Creating Community at Carolina Through Strategies for Ecology, Education, Diversity and Sustainability
By Grace Layman Grace Layman is a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in environmental sciences with a concentration in ecology and natural resources. Grace is a recipient of the Institute for the Environment’s Molchanov Scholar Award for the summer of … Read more
Gaining Real World Experience Through an Environmentally Focused Internship: The EcoStudio Experience
By Carlisle Shore Carlisle Shore (hometown: Greensboro, NC) is currently a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in environmental studies and political science with a minor in Spanish. She is working as an environmental policy intern with the North Carolina Collaboratory … Read more
Networking and Exploring Career Paths in the Environmental Sector
By Abigail Keller Abigail Keller is a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media and is working as a communications intern with the Institute for the Environment during the 2023 fall semester. Abigail is a member of … Read more
Get Outside with the Carolina Outing Club
By Lauren Fletcher Lauren Fletcher graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in May 2023 with a B.S. in quantitative biology and a minor in chemistry. She is currently leading mountain biking and hiking adventures as an activity guide at The Ranch at … Read more
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
Helping Teachers Explore the Electric Grid of the Future
By Dana Haine Dana Haine is the K-12 Science Education Manager at the UNC Institute for the Environment. Gretchen Bakke, author of The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future, writes that while electricity “is situated squarely … Read more
Putting the Clean Air Act into Action
Post by Zac Adelman Zac Adelman is a Research Associate at UNC’s Center for Environmental Modeling and Policy Development. The Clean Air Act is the cornerstone of U.S. policy to protect the public from the harmful effects of air pollution. … Read more

