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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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    

Coastal Review Online writes about a recent presentation of student research conducted at the Institute for the Environment’s Outer Banks Field Site on the impacts of climate change on underground septic tanks in Nags Head. These undergraduates were directed by … Read more

The N&O quotes Mike Piehler, a Gillings School of Global Public Health and Institute of Marine Sciences professor, from a report that suggested that Wake County towns that take drinking water from Jordan Lake should help pay for cleaning it … Read more

  Diamond Holloman, a Ph.D. candidate in Carolina’s Environment, Ecology and Energy program, is the first recipient of a post-Florence disaster relief grant from the Carolina Center for Public Service. She is investigating ways that communities of color in Lumberton, … Read more

IMS alumna and adjunct faculty member Dr Rachel Gittman’s research is featured in an article by the Food & Environmental Reporting Network. https://thefern.org/2019/03/as-coastal-flooding-surges-living-shorelines-seen-as-savior/  

Each year, The Graduate School honors graduate students in programs throughout our University for their powerful discoveries that contribute to a better future for people and communities in North Carolina. The longstanding Impact Award, made possible through the generous support … Read more

Institute for the Environment professor and UNC Clean Tech Summit lead organizer Greg Gangi talks about this week’s summit. https://www.wraltechwire.com/2019/02/26/ncs-role-in-clean-energy-economy-is-focus-of-unc-clean-tech-summit/