The Gillings School of Health interviewed Hanna Brosky, who works with Galapagos communities to detect and prevent water-borne diseases, for their weekly series “The Pivot.”

This summer, the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work and the Universidad San Francisco de Quito debuted a 12-week social work program for Galapagos locals to study and earn a certificate in community development and social work.

Savannah Ryburn, a UNC Ph.D. student in the Environment, Ecology and Energy Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, has dedicated the last five years to researching the diet of juvenile blacktip and scalloped hammerhead sharks in the Galapagos Islands using a cutting-edge technique called metabarcoding.

Natalia Villegas Rodriguez, an associate professor in the School of Nursing, and School of Social Work associate professors Cynthia Fraga Rizo and Rainier Masa, teamed up to better understand how youth in the Galapagos can enhance their health and promote healthier lifestyles. The work focuses on … Read more

This summer, a research team from the UNC School of Nursing collaborated with a local Galapagos hospital to continue previous research on the professional development needs of nurses on the island, thanks to funding from a Center for Galapagos Studies seed grant.

UNC researchers Adrian Marchetti and Harvey Seim in the Department of Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, alongside researchers from MBARI and University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley, recently received a $2.5m grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Biodiversity on … Read more

Studying the taxonomic and functional diversity of the microbial communities associated with the Scalesia genus on the Galapagos Islands.

On September 6 at 10 p.m., Galapagos Science Center researcher Greg Lewbart appears on PBS’s series “Evolution Earth” to discuss his work x-raying marine iguanas in the Galapagos Islands in order to better understand their adaptation. Greg Lewbart is a professor of aquatic, wildlife, and zoological medicine at North Carolina State University, one of the International Galapagos Consortium partners with the Center for the Galapagos Studies.

The UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work and the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) have launched an exciting new collaboration: a 12-week program for Galapagos locals to earn a certificate in community development and social work. Results from formative … Read more

On Saturday, July 15th, over 520 people dressed in blue to celebrate Shark Day on San Cristobal Island, an annual event dedicated to educating the local community about the importance of protecting and caring for these fascinating marine animals. Shark … Read more