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Group effort earns UNC-Chapel Hill AASHE Gold rating
UNC-Chapel Hill is the first R1 university to receive a Gold rating under the new standards.
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IE’s Rada Petric is leading the charge to save N.C.’s bats.
Read MoreNew Research: Electrifying NYC’s trucks and buses would save $2.4 billion in health costs and prevent hundreds of deaths
Co-author Sarav Arunachalam notes both short- and long-term benefits.
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