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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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, … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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. … Continued
