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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. Continue Reading »

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 when heated a second time. Continue Reading »

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 2002-2008. Continue Reading »

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 location matter. Continue Reading »

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 and open to the public. Public parking is available in the parking deck located at the corner of Cates Avenue and Jeter Drive (201 Jeter Dr.). Turn onto Pullen Road from either Hillsborough Street or Western Boulevard and then turn onto Dunn Avenue and take the second left onto Jeter Drive, and the next left into the Coliseum Parking Deck. Stewart Theater is on the second floor of the Talley Student Center west of the Coliseum Deck.

Note: A satellite pool feed of the seminar will be available through UNC-TV. If you experience problems, please call Greg Grissom at 919/485-3346 or 919/549-7249. The coordinates are as follows:

Sat time for Sept. 8, 2008
17:45-18:00 EST test
18:00-19:45 EST: program

This is a digital transmission

DVB-S
Horizons 2 Transponder-K18 Channel D  located at 74 degrees West
Downlink frequency: 12113.5
Polarity: Vertical
Symbol rate 5.666  MSps
FEC 3/4

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today that North Carolina State University will lead a national research center that aims to revolutionize the nation’s power grid and speed renewable electric-energy technologies into every home and business. Continue Reading »

Dogs suffering from lymphoma will be able to receive the same type of medical treatment as their human counterparts, as North Carolina State University becomes the first university in the nation to offer canine bone marrow transplants in a clinical setting. Continue Reading »