June 2010

Jun 10, 2010

Protecting the Public

Designing filters that protect transfused blood from nasty proteins. Ensuring the safety of food from farm to fork. And producing “PyroHands” that protect firefighters and first responders. You can get a glimpse of NC State research on safety and security in the hot-off-the-presses edition of Results, the university’s research magazine. See it online here. You’ll also… 

Jun 10, 2010

Getting Re-Carded

Still need to get your new AllCampus card? Until June 28, all re-card stations will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. except the vet school’s, which is open from noon to 7 p.m. on June 15 and from 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 16 and 17. 

Jun 10, 2010

Hidden Voices

Students in the Advanced Media Lab at NC State contributed their creative energy to an effort to raise public awareness of homelessness. A series of animated films created by the students was screened last month by the Chapel Hill Public Arts Office, which sponsored the project in concert with the nonprofit group, Hidden Voices. 

Jun 9, 2010

Parish Named Assistant Dean

Dr. David W. Parish has been named assistant dean of academic affairs for the College of Engineering. 

Jun 9, 2010

Solar Center Recognized

The North Carolina Solar Center received a Leadership Award from the Environmental Protection Agency for exemplary projects to reduce transportation emissions. 

Jun 9, 2010

Employees Par Excellence

Four dozen of NC State’s top employees were honored for their contributions during the Awards for Excellence program June 8. 

Jun 9, 2010

Stairway to 1911

To paraphrase Led Zeppelin, there are three paths you can go by near the historic 1911 Building. 

Jun 9, 2010

Turning Up The Heat to Study Climate Change

It’s getting really hot in forests located in Orange County, N.C., and Petersham, Mass. NC State biologist Rob Dunn and colleagues are turning up the heat in Duke Forest and Harvard Forest – the southern and northern edges of many animal species habitats – to  learn more about the effects of climate change, particularly on ants.… 

Jun 9, 2010

Before They Bite

The weather is heating up, and it's time for mosquitoes to reassume their position as some of the most high-maintenance, least-friendly outdoor party crashers around. But have no fear, Dr. Marian McCord and a team of students are on the case, looking to permanently ground the flying blood banks in ways that won't harm you - or your invited guests. 

Jun 9, 2010

On A Roll: Designing The Next Rover To Explore Mars

The concept of a wind-powered vehicle that can be used to explore the surface of Mars – a so-called “tumbleweed rover” that would roll over the surface of Mars like a tumbleweed – has been around for more than 10 years, but so far there has been no consensus on exactly what that vehicle should… 

Jun 8, 2010

Too Many Cooks (Are Making Food Safety Mistakes)

I have a friend who is very wary of food safety practices at restaurants – religiously checking the sanitation scores of restaurants before going out to eat. New research shows that she’s probably right to be chary. Researchers, including NC State food scientist Ben Chapman, for the first time used video cameras to track food safety… 

Jun 7, 2010

Rhetoric Society Honors Miller

English professor Carolyn R. Miller has been named Fellow of the Rhetoric Society of America. 

Jun 7, 2010

Fetching a Cure for Cancer

Golden retrievers are highly susceptible to cancers arising in the blood, lymphatic and vascular systems, cancers that also afflict humans.  NC State is partnering with a team of researchers from the U.S. and Europe to find out why these dogs — and by extension, their owners — get cancer. The researchers’ goal is to discover the… 

Jun 4, 2010

High-Speed Learning

Armed with big dreams for tiny, ladybug-inspired vehicles to those that recall the sleek lines of Japanese drift cars, middle- and high-school students from around the region raced their way through NC State's first Sustainable Transportation Education Program (STEP), held outside the McKimmon Center. 

Jun 3, 2010

Easley Grievance Dismissed

Chancellor Randy Woodson announced today that the grievance filed by former employee Mary Easley last summer has been dismissed.