Check out the recent media mentions of sustainability-related programs, practices, people at UNC:
Carolina North is dealt a setback
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The deal to build a technology-transfer incubator that would kick off the Carolina North campus is off. The project would have provided laboratory space for UNC researchers to try to turn their findings into business ventures. Carolina North's executive director, Jack Evans, announced this month, how ever, that the university was unable to negotiate a deal with Alexandria Real Estate Properties, the lab-space developer that had been planning the 80,000-square-foot Innovation Center at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Municipal Drive.
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UNC sees less demand for study abroad programs
The Triangle Business Journal
Despite greater emphasis on gaining a global education, it appears fewer students are spending time studying abroad, another likely casualty of the down economy. At UNC-Chapel Hill, the number of students studying abroad has fallen 15.9 percent over the past two years, from 1,307 in the 2007-08 school year to 1,127 during the recently completed year.
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Homeland security expert Flynn to speak at UNC Wednesday
The Chapel Hill Herald
Homeland security expert Stephen Flynn, president of the Center for National Policy, will speak at UNC at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Flynn will deliver a lecture titled "Katrina, Haiti, Deepwater Horizon: Building a More Resilient World" in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium at the FedEx Global Education Center. A reception will be held in the Global Center's atrium following the event.
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Carolina North is dealt a setback
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The deal to build a technology-transfer incubator that would kick off the Carolina North campus is off. The project would have provided laboratory space for UNC researchers to try to turn their findings into business ventures. Carolina North's executive director, Jack Evans, announced this month, how ever, that the university was unable to negotiate a deal with Alexandria Real Estate Properties, the lab-space developer that had been planning the 80,000-square-foot Innovation Center at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Municipal Drive.
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UNC sees less demand for study abroad programs
The Triangle Business Journal
Despite greater emphasis on gaining a global education, it appears fewer students are spending time studying abroad, another likely casualty of the down economy. At UNC-Chapel Hill, the number of students studying abroad has fallen 15.9 percent over the past two years, from 1,307 in the 2007-08 school year to 1,127 during the recently completed year.
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Homeland security expert Flynn to speak at UNC Wednesday
The Chapel Hill Herald
Homeland security expert Stephen Flynn, president of the Center for National Policy, will speak at UNC at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Flynn will deliver a lecture titled "Katrina, Haiti, Deepwater Horizon: Building a More Resilient World" in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium at the FedEx Global Education Center. A reception will be held in the Global Center's atrium following the event.
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UNC Release
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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
