Check out the recent media coverage of sustainability-related programs and practices at UNC:
Next-Generation Reporters Innovate on the Web
Reuters (Wire Service)
News 21, the national investigative reporting project with leading journalism schools, is making available a record amount of content - more than 60 multimedia stories and projects - to Web sites, broadcasters and newspapers around the country…Schools involved in the project included ASU, the University of California at Berkeley, Columbia University, University of Maryland, University of North Carolina, Northwestern University, the University of Southern California and Syracuse University.
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS188208+01-Sep-2009+PRN20090901
UNC planner becomes town's planner
The Chapel Hill News
Mary Jane Nirdlinger worked for UNC, helping to craft a plan for Carolina North. Now she's working for the Town of Chapel Hill, helping to make sure her old and new employers live up to the development agreement she helped to write.
http://www.chapelhillnews.com/front/story/51887.html
Non-Profit Fair On UNC Campus
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
The 10th annual public service fair next week is a collaboration of the UNC Center for Public Service and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce… The event will take place next Friday from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the pit on the campus of UNC.
http://www.wchl1360.com/detailswide.html?id=11647
Walking and biking raise health and fitness levels
The Medical News
Incorporating even relatively short bouts of exercise into a daily commute appears to deliver significant rewards, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill…And men who walk or bike have lower obesity rates as well as healthier triglyceride levels, blood pressure and insulin levels, said study author Penny Gordon-Larsen, Ph.D., nutrition associate professor in UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health.
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20090902/Walking-and-biking-raise-health-and-fitness-levels.aspx
Bus route gets warm reception
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Chapel Hill Transit officials don’t have hard numbers yet, but say the new public bus route from Pittsboro to Chapel Hill has been well-received. The “Chatham County Express,” as the new route has been dubbed, began Aug. 24 and was created to reduce the need for residents of Pittsboro and other parts of Chatham County to have to drive their cars into parking-challenged Chapel Hill. ...Chatham residents who work at UNC and UNC Hospitals are expected to be the primary beneficiaries of the new services. About 30 percent of the university’s and hospital’s employees live in Chatham and Alamance counties.
http://www.heraldsun.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Bus+route+gets+warm+reception%20&id=3487588-Bus+route+gets+warm+reception
UNC study: Rogers Road wells tainted
The Carrboro Citizen
Just weeks after being told their neighborhood wouldn’t qualify for a federal improvement grant, the Rogers-Eubanks community has learned from a new UNC study the extent of its well and septic tank failures. ...Preliminary findings from the study conducted this summer through a partnership of UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health and the Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA) indicate failing wells and septic tanks throughout the community.
http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2009/08/28/unc-study-rogers-rd-wells-tainted/#more-6859
-Thanks to UNC News Services for finding these great stories AND compiling the summaries! You can find more UNC media coverage and stories online at:
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