Check out the recent media coverage of sustainability-related programs and practices at UNC:
Time right for Duke wind power project (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
Researchers at UNC Chapel Hill have concluded what many North Carolinians have long surmised: Strong winds in the coastal region mean there's a potential for large-scale wind energy generators - offshore and perhaps in part of eastern Pamlico Sound. That's what researchers at Duke Energy think, too. The company is proposing a test project of one to three tall wind turbines in Pamlico Sound perhaps as early as next year.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/story/974274.html
Shoe Recycling Program Hits Stride
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
Fair-Trade store Ten Thousand Villages is partnering with the UNC Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling for the Nike shoe recycling program. Amy Preble, recycling and outreach coordinator for the UNC Recycling Office, says UNC became one of 10 campuses across the nation chosen by Nike for the pilot program last year. These bins were placed in residence halls as well as three gyms throughout campus.
http://www.wchl1360.com/detailswide.html?id=11936
Three UNC-CH researchers snag big NIH awards (Blog)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Three UNC Chapel Hill scientists have received prestigious National Institutes of Health awards that target high-risk research and innovation. They are Joseph DeSimone, Klaus Hahn and Mark Zylka. DeSimone received one of 18 Pioneer awards, which honors a scientist's creative in proposing pioneering biomedical and behavioral research. The award is worth up to $500,000 a year for five years. ...Hahn and Zylka received the T-RO1, or "Transformative" awards, which free scientists from budget restraints and allow them to propose new, bold ideas that may require significant resources.
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/campusnotes/three-unc-ch-researchers-snag-big-nih-awards
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2898/71/
Roses and Raspberries (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill News
Raspberries to UNC students and bicyclists who cross campus roads outside of crosswalks and against the light. ...So today UNC will again work to remind pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers about the importance of visibility and attentiveness as part of the Yield to Heels education campaign. Volunteers and the Department of Public Safety officers will distribute educational fliers, retro-reflective items and T-shirts to pedestrians at crosswalks across campus between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the following crosswalks...
http://www.chapelhillnews.com/opinion/story/52569.html
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2908/68/
Partnership works to preserve living laboratory of Galapagos
The Galapagos Islands are undoubtedly among the most famous places on Earth, thanks to Charles Darwin, giant tortoises and the archipelago’s dramatic land- and seascapes.
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2921/75/
UNC wins $8.6 million NIH award for new psychiatric disorders, genomics center of excellence
Autism, depression, anxiety. Antipsychotic drug side effects. What are the genetic and environmental factors that underlie and contribute to these complex problems? And how do genes and environment interact to shape them?
http://www.unchealthcare.org/site/newsroom/news/2009/September/cisgen
UNC gets award for diversity
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC was one of 53 colleges and universities nationwide that were honored recently for commitment to diversity. Minority Access Inc., a nonprofit education organization that supports academic institutions, government agencies and private businesses in improving the recruitment, retention and enhancement of minorities, presents the award. Archie Ervin, UNC's associate provost for diversity and multicultural affairs, accepted the award for the university.
http://www.heraldsun.com/pages/full_story/push?article-UNC+BRIEFS%20&id=3786377-UNC+BRIEFS
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2894/68/
UNC Climate Action Plan: Netting out at zero by 2050
The Carrboro Citizen
Last month, UNC released its first Climate Action Plan, which sketched a roadmap to climate neutrality by mid-century. The plan is comprehensive and multi-faceted, but foremost among its objectives is improving energy efficiency in campus buildings. The impetus for the plan came in 2006, when then-Chancellor James Moeser signed onto the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, pledging the university to achieve climate neutrality – meaning zero net greenhouse gas emissions – by 2050.
http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2009/10/02/unc-climate-action-plan-netting-out-at-zero-by-2050/
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2865/107/
The Senate Bill Tinkers With Touchy Issue -- Carbon Offsets
The New York Times
Major climate legislation introduced yesterday in the Senate makes significant changes from a House version of the bill on offsets, or clean-energy initiatives that businesses can use to meet emission cuts outside their own facilities. ...Victor Flatt, a University of North Carolina law professor who wrote a blog posting on the new offset language yesterday, noted in an interview that preliminary versions of the Senate bill emphasized the role of EPA, rather than the Agriculture Department. The "punt to the president" language popped up later.
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/01/01climatewire-the-senate-bill-tinkers-with-touchy-issue----6788.html
Farming the wind (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
I was excited to read that Duke Energy and UNC-Chapel Hill are moving forward with placing a few wind turbines in Pamlico Sound. ...If we continue to use large amounts of electricity for our daily comforts, we need to actively pursue clean alternative energy sources. We are fortunate in North Carolina to have sufficient natural resources and dedicated researchers to explore and act on wind as an option to help meet our energy demands. (George Thompson, Durham)
http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/story/123448.html
Related Link:
http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/story/123450.html
Money Headed to Wind Power
North Carolina News Network
A report from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says the best place to build a wind power farm would be 40 miles off the North Carolina coast.
http://www.ncnn.com/content/view/5011/26/
-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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