North Carolina is playing a key role in leading the way to a global clean energy economy. Registration opens later this month. Visit ie.unc.edu/cleantech for the latest information on speakers and sessions. New information is added to the website daily.
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Upcoming Events
Fall Environmental Capstone Showcase
IE Bagel Breakfast Social with Andrew George and Kurt Thurber
December 11 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am
IE Bagel Breakfast Social with Greg Gangi and Kiersten Williams
January 8, 2019 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am
2019 UNC Clean Tech Summit
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