Distinguished
Lecture Series
The CTE Distinguished Lecture Series brings to North Carolina research scientists,
government officials, and policy leaders who are recognized nationally for their
groundbreaking contributions to the transportation and environmental field. Guest
lecturers are invited to discuss the implications of their cutting edge work with
local area decision makers, practitioners, students, and faculty. The CTE Lecture
Series is designed to facilitate a heightened awareness of emerging transportation
and environmental issues in North Carolina, to encourage enhanced communication and
coordination at the local level, and to stimulate new areas for research and development
within UNC systems schools and Duke University. The lectures are conducted at Stewart Theater in the Tally Student Center
on the campus of North Carolina State University.
Previous Lectures
Traveling Toward Health: The Marriage of Transportation and Public Health
October 15, 2004
 Howard
Frumkin, M.D., Dr.P.H., FACP, FACOEM
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Rollins School of Public Health,
Emory University
Dr. Frumkin is the principal author of the new book Urban
Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy
Communities, published by Island Press in 2004. In addition to
providing highlights of his new book, Dr. Frumkin defined the broad
range of issues related to transportation and public health. He discussed
the current state of the practice, and suggested new opportunities
for research in this emerging field of study. NCSU Bookstores coordinated
the book sales and signing, which immediately followed the lecture.
This lecture was co-sponsored by NCSU's Department of Civil, Construction,
and Environmental Engineering, and the Institute for Transportation
Research and Education; UNC Chapel Hill's Center for Urban and Regional
Studies, and the Active Living By Design Program; Duke University's
Nicholas School of the Environment, and the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering; and the Transportation Research Board Joint
Subcommittee on School Transportation.
Road Ecology for Our Giant on the Land
January 23, 2002
 Richard
T.T. Forman, Ph.D.
PAES Professor of Landscape Ecology, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Dr. Forman is the editor and a contributing author for the book
Road Ecology: Science and Solutions, published by Island Press
in 2002. He presented major themes and messages from this ground breaking
new text and shared his current research results on birds, traffic
volume, and the road-effect zone and planning, including the components
of a vision for the future.
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