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High school students, parents, teachers and the general public are invited to learn more about the new world of textiles by attending North Carolina State University’s College of Textiles’ annual open house event on Saturday, Feb. 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Continue Reading »

The North Carolina State University Police Department will hold its third annual “Polar Plunge” to raise money for North Carolina  Special Olympics. Police officers and other plungers who have collected at least $50 in donations will jump into Lake Raleigh on NC State’s Centennial Campus at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2. Continue Reading »

North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is offering a two-day seminar on Feb. 2-3 as part of a national “K-9 Down” program that instructs working dog handlers and rescue personnel in life-saving procedures for their canine companions. Continue Reading »

North Carolina State University has named 98 students as finalists for the 13th class of Park Scholars. These prestigious awards are valued at about $59,000 for North Carolina residents and $107,000 for out-of-state students. The Park Foundation has committed $4 million to be awarded to 50 of these outstanding students by March 1. The remaining finalists will receive a $10,000 ($2,500 per year for four years) scholarship. Continue Reading »

As part of the “Year of Energy,” North Carolina State University
will host Dr. Dale Klein, chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC). He will present a special seminar titled “Challenges
and Opportunities in ‘The Nuclear Renaissance’ â€“ A View from America’s
Chief Nuclear Regulator.”

The seminar will be held Thursday, Jan.
31, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in Witherspoon Auditorium (Room 113-117).
The seminar is free and open to NC State students, faculty and staff.
Klein will also take questions as part of the program.

The NRC
approves construction and operations of all nuclear power plants in the
United States. Several new nuclear plants are planned for the Southeast
– including North Carolina – in the next decade.

Dale is a former
faculty member at the University of Texas. He has also served as an
assistant secretary in the Department of Defense.

As Iraq’s Baghdad Zoo regains its popularity with the public, veterinarians from North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Zoo are offering advice and assistance via a virtual link to classes and experts both on campus and in the field. Continue Reading »

Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich will speak at North Carolina State University’s Millennium Seminar Series with a presentation to students, faculty, staff and the public at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31, in Stewart Theater on campus. Media coverage is invited. Reich’s remarks will focus on the rising economic powers of China and India and what effect they have on the United States. Continue Reading »

Forget the Wolfpack’s football conquest of the Tarheels and UNC’s recent basketball victory. The stakes are even higher as students from the two schools go at it in a challenge to see who can conserve the most water.
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In the Amazon rainforest, ants live in trees and plant gardens, and now, research led by a graduate student at North Carolina State University has explained in part how this symbiotic relationship between ants and plants functions. Continue Reading »

If you missed the “Green” Millennium Seminar last October - which featured Charlie Rose and a panel of experts on “Green” design - you can watch the entire seminar on UNC-TV on Thursday, Jan. 24 at 10 p.m. The program will feature North Carolina native and Emmy Award winning journalist Charlie Rose moderating a panel discussion on sustainable design with public health expert Dick Jackson; NC State College of Design Dean and president-elect of the American Institute of Architects, Marvin Malecha; and noted architect Thom Mayne. The panelists will discuss ways to make homes and the environment more sustainable. For more information visit http://www.ncsu.edu/millenniumseminars/