April 9, 2009

Apr 9, 2009

Thank God for Darwin

Senior John Coggin explores the intersection of faith and science with a custom-built degree program spanning several university colleges and departments. 

Apr 9, 2009

Lucia to Join Faculty in Brazil

Dr. Lucian Lucia, associate professor of biomaterials science, has been invited to join the doctorate of engineering faculty at Federal University of the Amazon in Brazil. 

Apr 9, 2009

Ropes Course to Open

Campus Recreation along with the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, and Physical Education has united to create the NCSU Challenge Course at Schenck Memorial Forest. 

Apr 9, 2009

Look Out, It’s a Flash Mob

A group of volunteers from the NCSU Libraries descended on the oldest house in Raleigh, and, in a decidedly nontraditional manner, "flash mobbed" the 232 books that the museum has collected but has never been able to make widely available. 

Apr 9, 2009

Skaggs Wins Communications Award

The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology honored Dr. R. Wayne Skaggs with the 2009 Charles A. Black Communications Award. 

Apr 9, 2009

Alumni Magazine Wins Award

NC State, the magazine published by the Alumni Association, won a gold award from the League of American Communications Professionals. 

Apr 9, 2009

2009 Hurricane Season Should Contain No Surprises, NC State Researchers Say

Researchers at North Carolina State University believe that 2009 will bring a near-normal hurricane season, with storm activity in the Atlantic basin and the Gulf of Mexico slightly above the averages of past 50 years, but staying in line with those from the past 20 years. According to Dr. Lian Xie, professor of marine, earth… 

Apr 9, 2009

NC State Announces Dr. John Seely Brown as Spring Commencement Speaker

Dr. John Seely Brown, independent co-chairman of the Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation and a visiting scholar and advisor to the provost at the University of Southern California, will deliver NC State’s commencement address on Saturday, May 9, at the RBC Center in Raleigh. The commencement ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. Prior to his position… 

Apr 9, 2009

Fulbright Teaching Assistants Approved

NC State will host Fulbright foreign language teaching assistants for Urdu, Bengali and Persian in 2009-2010. 

Apr 9, 2009

Management Faculty Named ACE Fellows

Dr. Mitzi Montoya and Dr. Fay Cobb Payton, both management faculty members, have been named 2009-10 fellows by the American Council on Education. 

Apr 9, 2009

Extension Service Awards Presented

Twenty-one faculty and professional staff members who have been named recipients of the Outstanding Extension Service Awards will be honored April 20. 

Apr 9, 2009

Li Presentation Gets Wide Audience

The National Academy of Sciences features a presentation by Dr. Bailian Li, vice provost for international affairs, on its Web portal. The presentation is titled "Principles and Practices of International Agreements – NC State." 

Apr 9, 2009

Next Stop, Milan

Industrial design student Michael Rall is packing his bags for an all-expenses-paid trip to the design fair April 22-27 courtesy of LG Surfaces.