Associate Professor Vivian Thomson’s book, “Garbage In, Garbage Out: Solving the Problems with Long-Distance Trash Transport”, is now in print (University of Virginia Press, 2009).  This work examines interstate trash transport in the United States within a broad social, economic, and cultural context that includes comparisons with practices in the EU and Japan.

Guidelines from UGARC presented to and accepted by the faculty on November 14, 2007

Rating scheme for DMP’s level of distinction (guidelines, not rules)
The benefit of having a guideline for making recommendations for level of distinction include
1) uniformity of outcome from year to year as UGARC membership changes
2) students can know approximately what they might expect [...]