Demystifying Credit Scores: Start Your Financial Journey Off Strong
Blog post, 2023; outlines several myths about what credit scores are, how consumer financial behaviors influence credit scores, and offers several concrete and straightforward steps for readers to establish or improve their credit score.
Understanding the Impacts of Synthetic Nitrogen on Air and Water Quality Using Integrated Models
Research summary article, 2021; describes how synthetic nitrogen – often found in agricultural fertilizers – can lead to several types of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Outlines EPA research on this phenomenon, including an innovative integrated modeling system that uses combines agricultural, atmospheric, and hydrological components to better understand the role of agriculture in pollution.
Persistence Pays Off for Greensboro Assistive Technology Borrower
Blog post, 2022; profile of a borrower who used an assistive technology loan to purchase a wheelchair-accessible modified vehicle. Describes the challenges this borrower faced as both a disabled person and and an early-career professional with no established credit, and serves as a case example of the barriers in lending that people with disabilities face.
More:
- International Credit Union Day: How Credit Unions Empower Communities and Individuals; blog post, 2022
- What’s a Co-op? Cooperative Ownership Can Mean Big Possibilities for Workers and Communities; blog post, 2022
- The Bee’s Buck Stops with Bayer; blog post, 2016
- NC State awarded $45 million for new plant sciences research complex; news article, 2016