Jul 1, 2009
The Staff Senate election has been completed and the results have been announced. Congratulations to all incoming senators.
Dr. Tao Xie has been awarded a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award by the National Science Foundation, valued at $425,000.
The Department of Agricultural and Extension Education was recently rated No. 7 among U.S. departments of its type.
Dr. Heather Patisaul, assistant professor of biology, is among 10 scientists who will work to increase public awareness and understanding of environmental health science as science communication fellows.
Five employees who won University Awards for Excellence will represent NC State at the Governor’s Award for Excellence program later this year.
Dr. Ann Ross, associate professor of sociology and anthropology, has been named a research collaborator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
The Special Collections Research Center at NC State libraries received a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation to restore and share home movies created in the early 20th century.
Dr. Tom Ranney, horticultural science professor at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center near Asheville, won the American Horticulture Society’s Marc Cathey Award.
Randall C. “Randy” Ramsey has been appointed to the NC State Board of Trustees by Gov. Bev Perdue. Perdue also reappointed Norris Tolson to the board.
Three NC State faculty members will teach and study abroad as Fulbright scholars during the 2009-10 academic year.
NC State is participating in the Yellow Ribbon Program, a dollar-for-dollar matching program that will supplement the existing G.I. Bill and give veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan the opportunity to join the Wolfpack family this fall.
NC State video producer Neal Hutcheson distilled the art of making moonshine into an Emmy-winning documentary.