AT&T; Announces $25,000 Industrial Ecology Research Grant to Texas A&M; University

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AT&T; Announces $25,000 Industrial Ecology Research Grant

to Texas A&M; University

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AT&T; Announces $25,000 Industrial Ecology Research Grant

to Texas A&M; University

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, May. 27 -/E-Wire/-- AT&T; Foundation today announced a $25,000 Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship grant to researchers at Texas A&M; University. Industrial Ecology is a multidisciplinary field that studies industrial and economic systems and their linkage with natural systems. Texas A&M;'s grant will be used to study "Integrating Functional and Regional Approaches in Industrial Ecology for Studying Urban Metabolism: Towards a Holistic Methodology in Earth System Engineering."

Five other leading universities worldwide also received grants. They are Arizona State University, Ball State University, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania State University and Leiden University, Netherlands.

The winning researchers each receive $25,000 and are designated "AT&T; Faculty Fellows in Industrial Ecology."

"The quality of the proposals we are funding as part of the AT&T; Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship program continues to be outstanding this year," said Brad Allenby, AT&T; Environment, Health and Safety vice president. "We are proud to support research of this caliber, which will help contribute to building a better world now and in the future." 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 on-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/.

For more than 125 years, AT&T; (NYSE "T") has been known for unparalleled quality and reliability in communications. Backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T; Labs, the company is a global leader in local, long distance, Internet and transaction-based voice and data services.

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