News and Announcements

2008 Releases

• Scientists study water in nanotubes (July 01, 2008) 
• UNC awarded grant to improve understanding of chemical effects on environment, health (June 26, 2008) 
• DeSimone awarded Lemelson-MIT Prize for innovations in polymer chemistry (June 25, 2008) 
• Triangle scientist DeSimone wins MIT prize (June 25, 2008) 
• Steve Levitas, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP (June 23, 2008) 
• Committee set up to draft national environmental health strategy (June 18, 2008) 
• UNC-CH to assess risks in Emirates (June 10, 2008) 
• Deal to map strategy for environmental health signed in UAE (June 10, 2008) 
• UNC to help United Arab Emirates assess environmental health risks (June 10, 2008) 
• UNC to study link between sustainable farming and health (June 05, 2008) 
• Photos from the Institute's graduation are now viewable online (May 20, 2008) 
• Tar Heel Bus Tour visits Carbonton Dam Site (May 15, 2008) 
• Timothy Keim: We must act to protect our water resources (May 13, 2008) 
• Media invited to Carbonton Dam stop of Tar Heel Bus Tour Tuesday (May 13) (May 12, 2008) 
• ENST Public Service Scholar graduate combines service, education (May 12, 2008) 
• Tar Heel Bus Tour introduces new Carolina faculty members to the state (May 07, 2008) 
• Two Environmental Science students win $8,000 NOAA scholarships (May 07, 2008) 
• Berke named Interim Director of the Institute for the Environment (May 06, 2008) 
• UNC Institute for the Environment director named (April 30, 2008) 
• Lawrence Band appointed to lead UNC Institute for the Environment (April 29, 2008) 
• Growing Green Earth Day Tour is Saturday (April 26) at N.C. Botanical Garden (April 24, 2008) 
• FerryMon to be featured on NCNOW on WUNC TV Thursday, 24 April at 7:30 PM (April 22, 2008) 
• Salvesen at CSCD wins Wildlife Habitat Policy Research Program grant (April 22, 2008) 
• 125 at UNC inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, including three Environmental Studies majors (April 17, 2008) 
• UNC Kenan-Flagler launches first sustainable business accelerator (April 14, 2008) 
• Earth Day celebrations kick off early at Carolina (April 11, 2008) 
• UNC's Benami wins Udall Scholarship (April 09, 2008) 
• UNC Kenan-Flagler launches first sustainable business accelerator (April 09, 2008) 
• Environment, arts flow through charter on Haw (April 08, 2008) 
• Blooms Like It Hot: A link exists between global warming and the worldwide proliferation of harmful cyanobacterial blooms. Read this article recently published in Science by Hans Paerl and Jef Huisman (April 04, 2008) 
• UNC geography professor chosen as leadership Fellow (April 01, 2008) 
• UNC Environmental programs still rank in top 10 nationally, says US News and World Report (March 28, 2008) 
• Doyle one of 19 researchers selected as 2008 Leopold Leadership Fellows (March 25, 2008) 
• UNC experts say 'green' park will be challenge (March 18, 2008) 
• Traces of drugs found in water (March 17, 2008) 
• Homeland Security Department Names Academic Institutions to Lead New Centers of Excellence (February 27, 2008) 
• Homeland Security funds UNC center to study natural disasters in coastal areas (February 27, 2008) 
• Study Finds Humans' Effect on Oceans Comprehensive (February 15, 2008) 
• First map of threats to marine ecosystems shows all the world's oceans are affected (February 15, 2008) 
• Revealed: polluting impact of humans on the oceans (February 15, 2008) 
• UNC joins global warming teach-in (January 31, 2008) 
• UNC cited in new National Wildlife Federation report on climate (January 31, 2008) 
• UNC joins national teach-in to support solutions to global warming (January 28, 2008) 
• Obsolete U.S. infrastructure holds benefits for environment (January 18, 2008) 
• Let It Crumble: When No Infrastructure Is Best (January 18, 2008)  Notes: Discovery Channel News
• Doyle named a GlaxoSmithKline public policy fellow (January 17, 2008)