Doctoral student, Hannah Henry, will receive a second year of research funding through the Ronald F. Labisky Graduate Fellowship in Wildlife Policy. Read the full story at The Wildlife Society.
We are honored to recognize Joel Fodrie as one of the recipients of the Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair in Public Policy. This endowed chair, funded by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation aims to recognize and honor outstanding teachers and … Read more
Three Carolina faculty members, Xiaoming Liu, Rachel Noble and Janet Nye, recently shared the ways they keep our water healthy and clean, preserve marine life, and work towards a sustainable future. Read more here.
Toni Sebastian and students, working with the Sustainable Triangle Field Site, gather data to provide potential solutions to hotspots. More at Map Heat on Campus.
Claire Johnson, a UNC doctoral student and a graduate research assistant at the Coastal Studies Institute, recently gave a first-person account of a boat trip to collect sargassum seaweed to study in the lab. The work helps scientists better understand … Read more
“The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been designated as one of six National Wastewater Surveillance System Centers of Excellence by the Centers for Disease … Read more
A shark research team from the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences is studying the rebound of the shark population off the North Carolina coast. The team’s findings have shown more sharks are good news for the overall ecosystem. “Long-term data … Read more
Joshua Himmelstein Awarded Photo of the Month A picture captured by Joshua Himmelstein, a Coastal Geology Ph.D. student, has been awarded photo of the month for September in the Geological Society of America’s 2024 calendar. Himmelstein’s photo depicts “columnar basalts, … Read more
UNC Professor Tony Rodriguez was recently interviewed by ABC News about the effects of climate change on North Carolina’s beaches and coastal infrastructure. Professor Rodriguez stated, “problems are accelerating because our warming climate is melting glaciers (causing sea levels to … Read more
