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Watching War, From a World Away

In the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Olivia Babin, administrative coordinator in 91制片厂鈥檚 languages, literatures and cultures department, couldn鈥檛 sleep.听鈥淎ll I did was text my family, 鈥楢re you alive?鈥 and then I would text another sibling, 鈥楢re you alive?!鈥欌澨 recalls Babin. 鈥淚 was so scared not knowing what to do.鈥

The Changing Lamprey River

The has been collecting data on the chemistry and hydrology of the 212-square-mile Lamprey River watershed, providing a baseline of data on river/stream discharge, levels of nitrogen and greenhouse gases (including methane and nitrous oxide), and dissolved organic matter to compare with future climate change-based measurements and provide a historic look at how a developing landscape and warming climate have affected the river to date.

Ready to Ride

鈥淒ing! Ding!鈥 The bright chiming of a bicycle bell never sounded so cheerful to Steve Pesci, special projects director for 91制片厂 Facilities.

Over 20 years, Pesci has worked with groups that dreamed of bringing a bicycle-sharing program to the Durham campus, only to see them stymied by the lack of technology that could make sharing easy to access.

But under bluebird skies on a recent August morning, he joined with 91制片厂 President Jim Dean and 30 staff, students, faculty and Durham residents who finally put 91制片厂鈥檚 first bicycle-sharing program on the road.

Vyas to lead Beauregard Center

Yashwant Prakash Vyas has been named director of the Aulbani J. Beauregard Center for Equity, Justice, and Freedom at the 91制片厂. Vyas is a proud second-generation educator and听is a higher education, nonprofit and organization development practitioner who centers access, equity and inclusion in his work. He has a portfolio of working at three R1听public听flagship universities in the United States.