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Surveying the Smalls
Vy Pham picks up a foot-long metal box and holds it to her ear. “I’m not sure if anything is in it,” the UNC-Chapel Hill senior says warily. She holds it out in front of her, her headlamp illuminating its small trap door. As she pushes it in, she hears a squeak and sees two small eyes staring back at her. “We got one!” she shouts triumphantly. Rada Petric, a UNC-Chapel Hill biologist, smiles and kneels next to Pham. She shows her how to remove the small brown house mouse from the trap and hold it gently while they record its body measurements and tag its ear for tracking. Read more
Using drones to study the Galápagos Islands, Cohen adds to summer study abroad experience
The Galápagos Islands’ unique landscape and topography provide the backdrop for a five-week program with the UNC Study Abroad Office and a partnership between UNC-Chapel Hill’s Center for Galápagos Studies and Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) in Ecuador. Over the summer, UNC Institute for the Environment Associate Director Susan Cohen joined other UNC and USFQ faculty to teach a lab on drones and sensors to study hydrology. Read more
Haine recognized by NCSTA for connecting teachers with latest environmental research
Dana Haine, the K-12 science education manager for the UNC Institute for the Environment’s (IE) Center for Public Engagement with Science (CPES) recently was recognized by the North Carolina Science Teachers Association (NCSTA) with a non-school setting distinguished service award for her contributions to science education in North Carolina over her 25-year career. Read more
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