Environmental Sciences and Engineering News
Extending municipal water service may reduce GI illness in those who rely on private wells
June 8, 2016 A study co-authored by a researcher at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health provides new evidence that extending regulated community water service to populations currently... Read more »
Alice Wang: Solving the puzzle makes public health fun
May 27, 2016 Alice Wang, PhD, has a great elevator speech. “Have you seen the movie Contagion?” she asks. “Kate Winslet’s character was an epidemic intelligence service officer — that’s... Read more »
Flint water crisis confirms need for improved risk management of US drinking water
May 24, 2016 Researchers at The Water Institute at UNC, based in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, have called for better leadership from utilities, greater engagement by... Read more »
Key sources of air pollution-related deaths differ among world regions
May 19, 2016 The most significant emission source sectors for global air pollution-related deaths differ among world regions, finds a new study. For example, the residential and commercial sector has... Read more »
Gillings School bachelor’s students graduate as Buckley Scholars
May 10, 2016 Twenty of the 217 seniors who graduated on May 8 as Buckley Public Service Scholars were students at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. The... Read more »
Doctoral student aims to improve health of women, children in Cambodia through improved sanitation in health-care facilities
May 10, 2016 Hai-Ryung Sung, MPH, doctoral student in environmental sciences and engineering at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, pursues water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) initiatives in... Read more »
Stewart, Klug and Fizer accept awards at ESE end-of-year gathering
May 9, 2016 Jill Stewart, PhD, associate professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (ESE), recently received the department’s Newton Underwood... Read more »
UNC Gillings School celebrates its graduates; Dr. Dennis Gillings delivers commencement address
May 7, 2016 You – and your parents – will be glad to hear that public health is one of the fastest-growing professions in the country. The major investment in... Read more »
IGHID funds three Gillings School researchers
May 6, 2016 UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health researchers have been awarded three of six Explorations in Global Health grants, funded by the UNC Institute for Global Health... Read more »
Two from Gillings School elected as delegates to UNC Employee Forum
April 15, 2016 Two staff members from the Gillings School of Global Public Health have been elected to the UNC Employee Forum. As staff delegates, Bryan Andregg and Natiaya Neal... Read more »
