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Highlights of recent media coverage of NC State, as well as its faculty, staff and administrators. (Links to online stories provided where available.) To see 2008’s media highlights, go here.

Tune In, Start Up, Drop Out
New York Times, Nov. 19, 2009
“Their company, which competed under the name AcceptEdge at North Carolina State’s eGames and Duke University’s Startup competitions last year, today announced a $1 million series-A investment round from New Enterprise Associates, one of the largest venture funds in Silicon Valley.” Jason Mueller, NC State student entrepreneur, featured.

Scientist’s Dino Findings Making Waves
CBS News, Nov. 12, 2009
“What Schweitzer discovered inside B. Rex’s bones may have changed paleontology forever.” Dr. Mary Schweitzer, associate professor of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured.

How To Catch a Fraud
Forbes, Nov. 11, 2009
“Research shows that when measurements of a company’s nonfinancial performance, such as number of employees, amount of warehouse space and number of sales outlets, diverges from a company’s financial performance, books could be getting cooked.” Dr. Joe Brazel, assistant professor of accounting, featured.

News Analysis: Conversion of Adjuncts to the Tenure Track Is More Easily Discussed Than Done
Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 8, 2009
“I think a change like this, some institutions will nibble around the edges of it.” Dr. Paul D. Umbach, associate professor of higher education, featured.

N.C. State Forensic Scientist Puts a Name to Mystery Skull
Charlotte Observer, Nov. 4, 2009
“Elizabeth Jane Smallwood, 33, of Rocky Mount was no longer a lost person, thanks to a world-renowned expert and a program at N.C. State University that is using forensic science in crime scene investigations.” Dr. Ann Ross, associate professor of anthropology, featured.

The New Racial Frontier
The State of Things, Nov. 3, 2009
“Nacoste believes that Obama’s election is one step along a ‘new racial frontier’ that began with desegregation, but that most people have no idea how to relate to those who are culturally or ethnically different than them.” Dr. Rupert Nacoste, professor of psychology, featured.

Pilots Distracted By Laptops? Not in Cockpits of the Future
Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 29, 2009
“The idea is to increase levels of automation when a pilot is alert and decrease automation when it appears that a pilot is losing long-term focus,” Dr. David Kaber, professor of the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, featured.

Can Biotech Food Cure World Hunger?
New York Times, Oct. 26, 2009
“There is a real threat to worldwide food security over the next 10 to 40 years,” Dr. Michael J. Roberts, assistant professor of agricultural and resource economics, featured.

Super-Sized Memory Could Fit Into Tiny Chips
Wired, Oct. 20, 2009
“Instead of making a chip that stores 20 gigabytes, we have a created a prototype that can [potentially] handle one terabyte,” Dr. Jagdish Narayan, professor of materials science and engineering, featured.

Cutting-edge science restoring American chestnut tree
USA TODAY, Oct. 20, 2009
“People have forgotten how important and what a wonderful tree the chestnut was,” Ron Sederoff, professor of forestry, featured.

Warmer Planet, Fewer Crops?
Washington Post, Oct. 14, 2009
“This column has focused on the effects of food production on climate change. But what about the effects of climate change on food production?” Dr. Michael Roberts, ag economics, featured.

Incentives and Dell
Winston-Salem Journal, AP, Oct. 11, 2009
“The creation of a Dell Inc. plant in Forsyth County put the company and Forsyth County in the national spotlight.” Dr. Michael Walden, economics, featured.

Redesign profession, chief of architects institute says
San Diego Tribune, Oct. 10, 2009
“When the recession ends, architects will have to broaden their diversity, expand their services and collaborate in new directions, the president of the American Institute of Architects said yesterday. ” Dean Marvin Malecha, design, featured.

Trees help clean up polluted sites
News 14, Oct. 7, 2009
“N.C. State researchers are using a new process of phytoremediation to clean up a Coast Guard site contaminated by fuels in Elizabeth City.” Rachel Cook, graduate student in environmental resources, featured.

No Rest for the Gardener With Frost Approaching
NY Times, AP, et al, Oct. 1, 2009
“Jeana Myers is thinking about getting her garden in Raleigh, N.C., ready for the first frost, even though it’s still likely weeks away.” Dr. Chris Gunter, horticultural science, featured.

Hope for next year’s tomato crop
Baltimore Sun, Sept. 24, 2009
“The home gardeners and organic gardeners on the East Coast who were hit so hard by the early appearance of late blight are already wondering what next tomato season will bring.” Dr. Jean Ristaino, plant pathology, featured.

Altered chestnut trees succeed
N&O, Sept. 24, 2009
“In stands of tiny trees in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia blooms the hope of restoring a mighty giant, as scientists try to bring back the American chestnut from near extinction.” Dr. Ron Sederoff, forestry, featured.

ACORN scandal not seen rubbing off on Obama
Reuters, et al, Sept. 22, 2009
“Republicans are rejoicing over a scandal surrounding liberal grassroots group ACORN, but its woes seem unlikely to rub off on Democratic President Barack Obama, who has been associated with the group in the past.” Dr. Steve Greene, political science, featured.

Meet Warwick Arden
State of Things, Sept. 14, 2009
“As the world copes with the global disease outbreak of H1N1 flu, the link between human and animal health is difficult to ignore.”

New library host for Ashe literary festival
W-S Journal, Sept. 14, 2009
“When people across Ashe County read Lee Smith’s novel On Agate Hill in the county’s first Community Read last year, the county library was in a temporary location in a shopping mall.” Jill McCorkle, creative writing, featured.

Calculation That Doesn’t Add Up
Inside Higher Ed, Sept. 14, 2009
“When critics question the validity of the calculations U.S. News & World Report uses to rank colleges, one answer the editors of the magazine have given is to note that it publishes not only the total rank, but also data on how colleges perform in the various categories that go into the rankings.” Karen Helm, university planning and analysis, featured.

Sparring over the stimulus
CNN Your Money, Sept.13, 2009
Video transcript. Dr. Terri Lomax, research, Dr. Sami Rizkalla, civil engineering, Rogelio Sullivan, freedom center, featured.

Daily Planet, Sept. 9, 2009
Discovery Channel, Sept. 9, 2009
Watch why scientists chose to model a lunar rover after a…tumbleweed?! Dr. Andre Mazzoleni, mechanical and aeorspace engineering, featured.

Hand washing can beat the H1N1 flu
WRAL, Sept. 10 , 2009
“The vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus won’t be available until this fall, but people can already take simple steps to avoid the bug.” Dr. Lee-Ann Jaykus, food science, featured

Roasted Wood: An Alternative To Coal Energy?
NPR, Sept. 10, 2009
“Utility companies are racing to find alternative fuels to generate electricity, and one possible new source is also one of the oldest: burning wood.” Chris Hopkins, forestry, featured.

Why does fatherhood make men more conservative?
Salon, Sept. 9, 2009
“So what is it, exactly, that makes fathers turn conservative?” Dr. Steven Greene, political science, featured.

UNC system struggles with cuts
N&O, Sept. 9, 2009
“When history professor Don Raleigh last taught a first-year seminar at UNC-Chapel Hill two years ago, he had 18 students.” Chancellor Jim Woodward featured.

NCSU’s Kolar seeks to zap odor from swine rendering plants
TBJ, Sept.9, 2009
“Residents near swine rendering plants soon may get a reprieve from much of the noxious odor emanating from the facilities.” Dr. Praveen Kolar, bio and ag engineering, featured.

Moving ahead with energy from wastes
N&O, Sept. 8, 2009
“Technology to convert animal waste to energy is available, and policies are in place to encourage its implementation.” Dr. Mike Williams, animal and poultry waste management, featured.

Farmers warned to get ready
N&O, Sept. 4, 2009
“Even if global temperatures rise slowly, climate change could slash the yields of some of the world’s most important crops almost in half, according to a new study co-authored by an N.C. State University scientist.” Dr. Michael Roberts, ag and resource economics, featured.

NCSU hires new communications chief from University of Florida
TBJ, Sept. 2, 2009
“North Carolina State University has named Joseph Hice its chief communications officer and associate vice chancellor of university communications.”

Oil Allies Protesting U.S. Money for Rivals
NY Times, Sept. 1, 2009
“The Obama administration has granted as much as $1.6 million in aid to help trade groups promote ethanol, natural gas, propane and biodiesel products, whose clean-energy selling points happen to fit with the administration’s push to cap carbon emissions.”

Controversy brews over beer cans in school colors
WRAL, Sept. 1, 2009
“A new marketing campaign from Budweiser has generated an outcry from college officials nationwide.” Dick Christie, Associate sports director, featured.

Republicans Need Sunset Theme to Reach Their Dawn: Amity Shlaes
Bloomberg, Sept. 1, 2009
“There’s less than a week until Congress returns and the Republican Party still doesn’t know what it’s doing.” Dr. Richard Kearney, public and international affairs, featured.

University’s trash becomes treasure for nonprofits
WRAL, Sept. 1, 2009
“North Carolina State University is celebrating a massive project that kept over a half-million pounds of furniture out of the landfill – and in use by people in need.” Jim Hansen, materials support, featured.

Speaking In Tongues: Language, Culture and the Future of the Military
DBusinessNews, Sept. 1, 2009
“North Carolina State University has received a grant that will make it a hub for teaching future military leaders the language and cultural skills they will need to address conflict in critical parts of the world, from Eastern Europe to the Middle East.” Lt. Col. Kenneth Ratashak, ROTC, featured.

NCSU seeks to develop $30.5M nonwovens facility
TBJ, Aug. 31, 2009
“N.C. State University is looking to expand its nonwoven textiles programs with the construction of a $30.5 million facility on Centennial Campus.”

Out-of-state students still covet UNC, NCSU, NCCU
TBJ, Aug. 31, 2009
“The number of out-of-state students choosing to pay higher tuition to attend the Triangle’s three public universities is holding steady, despite predictions that such numbers would decline due to the sour economy.”

Area unemployment falls to 8.3%
News and Observer, Aug. 31, 2009
“This region’s unemployment rate fell slightly in July, another sign that the local economy, while fragile, is poised for recovery.” Dr. Mike Walden, economics, featured.

Bowles demands that UNC leaders cut administration
Charlotte Observer, Aug. 31, 2009
“UNC system President Erskine Bowles has rebuked the leaders of the 17 campuses for their top-heavy administrations and put them on notice: Make significant cuts. Now.” Chancellor Jim Woodward, featured.

NC State University continues search for new Chancellor
News 14, Aug. 28, 2009
“The NC State search committee heard from deans and administrators about what they want in a new Chancellor.”

NCSU ponders $100M student apartment complex on Centennial Campus
TBJ, Aug. 28, 2009
“North Carolina State University is exploring ways to build a $100 million, apartment-style student housing complex on Centennial Campus that would be similar to its 1,208-bed Wolf Village on Gorman Street.” Tim Luckadoo, student affairs, featured.

State agency money funded Mary Easley’s job
WRAL, Aug. 28, 2009
“North Carolina State University gave former first lady Mary Easley an 88 percent raise last year with the understanding that her fundraising activities would help pay her salary.”

Climate tipping point defined for US crop yields
New Scientist, et al, Aug. 27, 2009
“While news reports and disaster movies remind us about tipping points for Arctic melt and sea level rise, some things closer to home get less attention.” Dr. Michael Roberts, ag and resource economics, featured.

New Technology Cuts Industrial Odors, Pollutants
ScienceDaily, Aug. 27, 2009
“A North Carolina State University researcher has devised a new technology that really does not stink.” Dr. Praveen Kolar, bio and ag engineering, featured.

Colleges: Skip class if you have flu-like illness
Charlotte Observer, McClatchy, et al, Aug. 27, 2009
“In returning to campuses this month, college students are getting a message from university leaders: Don’t go to class if you have flu-like symptoms.” Jerry Barker, student health services, featured.

Turning Sour: Falling prices for milk leave N.C. dairy farmers struggling for survival
Winston-Salem Journal, Aug. 27, 2009
“Don’t ask Keith Hockett if he’s ‘got milk?’” Dr. Geoff Benson, ag and resource economics, featured.

Megapixels: A Living, Beating Pig Heart in the Lab, No Pig Necessary
Popular Science, Sept. 2009″This is a pig heart, procured from a slaughterhouse, beating on a heart-pumping machine called the Heart Cart.”Andrew Richards, mechanical engineering, featured.

Pricey Pa. Deli Meat Maker Challenges NC Grocer
NBC-17, Aug. 13, 2009
“Call this one the deli meats throw down. A high-end deli meat and cheese maker that’s been kicked out of a major North Carolina grocery store chain in favor of its main competitor, isn’t being quiet about the slight.” Dr. Jon Bohlmann, marketing, featured.

Show Me the Stimulus Money
UNC Radio, “State of Things,” Aug. 12, 2009
“In February, the federal government approved a $789.5 billion stimulus package to help turn the faltering economy around. So, where is it?” Valerie Brown-Schild, Kenan Fellows Program, featured.

Friends Don’t Give Friends Prescription Drugs
NPR, Aug. 12, 2009
“It’s long been known that some teenagers raid the family medicine cabinet or a friend’s locker for legal drugs that will get them high.” Dr. Chris Mayhorn, psychology, featured.

Health Care Help
UNC Radio, “State of Things,” Aug. 11, 2009
“President Obama wants to sign health care legislation into law this fall… but will Americans ever understand the debate? ” Dr. Steve Greene, political science, featured.

Taking the Barnyard Out of Your Wine
Wine Spectator, Aug. 7, 2009
“The only thing worse than that first whiff of barnyard smell coming from your glass of wine is the realization that the whole case is contaminated.” Dr. Trevor Phister, food science, featured.

Your health: Canning veggies for first time? Sterilize like a nurse
USA Today, July 26, 2009
“Staring at a backyard full of bounty and unsure what to do with all those green beans or tomatoes?” Ben Chapman, family and consumer sciences, featured.

Evil Children Subgenre can Chill Moviegoers
San Francisco Chronicle, et al, July 22, 2009
“Evil kids: Can’t live with ‘em, can’t kill ‘em.Well, actually, you can. Unless they kill you first.” Dr. Maria Pramgaggiore, film studies, featured.

Can Gaming Slow Mental Decline in the Elderly?
Time, July 11,2009
“If you or your parents are of a certain age, then you may understand the unique terror of suddenly drawing a blank — that unexpected moment when you can’t remember the name of a lifelong friend or what you had for lunch that day.” Drs. Anne McLaughlin and Jason Allaire, psychology, featured.

Robo-Bats May Be Next Generation of Remote Control Flyers
US News, Fox News, N&O, et al, July 8, 2009
“Tiny flying machines can be used for everything from indoor surveillance to exploring collapsed buildings, but simply making smaller versions of planes and helicopters doesn’t work very well.” Dr. Stefan Seelecke, mechanical engineering, featured.

Rob Dunn considers ‘coextinction’ of Earth’s small species
Earth and Sky radio program, June 29, 2009
“In essence we have this story of the history of the Earth as told through life that’s all around us – this great library of life – and we’re burning books more rapidly than we ever have before, without looking first to see what the books are.” Dr. Rob Dunn, biology, featured.

Tobacco industry experts weigh in on the new law
LA Times, June 29, 2009
“It’s very hard to quantify the impact of regulations on the demand for tobacco.” Dr. Blake Brown, ag. and resource economics, featured.

XBRL financial reporting faces hurdles
Reuters, et al, June 23, 2009
“The introduction of a computer code to financial reports was supposed to transform the way investors’ could analyze the data. The reality is proving to be a little less exciting.” Dr. Eileen Taylor, management, featured.

Why Less Is More for Startups
Businessweek, June 23, 2009
“If I only had another few million dollars to spend on…That’s the refrain I grew accustomed to rattling off when I was getting my tech startups off the ground.” Dr. Davd Townsend, management, featured.

Origin of Species: How a T. Rex Femur Sparked a Scientific Smackdown
Wired, June 22, 2009
“Sixty-eight million years ago, on a soggy marsh in what is now a desolate stretch of eastern Montana, a Tyrannosaurus rex died.”Dr. Mary Schweitzer, paleontolgy, featured.

ConAgra plant had previous safety violations
WRAL, June 10, 2009
“State and federal regulators last inspected the ConAgra Foods plant in July 2008 and found no problems.” Dr. Viney Aneja, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured.

`Smart grid’ - Buzz of the electric power industry
AP, et al, June 6, 2009
“More than a century after Edison invented a reliable light bulb, the nation’s electricity distribution system, an aging spider web of power lines, is poised to move into the digital age.” Dr. Alex Huang, electrical and computer engineering, featured.

Pension Fund to Get New Options
N&O, June 4, 2009
“A bill that would give North Carolina’s treasurer more options for investing state pension fund money is awaiting Gov. Beverly Perdue’s signature to become law.” Dr. Richard Warr, management, featured.

Lack of Funding Doesn’t Have to Lead to Failure: Study
NY Times, June 2, 2009
“An underfunded startup can still succeed, and having a superstar management team isn’t key to doing so, according to a study published today out of North Carolina State University.” Dr. David Townsend, management, featured.

Bid for Talecris is in Jeopardy
N&O, May 28, 2009
“Antitrust regulators are prepared to block an Australian company’s $3.1 billion bid to buy Talecris Biotherapeutics, a move that will probably kill the deal.” Dr. Richard Kouri, management, featured.

Device has Pig Hearts Pulsing
N&O, May 28, 2009
“The sight of a dripping-fresh, human-sized heart, it turns out, is both repulsive and attractive.” Dr. Greg Buckner, mechanical and aerospace engineering, featured.

Wal-Mart Withdraws Cantaloupe
N&O, May 19, 2009
“Wal-Mart Supercenter stores in three states pulled fresh cantaloupes from their shelves this weekend after a Raleigh company said one shipment tested positive for salmonella.” Dr. Ben Chapman, family and consumer sciences, featured.

Food Prices: Myths vs. Reality
NY Times, et al, May 18, 2009
“The government said last week that wholesale prices for food spiked in April— the biggest monthly jump in more than a year.” Dr. Michael Roberts, agricultural and resource economics, featured.

Worrying About Aging Can Make You Old
ABC News, May 1, 2009
“Know someone who’s about to turn 50? The mail will soon bring greetings that can strike terror in many a heart: An invitation to join the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). That dreaded condition known as the normal aging process has arrived.” Dr. Thomas Hess, psychology, featured.

Oldest Dinosaur Protein Found — Blood Vessels, More
National Geographic, et al, May 1, 2009
“The fossilized leg of an 80-million-year-old duck-billed dinosaur has yielded the oldest known proteins preserved in soft tissue—including blood vessels and other connective tissue as well as perhaps blood cell proteins—a new study says.” Dr. Mary Schweitzer, paleontology, featured.

Recession Hits Immigrants Harder
NBC-17, May 1, 2009
“A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies says the recession has hit immigrants harder.” Dr. Andrew Behnke, family and consumer sciences, featured.

It’s Called Swine Flu, but Don’t Blame the Pigs
N&O, WRAL, Winston-Salem Journal, April 28, 2009
“As talk of a swine flu pandemic spread around the globe on Monday, pigs were bearing the brunt of people’s anxiety.” Dr. Jay Levine and Dr. Barrett Slenning, vet med, featured.

How Thinking Young can Help to Boost Your Memory
UK Daily Mail, Fox News, NY Times, et al, April 28, 2009
“It’s not good news for those who fear that old age and a failing memory come hand-in-hand.” Dr. Tom Hess, psychology, featured.

Fortune’s Tides Turn for Rare Turtle
N&O, McClatchy, et al, April 24, 2009
“So many indignities for one small turtle.” Dr. Craig Harms, vet med, featured.

Schools Panel Is No Threat to the Mayor’s Grip
NY Times, April 22, 2009
“In a nearly empty high school auditorium one evening last month, parents, teachers and cynics marched to the microphone, turned to the collection of volunteers derisively called the Panel for Educational Puppets, and began to scream.” Dr. Thomas Alsbury, education, featured.

Antibiotics Might get a Boost from Slime-fighting Molecule
N&O, April 22, 2009
“A slime-busting substance developed at N.C. State University could help restore potency to antibiotics that have lost their punch against deadly germs.” Dr. John Cavanagh, biochemistry, featured.

Plug-in Hybrid Cars are Clean but Face Hurdles
Reuters, April 21, 2009
“The United States is pushing the use of plug-in hybrids but these cars, which sip gasoline and are low in greenhouse gas emissions, face cost and infrastructure hurdles that will keep them out of the mainstream for years.” Dr. Ewan Pritchard, FREEDM program manager, featured.

Designer To Improve Skimpy Hospital Gowns
ABC News, et al, April 19, 2009
“Federal law prevents hospitals from revealing information on a patient, but hospital gowns occasionally allow a patient to reveal too much of themselves.” Dr. Traci Lamar, textiles, featured.

Political Stakes High as U.S. Congress Returns
Washington Post, April 19, 2009
“Barack Obama’s presidency has been a wild ride for the U.S. Congress and lawmakers are bracing for more turbulence when they begin returning on Monday to tackle an array of tough issues from healthcare to energy.” Dr. Andy Taylor, political science, featured.

How to Save the Earth from an Asteroid? Tie it up
Reuters, et al, April 16, 2009
“An asteroid is hurtling toward the planet and threatens to destroy life as we know it. What can humankind do, other than cower?” Dr. David French, aerospace engineering, featured.

Experts: Spot of Mexican Surrender in Texas Found
Fox News, et al, April 16, 2009
“Archaeologists believe they have found the spot where hundreds of Mexican soldiers surrendered to the Texas army after a battle that sealed Texas’ independence from Mexico.” Dr. James Crisp, history, featured.

Recession Closes in on Chicken Farmers
LA Times, April 13, 2009
“Four years ago, Andrew Meeks literally bet the farm on chickens. Now he fears he made a losing bet.” Dan Campeau, extension, featured.

Consortium Rejects FDA Claim of BPA’s Safety
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, April 11, 2009
“An international consortium of industry, academic and government scientists has rejected as incomplete and unreliable the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s case that a chemical found in food containers and other household products is safe.” Dr. John Vandenbergh, biology, featured.

Hurricane Forecaster Predicts Average ‘09 Season
AP, et al, April 9, 2009
“North Carolina researcher says the 2009 hurricane season for the Atlantic and Gulf coasts will be about average and slightly less active than last year.” Dr. Lian Xie, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured.

Tiny Flower Turns Pig Poop into Fuel
Wired, April 8, 2009
“The tiniest flowering plant could prove well-suited to two very big jobs: cleaning industrial animal pollution and providing clean biofuel”. Dr. Jay Cheng, biological engineering, and Dr. Anne-Marie Stomp, forestry, featured.

Health Watch: Dog Bone Marrow Transplant
Fox News Atlanta, Apr. 8, 2009
“Every year, thousands of Americans with blood-related cancers undergo bone marrow transplants in hopes of a cure.” Dr. Steve Suter, veterinary oncology, featured.

NC’s Energy Future
NBC-17, Apr. 7, 2009
“NC State University wants a portion of the $4.5 billion in federal recovery money set aside to modernize the nation’s electric grid.” Dr. Alex Huang and Dr. Mark Johnson, engineering, featured.

New N.C. Senator Steers Toward Middle
N&O, Apr. 5, 2009
“The Democrats’ newest female star senator, Kay Hagan, surged into office last fall, swinging on the coattails of Barack Obama and his progressive message of change.” Dr. Andy Taylor, political science, featured.

Writers Love to Watch
N&O, Apr. 5, 2009
“Allan Gurganus is an artistic polygamist.” Jill McCorkle, english, featured.

Reeling as Jobs Dry Up
N&O, Apr. 5, 2009
“I remember the lean times when the local plant closed, and my father, 40, lost a job he had held since he was a teenager.” Dr. Mike Walden, economics, featured.

Students Devise Low-cost TB Test
N&O, Apr. 5, 2009
“Many students have idealistic notions about making the world a better place. But three N.C. State University seniors have a plan.” Dr. Stephen Walsh, engineering, and Dr. Tom Miller, distance ed and learning technology, featured.

Mussel and Printer In Time Saves Nine
Scientific American, Apr. 2, 2009
“The common method of closing a surgical incision is simply to stitch the patient up.” Dr. Jay Narayan, engineering, featured.

Pooch Gets Hi-Tech Prosthetic
CBS News, NY Post, Fox, et al, Apr. 1, 2009
“Prosthetic limbs have long been used to help humans who have lost a limb live a normal life. Now man’s best friend is getting a leg up from prosthetics.” Dr. Denis Marcelli-Little, orthopedics, and Dr. Ola Harrysson, engineering, featured.

Some Termites Skip the Sex, Make Babies Anyway
Scientific American, Mar. 27, 2009
“Spring is in the air, but that doesn’t have all termites looking for love.” Dr. Ed Vargo, entomology, featured.

Sled Dogs Could Hold Key to Diabetes, Obesity
USA Today, Mar. 25, 2009
“Sled dogs competing in the Iditarod, which ended Tuesday, are among the most energy-efficient creatures on Earth, with a capacity to run hundreds of miles day after day without showing the normal signs of fatigue.” Dr. Shannon Pratt, animal science, featured.

Sweet Sorghum Could Be Ingredient In NC Ethanol Production
NBC17, Mar. 24, 2009
“Matthew Veal, an assistant professor at North Carolina State University, is leading the research into using sweet sorghum for ethanol production in North Carolina.” Dr. Matthew Veal, bio and ag engineering, featured.

Inspectors Found Rats, Insects, Other Problems in Food Plants
WRAL, Mar. 24, 2009
“Since August, inspectors with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture’s Food and Drug Protection Division have sent letters to 35 grocery stores, bakeries and food plants directing them to correct both minor and serious issues involving food products.” Ben Chapman, food safety extension, featured.

United They’ll Stand
Wall Street Journal, Mar. 23, 2009
“Maybe it’s time for companies to rethink their relationships with suppliers.” Dr. Robert Handfeld, management, featured.

Obama Faces Democrat Discord on Spending Plans
Washington Post, Mar. 15, 2009
“Republicans are not the only ones in the U.S. Congress squawking about President Barack Obama’s record $3.55 trillion budget plan.” Dr. Andy Taylor, political science, featured.

Medicine, Engineering Put Dog on Four Legs
N&O, NBC-17, News 14, Mar. 11, 2009
“Even the guys whose scalpels and engineering wizardry had turned a three-legged dog into a four-legged one had to stare.” Dr. Denis Marcellin-Little, orthopedic surgery, and Dr. Ola Harrysson, industrial and systems engineering, featured.

Scientists Learning to Target Bacteria Where They Live
Washington Post, Mar. 9, 2009
“In the arms race between humans and bacteria, the ability to form “biofilms” — large aggregations of microbes embedded in a slimy matrix — has been one of the weapons the organisms use to defeat the immune system, antibiotic drugs and other threats.” Dr. Christian Melander, chemistry, and Dr. John Cavanagh, biochemistry, featured.

Parody Mocks Nortel Chiefs
N&O, Mar. 6, 2009
“As if Nortel Networks hasn’t taken enough pummeling on Wall Street. Now the embattled telecom company is being spoofed on YouTube as a tyranny of dunces.” Dr. Mitzi Montoya, business management, featured.

The Union Label
Indy Week, Mar. 5, 2009
“As the stock market crashed, the country woke up to a decade’s worth of destructive speculation in the financial markets.” Dr. David Zonderman, history, featured.

NCSU Picks Up $1 Million NSF Grant
N&O, Mar. 5, 2009
“N.C. State University has received a grant worth nearly $1 million to help draw more minority students into its science, engineering, technology and mathematics doctoral programs.” Dr. Tony Mitchell, engineering, featured.

Doctor Gives Dogs with Cancer a New Lease on Life
Reuters, et al, Mar. 2, 2009
“Cody was dying of lymphoma and would probably not have made it to his 8th birthday had his family not taken him to one of the only hospitals that offers the bone marrow transplant he needed.” Dr. Steve Suter, veterinary oncology, featured.

Peanut Recall’s Ripples Feel Like a Tidal Wave for Some Companies
NY Times, Feb. 25, 2009
“Big food companies were not the only ones troubled by the peanut recall.” Ben Chapman, food safety extension, featured.

Strawberry-Banana-Anthrax-Vaccine (gasp) Protein-Yogurt Shake, Anyone?
Pop-Sci, Feb. 25, 2009
“Researchers at North Carolina State University have found a surprising potential weapon against the conjectural “biological terrorism” of the imminent future.” Dr. Todd Klaenhammer, food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences, featured.

Budget Cuts Could Hurt Crop Research Efforts
WRAL, Feb. 22, 2009
“North Carolina’s population is growing while farmland is shrinking.” Dr. Barclay Poling, horticultural science, featured.

More Dads Influence Daughters’ Career Paths
NY Times, et al, Feb. 23, 2009
“Fathers appear to be playing a bigger role in their daughters’ career choices compared to men of previous generations.” Dr. Melinda Morrill, economics, featured.

Pension Shortfalls Put Pressure on Strained University Budgets
Chronicle, Feb. 13, 2009
“With the stock market in decline, college pension plans are losing money, and administrators are scrambling to cover the shortfall.” Dr. Robert Clark, economics, featured.

Drivers’ Confusion is Clear at I-40/Wade
N&O, Feb. 10, 2009
“Glittery glass and crisscross skid marks decorate the Interstate 40 fork at Wade Avenue — remnants of repeated, risky maneuvers that all start with the same panicked realization: ‘Oops! I’m in the wrong lane!’” Dr. Joe Hummer, engineering, featured.

Companies Must Come Clean on Food Safety
N&O, Feb. 9, 2009
“Since last September more than 520 cases of salmonella typhimurium have been linked to products from Peanut Corporation of America.” Ben Chapman, food safety, featured.

Tequila Growers Hurting as Industry Turns to Big Farms
Discovery News, et al, Feb. 9, 2009
“For many people, drinking tequila is a good way to forget life’s worries — at least for a while.” Dr. Sarah Bowen, sociology, featured.

Catching Crabs
The Scientist, Feb. 2, 2009
“It was late last September when 73-year-old farmer Archie Page pulled a six-inch blue crab out of his pond in Swansboro, NC.” Dr. Dave Eggleston, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured.

Organizing Public Employees
N&O, Jan. 30, 2009
“With the accession of Barack Obama to the presidency and strong, union-friendly Democratic majorities in Congress, the political winds favor enactment of the Employee Free Choice Act, which would legalize the “card check” for union organizing in firms.” Dr. Rick Kearney, public and international affairs, featured.

Canine Bone Marrow Transplant Last Hope For Maverick
MSNBC, et al, Jan. 26, 2009
“On Friday, a six-year-old Weimaraner will become the third dog to receive a bone marrow transplant at the NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine, currently the only facility in the world offering the procedure.” Dr. Steven Suter, veterinary oncology, featured.

U.S. Diplomat in Bolivia Walks Out on Morales Speech
Bloomberg, Jan. 22, 2009
“The senior American diplomat in Bolivia walked out of a speech by President Evo Morales today after the Bolivian leader accused the U.S. Embassy in La Paz of trying to undermine his government.” Dr. Nicholas Robins, history, featured.

The DNA Behind the Poem
Chronicle of Higher Ed, Scientific American, National Geographic, et al, Jan. 14, 2009
“It was a case of invention by necessity.” Dr. Timothy Stinson, english, featured.

Tequila Boom Creates Environmental Hangover in Mexico
National Geographic, Jan. 14, 2009
“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 liquor is produced, North Carolina State University said in a news statement today.” Dr. Sarah Bowen, sociology, featured.

Guide Tries to Help Students Decide What to Cite
Chronicle, Jan. 13, 2009
“Students don’t research like they used to. And they have a hard time evaluating the credibility of information they find, both in print and online.” Dr. Susan Miller-Cochran, english, featured.