Carnegie Mellon University Awarded AT&T; Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship

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Carnegie Mellon University Awarded AT&T; Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Mar. 30 -/E-Wire/-- AT&T; selected researchers from six leading universities, including Carnegie Mellon University, to receive an AT&T; Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon received a $25,000 renewal grant to support their project, "The Net Effect â Economic and Environmental Implications of Electronically Assisted Commerce."

Industrial Ecology is a multidisciplinary field that studies industrial and economic systems and their linkage with natural systems. It also intersects with disciplines such as law, anthropology, business studies, engineering, and the social and physical sciences. Other recipients of this year's faculty fellowship include Florida A&M-Florida; State University College of Engineering, University of Alaska Anchorage, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan, and University of Southern California.

"We're pleased that AT&T; continues to recognize the benefit of promoting research relating business practices to environmental assessment and management," said H. Scott Matthews, Research Director, Green Design Initiative at Carnegie Mellon. "AT&T; has been an excellent partner in past efforts, and we are excited about extending our research into the environmental implications of e-commerce."

The project being funded at Carnegie Mellon is focused on a life-cycle approach to estimating the economic and environmental implications and sustainability of the Internet. It specifically compares e-commerce with traditional logistics and manufacturing systems. Results to date are being incorporated into existing and planned educational activities at Carnegie Mellon. AT&T; also provided funding with a grant in 1999.

"The excellence of the proposals that we are funding under the AT&T; Industrial Ecology Fellowship program this year is truly remarkable," said Brad Allenby, AT&T; Environment, Health and Safety Vice President. "We are proud to support research and teaching of this quality, and thus contribute to a better world for us and our children."

The AT&T; Foundation established the Industrial Ecology Grants Program in 1993 to encourage academic activity in this field. Since then, the program has awarded faculty research fellowships, supported the Colloquium on Industrial Ecology at the National Academy of Sciences, supported two conferences on research in the field, and helped launch the Journal of Industrial Ecology. This program is consistent with AT&T;'s environmental social responsibility and its support of environmental initiatives and organizations.

The AT&T; Foundation invests in projects that address a range of public concerns. Emphasis is placed on programs that serve the needs of people in communities where AT&T; has a significant business presence; initiatives that use technology in innovative ways; and programs that AT&T; employees are actively involved with as contributors and/or volunteers. For further information, please visit the AT&T; Foundation web site at www.att.com/foundation.

AT&T; Environment, Health & Safety

Cynthia Neale, (908) 221-7249, [REDACTED-EMAIL]

http://www.att.com/foundation

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