November 13, 2018
A new study led by Dr. Will Vizuete examines the gases released by four species of cannabis to determine the impact of a thriving marijuana industry on air pollution and human health.
October 19, 2018
In the wake of the devastating flooding caused by Hurricane Florence, the N.C. Policy Collaboratory provided $125,000 in funding for a project focused on water sampling. Drs. Rachel Noble and Jill Stewart are among those conducting research in eastern North Carolina.
October 19, 2018
Air pollution in the U.S. has decreased since about 1990, and a new UNC-Chapel Hill study now shows that this air quality improvement has brought substantial public health benefits.
October 17, 2018
Dr. Hudson Santos, member of the Institute for Environmental Health Solutions, was awarded about $395,000 in funding from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Nursing Research. Photo by Omar Lopez.
October 12, 2018
Dr. Jamie Bartram was honored on Oct. 4 at a meeting of the UNC Global Leadership Council. There, he delivered a keynote address on the importance of water in North Carolina and around the world, the challenges of ensuring safe water and sanitation, and the accomplishments of The Water Institute at UNC.
September 23, 2018 Dr. Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson has received a four-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to examine ways that public water infrastructure can be modified to better protect people during water-related natural and human-caused disasters. Photo by Ben Gordon.
September 13, 2018 Drs. Alexander Keil and Rebecca Fry are co-principal and principal investigators, respectively, for a new $1.4 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The researchers will examine the impact of environmental exposure to metals found in well water upon birth defects and will identify priorities for reducing well water exposures. Photo by Matthew Reid.
September 13, 2018 UNC undergraduates Lucy Best, Emily Kian and Eliza Harrison (an ESE student) make up team Phyta, a seaweed cultivation initiative hoping to win the prestigious Hult Prize.
September 8, 2018 Drs. Mirek Styblo and Rebecca Fry were awarded more than $2.2 million by the National Institutes of Health to study diabetes associated with exposure to arsenic, a common drinking water and food contaminant. Photo by Paul Istoan.
September 7, 2019 Dr. Rebecca Fry will continue a collaboration with Dr. Michael O'Shea at the UNC School of Medicine to study environmental impacts upon children's health. The researchers were awarded more than $20 million to continue the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program.