August 2009

Aug 13, 2009

Media Requests Compensation and Leave Data

NC State has responded to two News & Observer requests for information regarding compensation for employees. 

Aug 13, 2009

Kurz Retiring

Mary Beth Kurz, vice chancellor and general counsel since 1996, will retire effective Oct. 1, Chancellor Jim Woodward announced. 

Aug 13, 2009

Arden Named Vet of Year

The North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association honored Dr. Warwick Arden, interim provost and dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, as its Veterinarian of the Year. 

Aug 13, 2009

Professor Appointed to Federal Board

D. Scott Showalter, teaching professor in the Department of Accounting and retired partner at KPMG LLP, was appointed to a five-year term on the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board. 

Aug 13, 2009

Free Courses Limited

The number of free courses full-time faculty and staff may enroll in per academic year has been reduced from three to two courses, effective July 1, 2009. 

Aug 13, 2009

Jimmy V’s Legacy Continues Cancer Fight

It may not look like it, but NC State graduate student Ashley Tucker is advancing cancer research as she drops worms into containers with varying concentrations of five experimental compounds. If Dr. John Cavanagh and Nick Valvano are correct, her work also could be crucial to creating a new generation of cancer researchers. 

Aug 13, 2009

Balancing Act

Starting this fall, budget cuts at NC State will be evident in ways large and small. 

Aug 13, 2009

Curtain Call

On Monday, NC State celebrates the grand opening of the newly renovated Thompson Hall, home to University Theatre and the Crafts Center. 

Aug 13, 2009

Finding Good Ideas: How To Improve Product Development

The development of new products and services is key to business success, but a new study from North Carolina State University shows that businesses could do a much better job of evaluating new ideas in order to identify products that will be winners in the marketplace. “You need more critical screens upfront, so that good… 

Aug 12, 2009

Back To School! NC State Welcomes Freshmen for 2009 School Year

It’s that time of year again! North Carolina State University is welcoming new and returning students for the beginning of the fall semester and a new academic year on Wednesday, Aug. 19. NC State received the largest number of freshman applications in its history, and expects a freshman class of 4,700, as well as 1,050 transfer… 

Aug 10, 2009

To Manage a Fishery, You Must Know How The Fish Die

Recreational anglers and commercial fishermen understand you need good fishery management to make sure there will be healthy populations of fish for generations to come. And making good management decisions rests in large part on understanding the mortality of fish species – how many fish die each year as a result of natural causes and… 

Aug 7, 2009

Greener Ways to Greener Lawns

During the record-setting 2007-08 drought in North Carolina, when the governor called water conservation everyone’s patriotic duty, a brown lawn was a badge of honor instead of a neighborhood blight. But even before the drought began, NC State researchers were studying ways to use less water in outdoor irrigation, which could make green yards honorable during future dry spells. 

Aug 6, 2009

Scientists Devise Efficient Way of Learning About Complex Corn Traits

There’s no “silver bullet” gene or gene region that controls so-called complex traits in maize, commonly known as corn. Instead, in two research papers published this week in the journal Science, North Carolina State University crop scientists and colleagues show that lots of small changes in a number of gene regions affect complex traits –… 

Aug 5, 2009

What a Deal!

Each year, Princeton Review staffers spend countless hours poring over survey results from students and faculty at more than 2,500 North American colleges and universities. And now, the results are in – NC State offers its students the sixth-best value of any public university located in the United States or Canada 

Aug 3, 2009

Registration Opens for NC State’s Encore Fall Courses, Trips

North Carolina State University’s Encore Center for Lifelong Enrichment, which offers a variety of non-credit programs for adults aged 50 and older, has begun registration for its fall 2009 courses, trips and events, which run from Sept. 9 to Dec. 11.