AT&T; Announces Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship Winners

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AT&T; Announces Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship Winners

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Jan. 16 -/E-Wire/-- For the eighth consecutive year, AT&T; has selected researchers from six leading universities to be the recipients of AT&T;'s Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowships. The universities receiving grants for the 2001 program are:

· Carnegie Mellon University for "Economic, Energy, and Environmental Implications of Wired versus Wireless Data Networks";

· The University of California, Berkeley for "Case Studies of Telework's Environmental Implications";

· The University of California, Irvine for "A Case Study in Industrial Ecology at UCI: Assessing the Impacts of Lead Use in the Electronics Industry";

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

· The University of Michigan for "Life Cycle Assessment of E-Publishing and Digital Libraries: Scholarly Books and E-Book Reading Devices"; and,

· The University of Missouri-Rolla for "Artifact System Reengineering: An Approach to Study Sustainable Product Development".

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

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.

"AT&T;'s unique and pathbreaking Industrial Ecology Fellowship program demonstrates yet again the social and environmental benefits that can result when companies and leading universities collaborate in support of basic research and educational innovation in this country," said Brad Allenby, AT&T; Environment, Health and Safety Vice President.

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/.

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

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