Sentences with phrase «leading land grant»

The College also enjoys unique advantages as a part of a leading land grant institution at NC State, and the close proximity of two world - class research universities — Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC - CH).

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The promotion made him the first Hispanic in the nation to lead a land - grant agricultural research station.

The three - time All - Delta - League selection and leading scorer for the Grant Pacers last year landed awkwardly after going up for a layup during AAU competition over the summer and heard a pop.

Tranter is proud of many projects she helped lead through the years, including securing a $ 3 million grant to restore the Garfield Park Conservatory, and the organization's successful lawsuit against a plan to expand Lake Shore Drive ramps that would have impinged on park land, she said.

Astorino points to the agreement doing away with local control when it comes to land use, leading to $ 20 million in grants being withheld by the federal government.

• According to a survey of members of the Association of American Universities and the Association of Public and Land - grant Universities, Jeffrey Mervis wrote on Monday, federal government sequestration has led to fewer student positions (31 % of respondents), a reduction in temporary or part - time staff positions (30 % of respnodents), and a decline in postdoctoral fellows (24 % of respondents).

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An integral part of a leading public land grant institution, our College is a core component of one of the most comprehensive health sciences centers in the world.

It was the same foresight that led him to establish land - grant colleges and finish the Transcontinental Railroad — the idea that the essence of America is this hunger to innovate, this restlessness, this quest for the next big thing.

In 2017, Brazil seemed to backtrack on recent progress, with President Temer leading a rollback of environmental protections, including reducing conservation areas, targeting indigenous land rights, cutting budgets for monitoring and enforcement, and granting amnesty for environmental crimes.

A Texas land grant led to the formation of Denton County in 1846, and the city was incorporated in 1866.

At the time, I raised a number of concerns with the policy, including that it could lead to significant loss of control of land by Indigenous peoples; create complex succession problems; create smaller and smaller blocks as the land is divided amongst each successive generation; and cause tension between communal cultural values with the rights granted under individual titles.

These conditions may also lead to decisions about the grant of a lease or the disposal of land being made in an inappropriate manner.