Junior UNC-Chapel Hill student Erin Danford has been named to the UNC Institute for the Environment Board of Visitors—the first student board member in its history. Danford joined the Board at the October meeting and offered input from the student … Continued

Name: Erin Danford Hometown: Waxhaw, North Carolina Major: Environmental Science Minor: Geography Expected Graduation: May 2019 What drew you to your major? I decided to become an environmental science major because I wanted a career that allowed me to make … Continued

By Cinnamon Moore Earlier this semester, UNC Institute for the Environment hosted a Clean Tech Luncheon seminar with speaker Matt Abele, communications and events manager at the Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster (RTCC). The innovative organization was established more than five years … Continued

Extreme environmental events, such as floods, droughts, wild fires, winter storms, hurricanes, and other disasters, can wreak havoc on society. From detrimental environmental impacts, to financial loss and destruction of engineered systems, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel … Continued

Several scientists from the UNC Institute for the Environment will be presenting at the 50th annual AGU Fall Meeting Dec. 11-15 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Fall Meeting is the largest worldwide conference in the geophysical sciences and attracts more … Continued

Erin Riggs, legal advisor with the UNC Environmental Finance Center, blogs about financing nutrient management in the Jordan Lake watershed. In 2016, the NC legislature commissioned a six-year nutrient management study to be done through the University of North Carolina … Continued

One of IE’s IDEA undergraduate student’s, Savannah Swinea, is featured in a UNC Research Endeavors article “Go with the Flow.” Swinea is paired up with Kaylyn Gootman, a Ph.D. candidate in the Curriculum in Environment and Ecology, to study stream beds. “I was looking … Continued

By Rachel Greene On July 28, 2017 hundreds of people filed into the Sonja Hayes Stone Center at UNC-Chapel Hill for the annual Undergraduate Pipeline Research Symposium. Nearly 150 undergraduates from UNC and universities around the country presented posters at … Continued

What is your name: Bianca Gartner Major: Environmental Science Expected graduation date: May 2018 Why did you want to go to the OBX Field Site? Many reasons! First off, I wanted to do a semester off campus. Same state – … Continued

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 … Continued