| Chancellor Thorp honored with first Nourish International Impact Award |
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| Wednesday, February 13, 2013 | |
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Over the group’s signature Hunger Lunch of beans, rice and cornbread on Tuesday (Feb. 12), Nourish International presented its first Impact Award to Chancellor Holden Thorp of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The group honored Thorp and co-founder Sindhura Citineni as part of the celebration of its 10th anniversary. Thorp was recognized for his work with innovation and student entrepreneurs. “Buck Goldstein and I were so impressed with Nourish that we used it in our book, ‘Engines of Innovation,’” Thorp said. “It’s why universities are the ideal institution for tackling big problems: bringing talented people together and creating the environment for them to excel. I knew that Carolina’s faculty and students had the talent and the dedication to take on these challenges, and I knew that because of projects like Sindhura’s Hunger Lunch and Nourish International.” Nourish International began at UNC as Hunger Lunch, founded by students Citineni and Joel Thomas in 2003. The students sold an inexpensive meal of rice, beans and cornbread and used the profits to fund a nutrition initiative in Hyderabad, India. Since then, the nonprofit organization has spread to 25 countries and 28 universities to launch social businesses, called ventures, and invest the profits in community based, sustainable development projects. Nourish has deployed over $300,000 in venture profits on 65 projects in 25 countries, with plans to expand to 45 chapters this year. Website: nourish.org Nourish International contact: Kelly Phoenix, (919) 338-3599, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it |
CAROLINA IN THE NEWS
UNC researchers creating map to determine what we eatThe Associated Press
Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought. Same goes for soda.
Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has been government data, which can lag behind the rapidly expanding and changing food marketplace. Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are trying to change that by creating a gargantuan map of what foods Americans are buying and eating.