Check out the recent media mentions of sustainability-related programs, practices, people at UNC:
To study greenhouse gas, researchers take the ferry
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Clues about how the earth responds to climate change may soon emerge from the lower decks of the Floyd J. Lupton and other ferries sailing along the North Carolina coast. In the ferries' hot, noisy engine rooms, instruments for measuring the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide will join sensors and collection bottles that have been used for years to monitor vital signs of the Neuse River and Pamlico Sound. ...Hans Paerl, a professor at the UNC Institute of Marine Science, is leading an effort to learn the value of the Pamlico Sound and other coastal waters in absorbing greenhouse gases.
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The Poverty Project
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM
...There’s an effort underway at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to confront the moral challenge of poverty and how it relates to inequality. Can changing the conversation about poverty help poor people? The project is led by Duke Professor Bob Korstad and Jim Leloudis, a professor at UNC. ...Leloudis is UNC’s Associate Dean for Honors, and Director of the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence. ...Also joining the conversation is historian Rachel Siedman, Research and Policy Associate at the Kenan Institute for Ethics and director of the Poverty Project Lab; and Maureen Berner from the UNC School of Government.
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Economy Affecting Plans For Carolina North
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
The first project to be built at Carolina North was supposed to be the Innovation Center. But the executive director of Carolina North Jack Evans says that won’t be the first thing built at UNC’s 250-acre satellite campus. The Innovation Center was going to be a joint project with a private developer with the goal of attracting some of the world’s best start-up companies, researchers and top minds to Chapel Hill.
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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
To study greenhouse gas, researchers take the ferry
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Clues about how the earth responds to climate change may soon emerge from the lower decks of the Floyd J. Lupton and other ferries sailing along the North Carolina coast. In the ferries' hot, noisy engine rooms, instruments for measuring the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide will join sensors and collection bottles that have been used for years to monitor vital signs of the Neuse River and Pamlico Sound. ...Hans Paerl, a professor at the UNC Institute of Marine Science, is leading an effort to learn the value of the Pamlico Sound and other coastal waters in absorbing greenhouse gases.
Click here to read more.
The Poverty Project
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM
...There’s an effort underway at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to confront the moral challenge of poverty and how it relates to inequality. Can changing the conversation about poverty help poor people? The project is led by Duke Professor Bob Korstad and Jim Leloudis, a professor at UNC. ...Leloudis is UNC’s Associate Dean for Honors, and Director of the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence. ...Also joining the conversation is historian Rachel Siedman, Research and Policy Associate at the Kenan Institute for Ethics and director of the Poverty Project Lab; and Maureen Berner from the UNC School of Government.
Click here to read more.
Economy Affecting Plans For Carolina North
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
The first project to be built at Carolina North was supposed to be the Innovation Center. But the executive director of Carolina North Jack Evans says that won’t be the first thing built at UNC’s 250-acre satellite campus. The Innovation Center was going to be a joint project with a private developer with the goal of attracting some of the world’s best start-up companies, researchers and top minds to Chapel Hill.
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
