For the year ending July 2003, the Center increased its research funding by 26 percent, to approximately $570,000; several of these awards are multiyear grants from federal sponsors.

The most significant awards were for research on pesticides and human health (Dr. Harris, NIOSH/CDC), biohazards monitoring (Drs. Harris and Fox, City of Richmond) and blue infrastructure assessment (Drs. Garman and McIninch, NOAA). Other funded research for the year included grants for environmental education, invasive species and lead exposure in children.

Several of the Center’s studies received local, regional, and national press coverage. During the past year, CES faculty published six journal articles, had eight papers in review, authored seven technical reports and presented over a dozen papers at professional meetings.

A significant proportion of this research was conducted with graduate and undergraduate students in the Center’s degree programs.

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