August 2010

Aug 6, 2010

Not Your Mom’s 4-H

NC Cooperative Extension and 4-H - the nation's largest youth organization and the only one based at land-grant institutions like NC State - worked with Trading Spaces designer Edward Walker to develop a design contest for 4-H'ers interested in similar careers, encouraging their ambition while helping to change public perception of 4-H - a group that does so much more than livestock exhibitions. 

Aug 5, 2010

Cataloging Critters

What is an insect museum and why is it important? Find out by checking out our question-and-answer segment with Dr. Andy Deans, NC State assistant professor of entomology and director of the university’s Insect Museum, which lives and grows in Gardner Hall. Responses have been lightly edited for style or clarity. Q. What purpose does the… 

Aug 5, 2010

Evade Taxes, Legally

Save money at the NC State bookstores during the sales tax holiday, Aug. 6 through 8. 

Aug 5, 2010

In Living Color

The gene that gives the crystal jellyfish its blue glow has illuminated cancer researcher Jonathan Horowitz’s work and inspired a rainbow of tools for biomedical research. 

Aug 5, 2010

Solomon Wins Founders Award

Dr. Dan Solomon, dean of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, won a 2010 Founders Award from the American Statistical Association. 

Aug 4, 2010

Fundraising Trends Positive

While total gifts this fiscal year were down, gift revenue from January to July outpaced the same period last year. During those six months, NC State brought in $39.1 million, compared to $35.5 million in 2009—an encouraging sign in a tough economy. 

Aug 4, 2010

Walk on Past

Ever wonder how Holladay Hall got its name? Take the WolfWalk and you'll learn it had nothing to do with a fun day at the beach. 

Aug 4, 2010

Keep On Playing Those Mind Games

Video games aren’t just kid stuff any more. It is a multibillion dollar industry that has branched out from entertainment into areas such as educational software. Now researchers are working on ways that video games might be used to boost memory and thinking skills in the elderly – and some people aren’t crazy about that.… 

Aug 4, 2010

Ison Wins NSF Career Award

Aug 3, 2010

NC State Gets Grants to Prepare Students for Green Jobs

North Carolina State University received grants totaling $1.7 million from the North Carolina Energy Office to provide undergraduate and graduate students hands-on experience and training for jobs in the state’s energy economy, including “green-energy” fields. 

Aug 3, 2010

Grassroots Education

Landscape architecture students worked all summer to transform the "squishy nasty" grounds behind Syme Hall into a functioning rain garden. See how they did it. 

Aug 3, 2010

Hold the Calculators: Let’s Talk About Math!

Many children, when learning to read, are encouraged by their teachers to retell all they remember about a story in order to build their comprehension skills. But can similar comprehension strategies be applied to mathematics? Researchers at North Carolina State University say that when teachers work with kids to talk through math problems, kids do… 

Aug 3, 2010

Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog…I Think

Can you identify a frog based solely on what it sounds like? I can’t. And apparently, I’m not alone. New research published in this month’s Ecology shows that even trained observers (or whatever you call listeners) can make mistakes when it comes to identifying frog species and estimating their numbers. That could be a big… 

Aug 2, 2010

Head of the Class

Bob Larson is a man of many hats. A successful entrepreneur, renowned public-relations guru and a notoriously meticulous editor, it's his ability to cultivate an environment of creativity and mutual respect that most endears him to NC State communication students, who have voted him the department's top teacher eight times in the last decade. 

Aug 2, 2010

Schaffer Featured in Documentary

Dr. Kristen Schaffer, associate professor of architecture, will appear in the PBS documentary “Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City.”