Working My Way Back to You: Helping Workers Return to the Workplace

All are invited to the weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series which begins on January 18, 2023, at 12:20 p.m. with Dr. John Staley presenting “Working My Way Back to You: Helping Workers Return to the Workplace.” The series asks speakers to tailor their presentation for a general audience so that all participants benefit. For more... Read more »

The Monster in the Closet: Where PFAS Hides in Your Home

All are invited to the weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series on Jan. 25 at 12:20 p.m. with Clara Eichler, doctoral candidate, presenting “The Monster in the Closet: Where PFAS Hides in Your Home.” The series asks speakers to tailor their presentation for a general audience so that all participants benefit. For more details, including how... Read more »

One Risk, Two Risk, Red Risk, Blue Risk: An Estimation of the Burden of Disease Attributable to Drinking Water Exposures from Private Wells in North Carolina

All are invited to the weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series on February 8, 2023, at 12:20 PM with doctoral candidate Kennedy Holt presenting “One Risk, Two Risk, Red Risk, Blue Risk: An Estimation of the Burden of Disease Attributable to Drinking Water Exposures from Private Wells in North Carolina." The seminar is designed to keep... Read more »

How Does the Gut Microbiome Play a Role in Arsenic-Induced Diabetes?

All are invited to the weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series which continues on Feb. 15 at 12:20pm with Yifei Yang presenting “How Does the Gut Microbiome Play a Role in Arsenic-Induced Diabetes?” The series asks speakers to tailor their presentation for a general audience so that all participants benefit. For more details, including how to... Read more »

Air Pollution Modeling by Traditional and Modern Methodologies

All are invited to the weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series on Feb. 22 at 12:20 p.m. with doctoral student Praful Dodda presenting “Air Pollution Modeling by Traditional and Modern Methodologies.” The series asks speakers to tailor their presentation for a general audience so that all participants benefit. For more details, including how to join, please... Read more »

Weather or Not: Temperature Variations Fuel Energy Inequity

All are invited to the weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series on March 1 at 12:20 p.m. with Yu Ying, doctoral candidate, presenting “Weather or Not: Temperature Variations Fuel Energy Inequity.” The series asks speakers to tailor their presentation for a general audience so that all participants benefit. For more details, including how to join, please... Read more »

State of Water Quality in the Galapagos Islands

All are invited to the last ESE In-House Seminar on March 8 at 12:20 p.m. with Dr. Valeria De Lourdes Ochoa Herrera presenting “State of Water Quality in the Galapagos Islands.” The series asks speakers to tailor their presentation for a general audience so that all participants benefit. For more details, please visit the lecture... Read more »

Environmental Sciences and Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Seminar: Dr. Richard Johnson

1301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Michel A. Ibrahim Seminar Room) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering for their 2023 Distinguished Alumnus Seminar. Dr. Richard Johnston Technical Officer Water, Sanitation and Hygiene World Health Organization Johnston, who earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Environmental Sciences and Engineering from the Gillings School in 2008, co-leads the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program on Water Supply, Sanitation... Read more »

UNC ESE Alumni Career Engagement Series

Featuring Jeanette Reyes, PhD, physical scientist at the U.S. EPA, and Karen Setty, PhD Come directly engage with ESE alums! Ask honest and practical questions about life in environmental sciences workplaces. Watch online. Contact Rebecca Rice with questions.

UNC ESE Alumni Career Engagement Series

Featuring Rebecca Martinez, PhD, Riley Mulhern, PhD, and Paul Fitzgerald Come directly engage with ESE alums! Ask honest and practical questions about life in environmental sciences workplaces. Watch online.

ESE Locopop Social, Department Photo and Awards

McGavran-Greenberg Courtyard McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This event will be for affiliates of the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering. 12:05 Department Photo 12:10 Awards Presentations Contact Rhoda Cerny with questions.

Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr) Fall Seminar Series

PreMiEr is an Engineering Research Center funded by the NSF, comprised of five North Carolina universities (Duke, NCA&T, NC State, UNC-CH, UNC-Charlotte) with the mission to improve the health of people occupying the built environment (e.g., homes, schools, workplaces) through manipulation of the microbiomes of those environments. Microbiome or not? Measuring low biomass environments in... Read more »

Scientific Symposium in Honor of Dr. James Swenberg

133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

RSVP In Person by visiting the Scientific Symposium in Honor of Dr. James Swenberg webpage. If you are interested in attending via zoom, visit the Zoom Webinar RSVP webpage. Contact Rhoda Cerny with questions.

Distinguished lecture from the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Foundation

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Foundation (AEESP) presents "Drinking water quality in rural Alaska: Addressing socioeconomic challenges from molecular level insights." This lecture will be given by 2024-2025 AEESP Distinguished Lecturer Lynn Katz, PhD, Hussein M. Alharthy Centennial Chair  in Civil Engineering and Director of the Center for Water and the Environment... Read more »