Michael Hooker Research Center

Michael Hooker Research Center Success Story: The Weiss-Kuenzler-Wetzel Environmental Sciences Laboratory

Professors emeriti Charles and Shirley Weiss have devoted much of their lives to Carolina and believe deeply in their respective fields. Her discipline was urban planning while he pursued research in limnology - the study of lakes, rivers and streams. Joining the SPH faculty in 1956, Dr. Weiss was the first of three great limnologists in the Environmental Sciences and Engineering Department. He was followed by Edward Kuenzler and Robert Wetzel, whose work also had great impact on the field. With the generosity of the Weisses and their naming of the laboratory, the three limnologists' names will be connected with the work conducted here far into the future.

Step up to the challenge 

We need your help raising the last $5 million. The Michael Hooker Research Center is bustling with activity - exciting discoveries, new interdisciplinary collaborations, and informal meetings to discuss public health projects. While the $38.6 million physical structure is complete with state-of-the-art research laboratories, conference rooms, and comfortable couch areas, a challenge remains. We need to raise $5 million more for the building in private gifts.

You can help

The new Michael Hooker Research center belongs to us all: students faculty, staff, alumni and supporters of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Possibilities range from naming an entire floor to etching a section of a glass panel with a name or message. Gifts of all sizes make an important difference!

Other opportunities to make your mark at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health abound. Consider endowing a professorship, creating a student scholarship, or funding research at the School. We encourage you to make an impact - make a gift!

View the online Webcast of the Michael Hooker Research Center dedication celebration.