What: 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.
Open house will showcase advances in fashion design and production, brand management and marketing, fabric design, polymer and color science, textiles in forensics, product engineering, information systems engineering, medical textiles, nanotechnology, technical textiles, supply chain management and many others.
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New North Carolina State University research shows that tequila’s surge in popularity over the past 15 years has been a boon for industry, but is triggering a significant hangover of social and environmental problems in the region of Mexico where the once-notorious liquor is produced.
Tequila is distilled from the blue agave plant and, according to Mexican law, can only be produced in an area encompassing the state of Jalisco and parts of four other Mexican states. This sort of distinction, known as a “geographical indication” (GI), conveys the geographical origin of a product, as well as its cultural and historical identity. Tequila and other GIs, such as Champagne and Napa Valley wine, are protected by a complicated set of organizations, agreements and laws worldwide that tie production to a specific place – making it impossible to outsource. But the new study, co-authored by NC State’s Dr. Sarah Bowen, shows that the tequila GI is neither socially nor ecologically sustainable, and may serve as a lesson for other regions in Asia and the Americas that are currently trying to establish GIs. Continue Reading »
Morris Dees, a celebrated civil rights activist and the founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, will be the keynote speaker at North Carolina State University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at noon in Stewart Theatre.
The event is free and open to the public. Stewart Theatre is located in Talley Student Center on NC State’s main campus.
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Students from North Carolina State University will introduce the latest in cotton fashion at the “Collection 2009: Cotton Couture” fashion show. A collaboration between NC State’s College of Textiles and Cotton Incorporated, the show highlights high-fashion clothing – made of 75 to 100 percent cotton – designed by students. The event will be held on Thursday, Jan. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Stewart Theatre on the NC State campus.
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What: North Carolina State University will once again participate in the Great Decisions Program during the 2009 spring semester. Developed by the Foreign Policy Association in 1954, Great Decisions brings millions of Americans together in communities across the country to discover, discuss and decide their opinions on foreign policy issues. The program at NC State will focus on four different topics regarding current U.S. foreign policy.
Who: Presented by NC State’s School of Public and International Affairs in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
When: All lectures start at 7 p.m.
- Tuesday, Jan. 27 –“ Pakistan and Afghanistan,†Dr. Jonathan Mitchell, senior research analyst, International Development Group (IDG) at Research Triangle International (RTI)
- Tuesday, Feb. 3 – “Rising Powers,†Chip Poncy, director, Office of Strategic Policy for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, U.S. Treasury Department
- Tuesday, Feb. 10 – “Human Rights,†Robin Kirk, director, Human Rights Center, Duke University
- Tuesday, Feb. 24 – “Cuba,†Dr. Dario Moreno, director, The Metropolitan Center, Florida International University
Where: All lectures will take place in the Withers Hall auditorium (room 232A) on the NC State campus.
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Contact: For further information on Great Decisions at NC State, contact Dr. Heidi Hobbs at 919/513-4389 or heidi_hobbs@ncsu.edu.
Thousands of painstakingly handwritten books produced in medieval Europe still exist today, but scholars have long struggled with questions about when and where the majority of these works originated. Now a researcher from North Carolina State University is using modern advances in genetics to develop techniques that will shed light on the origins of these important cultural artifacts. Continue Reading »
Dr. Terri L. Lomax has been named vice chancellor for research and graduate studies at North Carolina State University. Chancellor James Oblinger made the announcement today following approval by the NC State Board of Trustees’ Academic Affairs and Personnel Committee. The appointment will become effective Jan. 12, 2009.
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Researchers at North Carolina State University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have produced the first link between a species of bacteria most commonly found in sheep and human illness.
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