AT&T; Announces Industrial Ecology Research Grants

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AT&T; Announces Industrial Ecology Research Grants

NEW JERSEY, BEDMINSTER, Feb. 4 -/E-Wire/-- AT&T; today announced Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowships grants to researchers from six leading universities. Industrial Ecology is a multidisciplinary field that studies industrial and economic systems and their linkage with natural systems. The universities receiving grants are:

* Ball State University, Muncie, Ind., for "Diversifying Industrial Ecology in Higher Education: The University as an Institutional Ecology";

* Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Penn., for "Comparative Energy and Environmental Implications of Wired versus Wireless Communications Networks";

* Leiden University, Netherlands, for "Materials and Energy Terms of Information Society -- Measuring the Weight of Information";

* The University of California, Davis for "Lead-Based Solder in Electronics: An Industrial Ecology Assessment of Current Inventory and End-of- Life Management";

* The University of Massachusetts, Amherst for "Supernetworks and the Environment: Foundations and a Virtual Center"; and,

* The University of Missouri-Rolla for "Artifact System Reengineering for Sustainable Product Development". The winning researchers each receive $25,000 and are designated "AT&T; Faculty Fellows in Industrial Ecology."

"AT&T;'s unique Industrial Ecology Fellowship program continues to demonstrate the social and environmental benefits that can result when companies and leading universities collaborate in support of cutting-edge, basic research and educational innovation," said Brad Allenby, AT&T; Environment, Health and Safety vice president.

The AT&T; Foundation encourages academic research in Industrial Ecology by awarding these fellowships to advance this emerging field of study and to educate students on non-traditional ways of increasing both environmental and economic efficiency. To learn more about AT&T;'s commitment to the environment and to review the AT&T; Environment, Health and Safety report, visit the company's Environment, Health and Safety web site at http://www.att.com/ehs/.

About AT&T; AT&T; (www.att.com) is among the premier voice, video and data communications companies in the world, serving businesses, consumers, and government. The company runs the largest, most sophisticated communications network in the U.S., backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T; Labs. A leading supplier of data, Internet and managed services for the public and private sectors, AT&T; offers outsourcing and consulting to large businesses and government. The company is a market leader in local, long distance and Internet services, as well as transaction-based services like prepaid cards, collect calling and directory assistance. With approximately $40 billion of revenues, AT&T; has relationships with about 50 million consumers and 4 million business customers, who depend on AT&T; for high-quality communications. AT&T; has garnered several awards for outstanding performance and customer service.

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AT&T; Environment, Health & Safety

Kathy Miller, AT&T;, (908) 658-6209, [REDACTED-EMAIL]; John Heath, AT&T;, (908) 234-8579, [REDACTED-EMAIL]

http://www.att.com/ehs/

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