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June 2023: News and Notes

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Making a Way with the EPA

Lara Phelps, director of the U.S. EPA’s Air Methods and Characterization Division (AMCD), speaks to officials at North Carolina A&T State University's Farm Pavilion Tue., Jun. 13, 2023 during a work group meeting to determine possible collaborative research opportunities that can exist between the university and the EPA.

Lara Phelps, director of the U.S. EPA’s Air Methods and Characterization Division (AMCD), speaks to officials at N.C. A&T State University's Farm Pavilion recently during a work group meeting to determine possible collaborative research opportunities between the university and the Environmental Protection Agency. Phelps outlined some avenues for a possible future Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

The EPA is currently led by college alumnus Michael Regan ‘98, whose professor mentor, Godfrey Uzochukwu, Ph.D., is also a part of the work group.

Would you like to learn more about N.C. A&T State University?

Founded in 1891 in Greensboro, North Carolina, N.C. A&T is the nation’s largest historically Black university and a premier 1890 land-grant doctoral research institution. Home to more than 14,000 students, A&T is nationally recognized as the top public HBCU in the country and the number one producer of Black graduates in engineering and agriculture. With over $2.4 billion in annual economic impact, the university combines rigorous academics, pioneering research, and a vibrant campus culture to prepare the next generation of global leaders. 

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