Adam Curry and Drew Coleman are working at the center of this modern boom in lithium exploration research, analyzing everything from the depositās geochemistry and formation patterns to its temporal patterns and life span.
What does it take to measure the health of an entire ecosystem? Joel Fodrie, a professor and researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, seeks to answer this question for North Carolinaās coastal habitats.āÆ
Faculty member Miyuki Hino in city and regional planning is working with three NC communities in Beaufort, Carolina Beach and New Bern to study the idea of āsunny day floodingā and helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change:
Associate professor Glenn Hinsonās work on reconciliation with racial violence in Warren County. This summer we published a Q&A with Glenn; there are hyperlinks in the story to other articles on this ongoing work. His work involves undergraduate students.
Supported by the N.C. Collaboratory, epidemiologist Nabarun Dasgupta and his team analyze street drugs and alert communities about dangers
The Diverse and Resilient Educators Advised through Mentorship teacher residency program ā is a collaboration between the UNC School of Education and Durham Public Schools (DPS) to recruit, train, and support highly effective, responsive, transformative, and committed educators to serve the diverse DPS student population. Made possible by a $4.8 million U.S. Department of Education grant, DREAM prepares participating MAT students and provides them with three years of unique on-the-job guided mentorship to help ensure an effective and meaningful career as a DPS educator.
A new $1.5 million grant from NASA will allow an interdisciplinary team of researchers, led by Angel Hsu an assistant professor of public policy and director of the Data-Driven EnviroLab (DDL) at the UNC Institute for the Environment, to harness the power of satellite remote sensing data, community-collected temperature data and machine learning to evaluate disparities in heat stress from environmental and climate injustices across the U.S.
Center for Public Engagement with ScienceĀ works with theĀ North Carolina Department of Health and Human Servicesā Childrenās Environmental Health UnitĀ to develop trainings and educational resources. The group helps NCDHHS share these resources and also makes sure public health professionals and/or nonprofits with a health mission have access to them.
Lindsay Dubbs conducts research in the Outer Banks to protect marine ecosystems.
Researchers, students, staff and community members gathered for the second annual Sustainability Research Symposium sponsored by Sustainable Carolina and the UNC Institute for the Environment on Apr. 16. at UNCās Wilson Library. Researchers led lightning talks covering a range of topics showcasing the ground-breaking sustainability research that happens across UNC-Chapel Hill.