In the News Archive 2006
- Ocean temperature predicts spread of marine species (December 25, 2006)
- Climate change, Earth and oceans focus of UNC-Chapel Hill at AGU (December 07, 2006)
- Creative conservation benefits students, Botanical Garden and rare plants (November 28, 2006)
- AAAS recognizes three at UNC for efforts to advance science (November 21, 2006)
- UNC to dedicate Chapman Hall Saturday, new building in Carolina Physical Science Complex (November 17, 2006)
- University students unite to raise $1.5 million to relieve poverty; will host international economist and humanitarian Jeffrey Sachs Nov. 10 (October 25, 2006)
- Business ethics expert to speak Oct. 24 at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School (October 09, 2006)
- Global warming and fossil fuel CO2 is the focus of Oct. 17 lecture (October 02, 2006)
- UNC researcher receives $1.5 million grant to study rare and endangered animals (September 21, 2006)
- Three chemists receive top awards from American Chemical Society (September 19, 2006)
- Presidential adviser to address environmental policy issues (September 14, 2006)
- UNC faculty experts on floods and flooding can discuss the potential for damage from current storms (August 31, 2006)
- Oak Ridge Labs expert to speak about transportation, oil addiction (August 28, 2006)
- UNC faculty experts can help reporters with hurricane anniversary, hurricane season stories (August 25, 2006)
- CRed takes root in the United States (July 20, 2006)
- Thekkekandam wins Cooke Scholarship, one of the nation’s most generous (July 19, 2006)
- UNC, Town of Chapel Hill become first town-gown pair to pledge carbon reduction plan (June 27, 2006)
- Town Pledges to Reduce Carbon Emissions (June 27, 2006)
- Rising junior from Morehead City earns $8,000 NOAA scholarship, internship (June 07, 2006)
- Achievement, leadership nets Fulbrights for seven students to study, teach overseas (June 05, 2006)
- With another above-normal hurricane season on the way, study examines the effects of past storms on coastal ecosystems (May 26, 2006)
- Town honors Botanical Garden for restoration of Battle Park (May 25, 2006)
- Singer to receive 13th annual national water research prize (May 23, 2006)
- Students invest in ‘green’ technology for botanical garden visitor education center (May 23, 2006)
- Class of 2006 Public Service Scholars are honored at reception; program produced more than 49,000 service hours in calendar 2005 (April 21, 2006)
- UNC sophomore Nitin Sekar wins Morris Udall Scholarship (April 20, 2006)
- Professors, staff and teaching assistants honored by UNC students in ceremony today (April 17) (April 17, 2006)
- Making alternative fuel becomes more efficient with dual-catalyst system: UNC-Rutgers study (April 13, 2006)
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s grandson to speak at Morehead Building (April 03, 2006)
- Numerous UNC schools, graduate programs ranked by U.S. News & World Report (March 31, 2006)
- Green building expert, Polk Place events featured in UNC’s Earth Day celebration (March 30, 2006)
- Leading ecological economist, author to speak April 11 as part of environmental seminar series (March 24, 2006)
- UNC receives $150,000 from Progress Energy to create center focusing on sustainable energy, environment, economic development (March 16, 2006)
- MBAs to assess investment strategies for firms with social, environmental impact at competition (March 10, 2006)
- Oceanographer to speak on past climate change as revealed in coral record (March 09, 2006)
- Botanical garden has variety of programs planned, including St. Patrick’s Day concert, to welcome spring (March 09, 2006)
- North Carolina Botanical Garden joins worldwide project to save endangered seeds (March 03, 2006)
- Social, environmental factors affecting business are focus of March 30-31 conference (March 01, 2006)
- Moreau, Luettich are appointed to federal committee on New Orleans’ hurricane protection (February 21, 2006)
- Leaders worldwide to learn new ideas about water resources at UNC’s safe drinking water symposium in March (February 21, 2006)
- UNC paleobotanist will speak on evolution of early environments on Monday (Feb. 13) (February 10, 2006)
- Gray-Little selected to serve as next provost (February 08, 2006)
- Carolina’s 2006 top teaching award winners honored for classroom, mentoring excellence (February 06, 2006)
- New study: Inequality in recreational resources decreases physical activities, boosts weight gain (February 06, 2006)
- Botanical garden receives $20,000 grant to enhance site, create research nursery (February 02, 2006)
- Former EPA head, N.J. Gov. Whitman, to speak Feb. 13 at UNC-Chapel Hill (January 18, 2006)
- CEP receives EPA grant to study how climate change will affect human health (January 13, 2006)
- Expert panel to discuss energy usage, global climate change (January 05, 2006)