September 2008

Sep 30, 2008

NC State Unveils Revolutionary Atmospheric Plasma System to Finish Apparel and Other Common Textiles

North Carolina State University is launching a development center for a new system that uses an environmentally friendly process to apply water repellent, stain repellent and moisture management properties to apparel and other common textiles. The new system holds the potential to create garments that stay clean longer, are more comfortable to wear and do… 

Sep 30, 2008

NC State Experts Can Address Economic Crisis

The current economic crisis is having a significant impact in areas far from Wall Street. North Carolina State University experts can provide key insights into the crisis’ impacts on everything from farmers and agriculture to this year’s elections and international relations. Dr. Arnold Oltmans, associate professor of agricultural and resource economics at NC State, can discuss… 

Sep 30, 2008

NCAA President to Discuss Athletics and Academics at NC State’s Millennium Seminar

Dr. Myles Brand, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), will speak at North Carolina State University’s Millennium Seminar Series with a presentation to students, faculty, staff and the public at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 13, in Stewart Theatre. He will share his insight into the difficult tension between intercollegiate athletics and academic… 

Sep 30, 2008

Researchers Turning Freshwater Farm Ponds into Crab Farms

Work by researchers at North Carolina State University is leading to a new kind of crab harvest – blue crabs grown and harvested from freshwater ponds, instead of from the sea. 

Sep 26, 2008

Pardue Named Faculty Athletics Representative

Dr. Sam Pardue has been appointed faculty athletics representative and chair of the Council on Athletics, effective July 1, 2009. Pardue will replace Dr. Donn Ward, who has announced his intention to retire Sept. 1. 

Sep 26, 2008

NC State Hosts Lecture on “Doing the Math” of Elections

What:North Carolina State University will host a lecture, titled “Chaotic Elections! A Mathematician Looks at Voting,” by Dr. Donald Saari, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Economics and director of the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences at the University of California-Irvine and a widely cited expert on voting methods. Saari will examine whether U.S. voting processes… 

Sep 24, 2008

Video Game to Aid North Carolina High School Students in Meeting New State Graduation Requirement

Researchers at North Carolina State University are harnessing the growing potential of video game software to foster science achievement and IT skills of North Carolina high school students while helping them fulfill a newly implemented graduation project requirement. 

Sep 24, 2008

NC State Researcher Discovers Molecules That Inhibit Important Gene Regulators

A North Carolina State University chemist has discovered a molecule that can potentially stop the production of cancer cells at the very beginning of the process by switching off the gene regulators responsible for turning healthy cells into cancer cells. The discovery could lead to the development of drugs that can treat some of the… 

Sep 22, 2008

New Study Highlights Risk of Fake Popup Warnings for Internet Users

A new study by researchers at North Carolina State University shows that most Internet users are unable to distinguish genuine popup warnings messages from false ones – even after repeated mistakes. The fake ones were designed to trick users into downloading harmful software. 

Sep 22, 2008

NC State Researchers Get to Root of Nematode Genome

North Carolina State University scientists and colleagues have completed the genome sequence and genetic map of one of the world’s most common and destructive plant parasites – Meloidogyne hapla, a microscopic, soil-dwelling worm known more commonly as the northern root-knot nematode. 

Sep 18, 2008

NC State to Host 2009 Jimmy V Golf Classic

The 2009 Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic for Cancer Research, the premier fundraising event bears the name of late Wolfpack basketball coach Jim Valvano, is not only returning to its roots in the Triangle, it is coming home to NC State. 

Sep 16, 2008

NC State Engineers Discover Nanoparticles Can Break On Through

In a finding that could speed the use of sensors or barcodes at the nanoscale, North Carolina State University engineers have shown that certain types of tiny organic particles, when heated to the proper temperature, bob to the surface of a layer of a thin polymer film and then can reversibly recede below the surface… 

Sep 12, 2008

Salary Recommendation Approved by Board of Governors

The University of North Carolina Board of Governors approved the North Carolina State University Board of Trustees’ salary recommendations for 11 fixed-term contracts, including a new salary for Mary Easley today in its regularly scheduled meeting. The Board of Governors also approved 34 salary recommendations by the Trustees resulting from a review of contracts from… 

Sep 8, 2008

How Small is Too Small? NC State Researchers Find that Polarization Changes at the Nanoscale

How small is too small to be useful?  Researchers at North Carolina State University have done nanoscale analysis on ferroelectric thin films – materials that are used in electronic devices from computer memories to iPhones and polarize when exposed to an electric charge – and found that when it comes to polarization, both size and… 

Sep 5, 2008

Former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley to Discuss Russia at NC State’s Millennium Seminar

Former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley will speak at North Carolina State University’s Millennium Seminar Series with a presentation to students, faculty, staff and the public at 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 8, in Stewart Theater. His remarks will focus on Russia’s place in international affairs and the current conflict in Georgia. The seminar is free…