The Curriculum in Environment and Ecology’s Dr. Geoffrey Bell and several students from his fall 2016 Restoration Ecology class (ENEC 304) were essential to the Battle Grove Restoration project. The focus of this project was the Battle Branch stream which had … Read more
The UNC Curriculum in Environment and Ecology invites all faculty, postdocs, undergraduate, graduate, and professional students with research interests in ecology and the environment to present their work at this event. The 5th annual Environment & Ecology Student Symposium will … Read more
The academic journal Land Use Policy published UNC Curriculum in Environment and Ecology’s 2015 spring semester course 569 class paper titled: Socio-environmental drivers of forest change in rural Uganda. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.12.012) ENEC 569 titled Current Issues in Ecology is taught by … Read more
In recognition of the superb research presentation delivered at 2016 SACNAS: The National Diversity in STEM Conference in Long Beach, CA, the judges chose Zachary Locklear’s work, titled “Rockfish-Habitat Suitabilitiy Modeling in an Oregon Marine Reserve,” as a standout among … Read more
How my summer fieldwork propelled my dissertation… This past summer (2016), I started the fieldwork component of my dissertation research on coral reef ecology with Dr. John Bruno by conducting research in Belize and Mexico. In May, I traveled to … Read more
Planning for an unknowable future: uncertainty in climate change adaptation planning by Sierra C. Woodruff – Climatic Change, available at: http://rdcu.be/kIv2 As a graduate student, there is a lot of uncertainty in my life: When will I finish my degree? … Read more
Each week during the year UNC Research publication Endeavors, chooses a female undergrad, PhD candidate, or full professor to highlight with a short Women in Science Wednesday Q&A. On August 31st, 2016 Curriculum in Environment and Ecology PhD student Kaylyn … Read more
Environment and Ecology graduate student, Colleen Bove, presented at the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) in Honolulu, Hawai’i, as part of her research advisor’s lab group. The Coral Ecophysiology Lab led by Dr. Karl Castillo attended the largest coral … Read more
On Monday, August 22nd, 2016 UNC’s Curriculum in Environment and Ecology welcomed it’s new Graduate Students for the Fall 2016 Semester. The newcomers were greeted with a light breakfast and some mingling with current students and faculty followed by an … Read more
UNC Curriculum in Environment and Ecology Ph.D. candidate Sierra Woodruff co-authored a paper published in the journal Nature Climate Change, on U.S. climate-adaptation plans and spoke to TakePart (also featured on Yahoo News) about how research finds “that while many municipalities have … Read more
