Epsilon Eta: Building a Community for Students with a Passion for Environmental Interests
By Sanjana Venkatraman Sanjana Venkatraman is currently a sophomore at UNC-Chapel Hill studying Environmental Science (B.S.) on the quantitative energy systems track, and concentrating in energy management. Her current minor is urban planning. She is also involved with Renewable Energy … Read more
Leveraging UNC’s Environmental Research for Impact Across North Carolina
Steve Wall is a policy research associate at the UNC Institute for the Environment and serves as the outreach director for the NC Collaboratory. Steve is a double Tar Heel (B.A. in Political Science ’93 and J.D. from the UNC … Read more
Energy LEAP: The Program That Affirms, “The Future is Gen Z, and It Can Be Good”
By Eloise Maclean Eloise MacLean is a sophomore honors student at UNC Chapel Hill from Pittsboro, NC, majoring in Environmental Studies with a minor in Hispanic Studies. Eloise spent the summer as an intern for the Institute for the Environment. … Read more
UNC’s Environmental Finance Center: A Valuable Resource for Local Governments Across North Carolina
By Adithi Reddy Adithi Reddy is a junior honors student at UNC-Chapel Hill double majoring in Global Studies and Business Journalism and minoring in Sustainability Studies. Adithi spent this summer working as a Research Assistant with UNC’s Environmental Finance Center … Read more
A Semester with UNC’s Sustainable Triangle Field Site
By Ashlynne Hobcroft Ashlynne Hobcroft is a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in Environmental Sciences. During the spring semester of 2022, I was given the opportunity to study and work closely with Sustainable Carolina through the Sustainable Triangle Field Site … Read more
A Closer Look at Flood Plain Buyouts and Environmental Justice Implications
By Ameena Hester Ameena Hester is a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in Public Policy with minors in Environmental Justice and Data Science. She is a National Institute Environmental Health Sciences Connect Scholar and an Environmental Policy Intern with the … Read more
Natural Spaces in Urban Places and Their Contribution to Coastal Resilience
By Anne Smiley Anne Smiley is a doctoral student with the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in the Piehler lab. Her research focuses on ecosystem functions and coastal habitat. Growing up on the coast Growing up in the … Read more
Understanding the Impact of the Pandemic on Carolina’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By Melanie Elliott Melanie Elliott is a recent graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill. Her academic focus was the physics of renewable energy systems, and her research involved a case study on the use of energy storage for the electrical grid in … Read more
Reflecting on COP 26 and the Power of Youth in the Climate Movement
By Malvika Venkatesh Malvika Venkatesh is a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in Environmental Studies and Economics. She is currently a Sustainable Finance Intern at the UNC Center for Sustainable Enterprise. An Amazing Opportunity: Attending COP 26 in Person This … Read more
Carolina at the Coast: A Semester at the Morehead City Field Site
By Stephanie Caddell Stephanie Caddell is a sophomore Environmental Studies major from Charlotte, NC. During the Fall 2021 semester, I had the pleasure of traveling to Morehead City, NC, and taking my classes at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences. … Read more