Check out the recent media mention of sustainability-related programs, practices, and people at UNC:
Study Lauds Role of Early Ed
The News and Observer (Raleigh)
Poor children who get high-quality day care as early as infancy reap long-lasting benefits, including a better chance at a college degree and steady employment, according to a UNC-Chapel Hill study that followed participants from birth to age 30. The latest findings, published this week in the online journal Developmental Psychology, are from one of the longest-running child care studies in the United States. Read more »
Planning is more than a Process
The Chapel Hill News
In the first of two presentations Jan. 5, Dave Godschalk, of UNC's City and Regional Planning Department, delivered a lecture on sustainable comprehensive planning. Godschalk began his talk by stressing that planning is not just about a process, which has been much of the focus of Chapel Hill 2020 thus far, but also about a final end product. Read more »
N.C. Tour Turns Poverty's 'Bloodless Statistics' into Reality
The Los Angeles Times
Gene Nichol, director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina, listened to dozens of people pour out their life stories. Poverty is far more than cold statistics, he told one gathering, "it lives in wounds to the human heart," he said. Read more »
UNC Proposes Changes to Carolina North
The Chapel Hill News
The town of Chapel Hill has received a request from UNC for modification to its plans for Carolina North. The university wants to realign the conservation areas of the proposed campus to "improve the ecological value and connectivity of the 311 acres of the Carolina North property." The modification does not change the size of the areas, which are popular with local trail runners and hikers. Read more »
UNC to Host Free Nutrition Lecture Series at NCRC
The Salisbury Post
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host a free nutrition seminar series at the NC Research Campus. The Appetite for Life Academy, hosted by the UNC Nutrition Research Institute in Kannapolis, brings the latest scientific research down to earth in educational, interactive community programs. Read more »
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