Check out the recent media mentions of sustainability-related programs, practices, people at UNC:
Oysters will tell if oil reaches Georgia coast
The Atlanta Journal Constitutional (Georgia)
In the unlikely event that the BP oil slick sullies Georgia's coast, Jeb Byers will be ready. ...On June 1, Byers and colleagues at Florida State University in Tallahassee and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill began a 3-year project to document the state of oyster reefs in a dozen estuaries from Virginia to the Florida Gulf coast. Byers is monitoring two Georgia sites, one off Sapelo Island and the other off Skidaway Island.
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Study: Telecommuting can hurt your career
The Sacramento Business Journal (California)
...In the first-ever academic study of “passive” face time — when workers are seen in the office without any interaction — UC Davis professors Kimberly Elsbach and Jeffrey Sherman found that bosses think more favorably of employees who are present. ...Elsbach, of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, and Sherman, from the UC Davis Department of Psychology, worked with University of North Carolina professor Dan Cable on a pair of studies. Their findings were published in the June issue of the journal Human Relations.
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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
Oysters will tell if oil reaches Georgia coast
The Atlanta Journal Constitutional (Georgia)
In the unlikely event that the BP oil slick sullies Georgia's coast, Jeb Byers will be ready. ...On June 1, Byers and colleagues at Florida State University in Tallahassee and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill began a 3-year project to document the state of oyster reefs in a dozen estuaries from Virginia to the Florida Gulf coast. Byers is monitoring two Georgia sites, one off Sapelo Island and the other off Skidaway Island.
Click here to read more.
Study: Telecommuting can hurt your career
The Sacramento Business Journal (California)
...In the first-ever academic study of “passive” face time — when workers are seen in the office without any interaction — UC Davis professors Kimberly Elsbach and Jeffrey Sherman found that bosses think more favorably of employees who are present. ...Elsbach, of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, and Sherman, from the UC Davis Department of Psychology, worked with University of North Carolina professor Dan Cable on a pair of studies. Their findings were published in the June issue of the journal Human Relations.
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
