University of Massachusetts, Amherst Awarded an AT&T; Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship

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University of Massachusetts, Amherst Awarded an AT&T; Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Feb. 11 -/E-Wire/-- AT&T; selected researchers from six leading universities, including the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (UMASS), to receive an AT&T; Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst received a $25,000 grant to support their project, "Supernetworks and the Environment: Foundations and a Virtual Center."

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, economics, anthropology, business studies, engineering, and the social and physical sciences. Other recipients of this year's faculty fellowship include Carnegie Mellon University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Irvine, University of Michigan, and University of Missouri-Rolla.

"We are thrilled with the great opportunity that the AT&T; Foundation fellowship will provide in enabling us to push the frontiers surrounding decision-making in the Information Age in regard to environmental issues," said Dr. Anna Nagurney, the John F. Smith Memorial Professor, Isenberg School of Management at UMASS. The project being funded at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst includes a formal study of a wide spectrum of applications ranging from supply chain networks with electronic commerce to telecommuting and teleshopping decision- making. The multidisciplinary team consisting of a faculty member and students from different continents will also establish a virtual center for supernetworks for purposes of education and dissemination of both research and curricular materials.

"The proposals that we have selected for funding under the AT&T; Industrial Ecology Fellowship program for 2001-2002 are truly excellent," 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 and 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.

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