On Tuesday, April 18th, UNC students and faculty gathered at Frank Porter Graham Student Union for the Seventeenth Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research. The purpose of this event, hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR), is to recognize and … Read more
On March 17, ERP staff, Megan Hoert Hughes and Megan Rodgers, presented at the West Piedmont Environmental Health District quarterly meeting in Winston-Salem. Thirty environmental health specialists participated in the session to learn more about childhood lead poisoning and prevention, … Read more
EGRET Fellows teachers gathered at the coast during the weekend of March 12-13, to learn about barrier islands and sound ecosystems in North Carolina, as the culminating event for a year-long professional development program. Nine participants, all 5th grade teachers, … Read more
The NC Watershed Stewardship Network in partnership with UNC Institute for the Environment, is offering a FREE two-day workshop to anyone who works at the local level and is ready to plan and implement watershed improvement projects in their community. The workshop will be … Read more
Achieving your goals through strategy, action and engagement. NC Watershed Stewardship Network in partnership with UNC Institute for the Environment, is offering a FREE two-day workshop to anyone who works at the local level and is ready to plan and … Read more
Applications are now being accepted for two exciting summer enrichment programs for high school students – Climate LEAP (Leadership and Awareness Program) and IDEA (Increasing Diversity and Enhancing Academia). Both programs provide hands-on, minds-on science activities and are open to … Read more
On December 15th and 16th, Michele Drostin, ERP research associate, along with other members of the NC Watershed Stewardship Network (WSN), facilitated a workshop titled Tools of Watershed Management. The event, held at the NC Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, was … Read more
One-fifth of American Indian youth have been diagnosed with asthma in their lifetimes (CDC, 2013). This and other chronic health conditions are exacerbated by high smoking rates (CDC, 2015), mold, particulate matter from heating practices and other hazards in many … Read more
On Saturday, December 5th, in conjunction with the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, forty-four K-12 teachers and high school students conducted Climate Interactive’s World Climate Exercise, a mock-UN Climate Change Negotiation where participants role-play international climate negotiators working to … Read more
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Andrew George has joined UNC SRP as Community Engagement Research Associate. Dr. George’s expertise in community engagement in environmental problem-solving, capacity building and democratic decision-making make him well suited to aid SRP in developing … Read more
