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The UNC Institute for the Environment (IE) fosters and conducts collaborations with faculty, students and staff across the university to identify and solve the world’s environmental challenges and sustain and improve the environment.
The IE develops multidisciplinary collaborations to understand major environmental issues and engage myriad academic disciplines, public and private partners and an informed and committed community. Through IE’s air and water research centers, its public service and outreach, sustainability initiatives and field sites and experiential education programs, the IE provides interdisciplinary forums for faculty, students and community partners to meet pressing environmental challenges.
Challenges
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$47,000 for 100 Gifts
IE BOV Past Chair Bryan Brice and his wife, Carson Holding Brice, have launched a GiveUNC Challenge! They will donate $470 for every gift made to the UNC Institute for the Environment, up to 100 gifts. This challenge fuels environmental research, experiential learning opportunities for students, and community engagement across North Carolina.
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$7,500 for 15 IE Board of Visitors Donors
IE Board of Visitors Chair, Brian Bednar, will make a gift of $7,500 to the IE once 15 current or former IE Board of Visitors members make a donation.
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$2,000 for 50 Student Gifts
To encourage student philanthropy, IE Board of Visitors member, Pavel Molchanov, will donate $2,000 for every student gift received up to 50 gifts.
Our Focus Areas
Our Greatest Needs
The Annual Fund is one of the Institute for the Environment’s key fundraising priorities. Donations from Carolina alumni, family, and friends allow the Institute to grow and enhance various environmental programs that benefit students and citizens worldwide. Your donations are immediately used to help fund programs that don’t have another immediate funding source, which is what makes donations to the Institute’s annual fund so important.
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Community Outreach
Through the Center for Public Engagement with Science (CPES), the Institute partners with environmental faculty across campus to translate environmental knowledge and research results into action in North Carolina communities and beyond. CPES enhances public understanding of current environmental science and health research and its relevance to daily life.
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Sustainable Carolina
Sustainable Carolina is the University’s comprehensive initiative to advance and amplify all sustainability activities and reduce the University’s environmental footprint. It works to build and balance societal well-being, ecological integrity, and economic prosperity now and into the future. Your support allows students to engage in cutting edge sustainability practices, moving the university toward our sustainability goals and preparing tomorrow’s sustainability leaders.
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