A $2 million gift from David Murdock, owner of Dole Food Co., will help staff the North Carolina Research Campus being developed at Kannapolis with North Carolina State University faculty members who will work to develop more nutritious fruits and vegetables.
The gift will be matched with $1 million from the North Carolina Distinguished Professors Endowment Trust Fund. The $3 million total will be used to create endowments that will fund three David H. Murdock Distinguished Professorships. Continue Reading »
North Carolina State University has announced the Park Scholars class for fall 2008. These prestigious awards are valued at about $59,000 for North Carolina residents and $107,000 for out-of-state students. The scholarship winners were selected from a pool of more than 1,000 highly qualified applicants. Continue Reading »
With National Guard troops deployed at unprecedented levels, North Carolina State University is hosting a one-day symposium to raise awareness about the issues and challenges facing the families and children of deployed soldiers.
The Children and Families of the N.C. National Guard Symposium will be held Tuesday, March 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Jane S. McKimmon Center on NC State’s campus. The symposium is free for military personnel and their immediate family members. The cost for non-military is $30 and $5 for students. Continue Reading »
Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala 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 Monday, March 10, in Stewart Theater on campus. Her remarks will focus on the care of returning wounded service members from Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue Reading »
If you’re interested in research, you’ll be interested in visiting the McKimmon Center from 1:30 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19.
The third annual North Carolina State University Graduate Student Research Symposium will put on display 152 poster presentations representing research being conducted in 47 graduate programs. Continue Reading »
On Wednesday, March 5, more than 400 seventh-grade girls and 100 teachers from 43 N.C. counties will come to North Carolina State University to learn about and do science at the 16th annual Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) conference.
EYH is a one-day event featuring demonstrations and hands-on science experiments designed to get young girls interested in science careers. Continue Reading »
As part of an ongoing effort to preserve the imperiled eastern hemlock tree species, researchers from North Carolina State University have successfully located the most genetically diverse populations of the species in the southern portion of its range. They hope that by collecting the seeds from these trees the species–which is suffering both from insect infestation and prolonged drought conditions–can be saved from extinction. Continue Reading »
As part of an ongoing effort to preserve the imperiled eastern hemlock tree species, researchers from North Carolina State University have successfully located the most genetically diverse populations of the species in the southern portion of its range. They hope that by collecting the seeds from these trees the species–which is suffering both from insect infestation and prolonged drought conditions–can be saved from extinction. Continue Reading »