For the third consecutive year, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is among the top 7 percent of universities in the world for campus sustainability and environment friendly university management, according to Universitas Indonesia’s GreenMetric Ranking of World Universities.

Four hundred seven universities were ranked in 2015. The University of Nottingham (United Kingdom) was ranked as the world’s best green campus with the University of Connecticut and UC Davis coming in second and third, respectively. N.C. A&T is listed at No. 28.

The 2015 results are computed from information provided by universities online under six categories (and weightings)—infrastructure (15 percent), energy and climate change (21 percent), waste management (18 percent), water usage (10 percent), transportation (18 percent) and education (18 percent).

The collaborative effort involved academic and non-academic units at the university with the following units contributing information for the 2015 survey: Office of Enrollment Management, Division of Human Resources, Facilities Department, Budget Office, Division of Research and Economic Development, Parking Services, Center for Energy and Training, Auxiliary Services, Energy and Environmental Systems, University Farm and the Waste Management Institute (WMI).

“Global, national and local concerns for water, waste, transportation, energy, climate, infrastructure and education issues present an opportunity and a challenge for North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to mobilize resources and capabilities for developing effective sustainable solutions,” said Dr. Godfrey Uzochukwu, director of the WMI.

The Division of Research and Economic Development (DORED) is soliciting nominations for the 2016 Research Excellence Awards.

The nomination period is now open.

Nominations from departments to their college/school are due by close of business Monday, Feb. 29. The college/school nominations are due to DORED by close of business Monday, March 21.

Each college/school will select one nominee each for each award. The names and application packets of the Senior Researcher and Young Investigator winners at the college/school level and nominees for the Rookie of the Year, Interdisciplinary Team and Intellectual Property awards will be forwarded by the colleges/schools to DORED for review by the Research Awards Committee, whose members are appointed by the chancellor.

For awards criteria, applications and other details, contact Dr. Mitzi Bond, associate vice chancellor for research administration, at 336-285-3172 or mbond@ncat.edu.

Winners will be announced Wednesday, April 20, and the recipients will be honored at the Research Awards Dinner on Friday, May 6.

On Monday, Feb. 1, North Carolina A&T State University will host a series of events to honor the legacy of the four freshmen that sparked change in America.

This year marks the 56th anniversary of the day Ezell Blair (Jibreel Khazan), Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil and David Richmond (A&T Four/Greensboro Four) sat down at a segregated lunch counter at the F.W. Woolworth Store in downtown Greensboro, igniting similar demonstrations all across the country.

Beginning at 7:30 a.m., the annual Sit-in Anniversary Breakfast will be in the Alumni-Foundation Event Center. In addition, remarks will be made by one of the A&T Four, the winner of Guilford County Schools’ sit-in competition will read the winning essay, and the recipient of the 2016 Human Rights medal will be announced. The medal recognizes individuals who have endeavored to correct social injustice and have significantly contributed to the betterment of the world. It is given in honor of the extraordinary action against social injustice by the A&T Four.

The celebration also will include the placement of a wreath at the February One Monument (campus), a conversation with the A&T Four (campus) and a student-led march to the International Civil Rights Center and Museum (downtown).

The events are free and open to the public. For information, contact Denise Iverson-Payne, chair, at dipayne@ncat.edu or 336-334-7792.

In observance of National Go Red for Women’s Health and National Wear Red Day, the North Carolina A&T State University Student Health Center has partnered with the American Heart Association (AHA) to present the fifth annual Aggies Go Red event, 10 a.m.–1 p.m., Friday, Feb. 5.

February is designated as American Heart Month. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. Because African Americans and women are disproportionately affected, N.C. A&T health professionals say it’s imperative for the university and the AHA to do their part to raise awareness about risk factors and ways to prevent the chronic disease.

“We are always seeking to move the needle on health disparities as it relates to this population,” said Janet Lattimore, university health educator. “We want to encourage our students to start thinking about these health disparities and chronic diseases at an earlier age because they can start to develop or prevent them based on their health habits.”

This year’s Aggies Go Red event will feature community exhibits, health screenings, physical fitness demonstrations that include line dancing and African drumming and a demonstration by Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr., who will prepare a quick and easy heart-healthy recipe.

National Wear Red Day began in 2003, when the AHA and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute partnered to raise awareness of a disease that many believe affects more men than women.

Aggies Go Red events are free and open to the public. For additional information, contact Lattimore at janetl@ncat.edu.

An exhibit of The A&T Register’s 10 most pivotal front and editorial pages chronicling the life of students and the university community will be on display March 14–April 1, at the University Galleries in honor of the student newspaper’s 100-plus years. A discussion and lecture on the exhibit will take place March 23 and 30, respectively, at University Galleries.

Journalism educators combed through more than 1,400 digitally archived and print editions of the paper in Bluford Library to come up with the 10 pages. The pages reveal campus history as reported from the perspectives of students—from the earliest available edition published in 1915 to student reaction to the election of America’s first black president in 2008.

Few historically black colleges and universities have an archived digital and print collection of student newspapers dating back 100 or more years. Click here to see a multimedia timeline on the pages and comments from former reporters and editors about the experiences working on the paper.

The discussion, 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, will feature remarks by the exhibition’s curator and Innovation Ventures Fund Project director, Dr. Conchita Ndege, professor in the Department of History, as well as remarks by Emily Harris, editor and advisor to The Register. Alumnus Lewis Brandon, recipient of the university’s first Human Rights Medal and participant in the 1960 sit-in movement, also will give remarks. A reception will follow.

At 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, Dr. Kenneth Campbell, a journalism historian from the University of South Carolina, will give a lecture as part of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Richard Moore Lecture Series.