February 2010

Feb 18, 2010

A Wolfpack Welcome

On Wednesday, Feb. 17, we welcomed Chancellor-elect W. Randolph Woodson and his wife, Susan, to the NC State family with a pep-band-fueled, high-energy celebratory event at Reynolds Coliseum. Dr. Woodson, who met hundreds of students, faculty, staff and alumni after the festivities, will officially join NC State as chancellor on April 5. 

Feb 18, 2010

NC State Faculty Will Discuss Effects of Endocrine Disrupters at AAAS Annual Meeting

At the world’s largest and most important scientific conference, two North Carolina State University faculty members will discuss the effects of natural and synthetic “hormone mimics” on human and animal health, fertility and puberty. 

Feb 18, 2010

Three Win Watauga Medal

An athletics fundraiser, professor emeritus and agribusiness leader will receive the prestigious Watauga Medal for distinguished service to North Carolina State University. 

Feb 18, 2010

Plastics and Human Health

This week at the world’s largest and most important scientific conference, two NC State faculty members will discuss the effects of “hormone mimics” or endocrine disruptors on human and animal health, fertility and puberty. 

Feb 18, 2010

A Wolfpack Welcome

Incoming Chancellor Randy Woodson and his wife Susan enjoyed the cheers, signs, marquee and 40-foot inflatable wolf celebrating their visit to campus. The new chancellor officially takes over the first week of April. 

Feb 16, 2010

Dr. Lodge McCammon

Curriculum and contemporary media specialist, Dr. Lodge McCammon, can discuss the use – and abuse – of social media inside and outside the classrom. Read more about this expert. 

Feb 16, 2010

NC State Lectures to Explore ‘New New South’

What: North Carolina State University will host a lecture series this spring to examine the economic, social and cultural forces that have shaped – and are shaping – the South. Titled the “New New South,” the series will place the region’s current transformation into an information economy into the context of the earlier shift from… 

Feb 16, 2010

New Material Mimics Bone To Create Better Biomedical Implants

A “metal foam” that has a similar elasticity to bone could mean a new generation of  biomedical implants that would avoid bone rejection that often results from more rigid implant materials, such as titanium. Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed the metal foam, which is even lighter than solid aluminum and can be… 

Feb 12, 2010

Honoring a Legend

The NC State Student Government is about halfway towards its goal of raising $85,000 to create a memorial for late women's basketball coach Kay Yow. The garden, called the Coaches' Corner, will eventually honor several coaches who have built championship teams at NC State. But Yow was the students' choice to be the first honoree. 

Feb 11, 2010

Three To Receive NC State University Watauga Medal

An athletics fundraiser, professor emeritus and agribusiness leader will receive the prestigious Watauga Medal for distinguished service to North Carolina State University. Kenneth M. “Charlie” Bryant, Dr. Hou-min Chang and H. Frank Grainger will receive NC State’s highest nonacademic honor at the Founders’ Day Dinner on Monday, March 8. Charlie Bryant’s career spans more than 50… 

Feb 11, 2010

In Memoriam: Elizabeth Lee

Elizabeth Bobbitt Lee, the first woman to graduate from the NC State School of Design in 1952, died Feb. 2 in Lumberton. She was 81. 

Feb 11, 2010

Hill Honored

Assistant Professor of Architecture David Hill has won the Vernon F. Shogren award, which honors the memory of Professor Vernon Shogren, who taught architecture at NC state from 1953 to 1955 and 1961 to 1992. 

Feb 11, 2010

Two Win Equity Awards

The Council on the Status of Women selected Dr. Daniel Solomon, dean of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and Heidi Grappendorf, assistant professor of parks, recreation and tourism management, as recipients of 2010 Equity Awards. 

Feb 11, 2010

Cheap Dates

Discounts on shopping, dining and special events are part of NC State’s employee discount program, Wolfperks. 

Feb 11, 2010

Good Ol’ Girls

Creative writing Professor Jill McCorkle's stories of feisty Southern women come to the stage as part of the Off-Broadway production of "Good Ol' Girls."