Check out the recent media mentions of sustainability-related programs, practices, people at UNC:
Following the Plumes
"The Story" American Public Media
When marine sciences grad student Lisa Nigro got a call one Friday a few weeks back, she didn’t have time to think about being part of history. She had three days to prepare for a scientific expedition to help study the newly-discovered oil plumes drifting in the Gulf of Mexico. The plumes are a result of the gigantic BP spill. And while it was exciting to be in the Gulf, Lisa tells Dick that seeing first-hand the extent of the water contamination was devastating. (Lisa Nigro is a graduate student in the department of marine sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill.)
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Buncombe County housing costs, commutes linked
The Citizen-Times (Asheville)
Buncombe County's high housing costs are pushing low-wage workers to live farther from their jobs, adding to their transportation costs and to the area's air pollution problems. That's the conclusion of a study by UNC Chapel Hill's Center for Urban & Regional Studies released Tuesday. “There is a mismatch between where working families live … and where they work,” William Rohe, one of the study's authors, said at a press conference held at the Governor's Western Residence to release the study.
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-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 http://uncnews.unc.edu
Following the Plumes
"The Story" American Public Media
When marine sciences grad student Lisa Nigro got a call one Friday a few weeks back, she didn’t have time to think about being part of history. She had three days to prepare for a scientific expedition to help study the newly-discovered oil plumes drifting in the Gulf of Mexico. The plumes are a result of the gigantic BP spill. And while it was exciting to be in the Gulf, Lisa tells Dick that seeing first-hand the extent of the water contamination was devastating. (Lisa Nigro is a graduate student in the department of marine sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill.)
Click here to read more.
Buncombe County housing costs, commutes linked
The Citizen-Times (Asheville)
Buncombe County's high housing costs are pushing low-wage workers to live farther from their jobs, adding to their transportation costs and to the area's air pollution problems. That's the conclusion of a study by UNC Chapel Hill's Center for Urban & Regional Studies released Tuesday. “There is a mismatch between where working families live … and where they work,” William Rohe, one of the study's authors, said at a press conference held at the Governor's Western Residence to release the study.
Click here to read more.
-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 http://uncnews.unc.edu
