The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released its 2021 fiscal year Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) data, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has once again ranked 10th for federal funding and 13th overall in the … Continued

When a Falcon 9 rocket takes off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force base Thursday, it will carry a satellite that represents almost two decades of UNC-Chapel Hill hydrologist Tamlin Pavelsky’s work. The satellite will measure the height of water’s surface … Continued

Ten days out from the long-awaited launch of a satellite to track the planet’s water resources, professor Tamlin Pavelsky couldn’t stop smiling. “I hope you will be as excited about the launch as I am, if that’s possible,” Pavelsky told … Continued

Mike Piehler has worked for UNC-Chapel Hill for 25 years in a variety of roles, most recently as the director of the Institute for the Environment and the university’s Chief Sustainability Officer. He holds a joint professorship in the Department … Continued

The annual community forum on 97.9 The Hill and Chapelboro.com is taking place next week from Monday, December 5 through Friday, December 9. Sponsored by Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership, Grubb Properties, Industrious, Innovate Carolina, Orange County Arts Commission, Orange County … Continued

Dana Haine, the K-12 science education manager for the UNC Institute for the Environment’s (IE) Center for Public Engagement with Science (CPES) recently was recognized by the North Carolina Science Teachers Association (NCSTA) with a non-school setting distinguished service award … Continued

The Galápagos Islands’ unique landscape and topography provide the backdrop for a five-week program with the UNC Study Abroad Office and a partnership between UNC-Chapel Hill’s Center for Galápagos Studies and Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) in Ecuador.    Over … Continued

Since UNC is an accredited NGO, or a non-governmental organization, they were granted the opportunity to send students and faculty to the conference. One of those people was junior Max Poteat. Poteat said one UNC professor runs a lab that … Continued

Students from the UNC Institute for the Environment, who have been studying Buxton Woods vegetation for the past several years, will present their findings at a Buxton-based event scheduled for Monday evening, December 5. Each fall, students from UNC spend … Continued

Congratulations to our colleagues Hans Paerl + Haley Plass for winning best critical review of the year from Environmental Science + Technology for their work “Toxic Cyanobacteria: A Growing Threat to Water and Air Quality.”