JU Professor Honored at Environmental Luncheon
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By JOHN CARTER  A longtime Jacksonville University professor was recently recognized for sharing his love and understanding of nature.
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OSLO -- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai defended being chosen as the first environmentalist to win the award, saying yesterday that it would help others understand the importance of protecting the world's resources.
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A leading biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been named to the first endowed chair in marine sciences at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
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By Watson, John A  FOR THE 69TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, Sigma Xi presents its panel of Distinguished Lecturers as an opportunity for chapters to host visits from outstanding individuals who are at the leading edge of science.
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The Southeastern Pennsylvania section of the American Chemical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Feb 15 at Millersville University.        Maria Schiza of the MU faculty will speak about nanotechnology.    A dinner will be held at 6 p.m.
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By John Dodge, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Jun. 3--About 200 people gathered Friday in the Evergreen State College Longhouse to help give birth to a new approach to environmental education in South Sound.
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Hercules Incorporated, in collaboration with Professor Kaichang Li of  Oregon State University and Columbia Forest Products, received a 2007  Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for the Greener Synthetic  Pathways category.
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Wind power design is discussion topic   Landscape design issues related to wind power facilities will be discussed at the University of Rhode Island on Thursday, March 8 at 7 p.m. in the Weaver Auditorium of the Coastal Institute.   Terrence J. DeWan of Terrence J.
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By Georgia Tasker, The Miami Herald Feb. 19--As the United Nations Environmental Program launches its 24th global council meeting, Fisher Island photographer Joe Zammit-Lucia is displaying environmental photos at the U.N. headquarters in New York.
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By Marcie Young, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 10--HICKORY -- Doctors, teachers, trucking company representatives,  environmental specialists and government planners gathered at Lenoir-Rhyne  College on Thursday to discuss ways to improve the region's air quality.
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By MORGAN, Jon  It isn't easy being green, agricultural and horticultural scientists are finding.   The scientists held a seminar in Napier to find middle ground between farmers who want economic growth and environmentalists who want to stop farm pollution.
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By The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep. 8--STOCKTON -- A record number of University of Pacific students will help clean parks and buildings throughout Stockton on Saturday as part of the school's annual community service day.
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By Peter B. Lord; Journal Environment Writer  To recognize those who have contributed to Rhode Island agriculture, the state Department of Environmental Management has created an Agricultural Hall of Fame and recently announced its first inductees to the hall.
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By Allyson Bond, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Feb. 5--ASHEBORO -- The changing global environment and its impact on Americans is not that far off, according to North Carolina Zoo Director David Jones.
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa has warmly welcomed the award of this year&#39;s Nobel Peace Prize to environmentalist Wangari Maathai.
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"Songs of Social Justice: The Rhetoric of Music" is the subject of this fall's Honors Colloquium at the University of Rhode Island. It runs every Tuesday until Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Edwards Auditorium.    All the events are free and open to the public.
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By Greg Esposito, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 24--BLACKSBURG -- When Virginia Tech junior Angella De Soto sits in her Community Renewable Energy Systems class she can't help but notice her surroundings.