Congratulations to Diamond Holloman, who is an E3P graduate student, on her appointment as a council member of the University’s Sustainability Council. Holloman is a graduate student in the E3P program, with plans to graduate in 2020 with a Ph.D. … Continued
On Wednesday, September 2nd, Dr. Mike Piehler was named Carolina’s chief sustainability officer and special assistant to the chancellor for sustainability. Dr. Piehler is a professor within the Marine Science Department and stationed at the Institute for Marine Sciences in … Continued
On April 22nd the Chancellor announced that Dr. Piehler will be leading the UNC Sustainability Commission. The goal of the Sustainability Commission is to align sustainability efforts across UNC and support the Three Zeros Initiative. To read more about this … Continued
In an article by The Well about Virtual Defenses Dr. Shelby Ziegler (E3P), Owen Mulvey-McFerron (IMS/MASC), and Dr. Michael Piehler (MASC/E3P) are featured in the article. To read about what people are doing during this time follow the link https://thewell.unc.edu/2020/04/21/from-disputatio-to-virtual-defense/
Three MASC/E3P Graduate Students awarded the Impact and Horizon awards; Dr. Kelsey Jesser, Dr. Matt Kenworthy, and Dr. Shelby Ziegler! These awards are given in recognition of graduate student research at UNC that is deemed most impactful for our … Continued
Dr. Rachel Noble, of IMS, spoke with the Mayor of Beaufort on April 5th, 2020 about SARS-CoV-2 & things people should know about the virus. You can see her interview with the Mayor on the town’s FaceBook page at https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=220017882433080
Dr. Caela O’Connell was recently featured in a Chapelboro article about “Chapel Hill Neighborhood’s ‘I Spy’ Game Fosters Fun, Community During Outbreak” If you want to read more about how people are having fun while social distancing click the link … Continued
Pictures of Dr. Geoff Bell’s Restoration Ecology class were posted on the Instagram page of UNC Research in mid December. Follow the link to see the photos https://www.instagram.com/uncresearch/
Over winter break, UNC faculty and students completed a drone workshop — the first of its kind at the university — developing aeronautic expertise to apply to their research. This workshop on drones was lead by Jimmy Burch, a US … Continued
Dr. Alan Weakley, a biology adjunct associate professor, talks about the loss of bottomland hardwood in North Carolina over the past decade. Read more at https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article238395173.html
