August 2011

Aug 8, 2011

Chancellor Helps During Move-In Photo Gallery

Need a hand? NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson offered one Saturday morning, Aug. 13, circling campus to help students and their families unpack for the new academic year. 

Aug 7, 2011

Move-In Fall 2011 Photo Gallery

The NC State campus roared back to life with the return of the Wolfpack last weekend. Thousands of students, accompanied by family and friends, moved into residence halls for the fall semester. 

Aug 7, 2011

Convocation Activities at the RBC Center Photo Gallery

Students descend upon the RBC Center to show their spirit and connect with other students. 

Aug 7, 2011

Collaborative Greek Council Disc Golf Photo Gallery

Students, faculty, staff and families participated in the Collaborative Greek Council’s Disk Golf Tournament on Centennial Campus’ scenic nine-hole disc golf course. Teams of four played a “superball” style format as they vied for top honors. Proceeds from the event benefited Stop Hunger Now, a global hunger relief organization. 

Aug 5, 2011

NC State Selects Hotel Project For Hillsborough Street

North Carolina State University has selected a local real estate development team to develop a mixed-use project across from the Memorial Bell Tower as part of continuing effort to revitalize Hillsborough Street. A proposal submitted by Bell View Partners and The Bernstein Companies was chosen from four responses to the Request For Proposals issued in… 

Aug 4, 2011

SBP August 4: Student tickets

Don't worry if you can't log onto the ticket site yet. 

Aug 3, 2011

Larger Than Life

Three NC State design students bring a downtown Raleigh facade to life with "The Amazing Sky Race." The building is "the biggest canvas of my life," said one designer. 

Aug 3, 2011

A Winning Formula

Top 10 again? Find out how NC State rated in the latest Princeton Review/USA Today Best Value Colleges listing. 

Aug 3, 2011

Nullifying Norovirus

Odds are your last case of food poisoning was caused by a norovirus. NC State will use a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to lead a national study of what makes noroviruses tick and how they make you sick. 

Aug 3, 2011

NC State Gets $25 Million Grant to Nullify Norovirus

North Carolina State University will use a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to strengthen food safety by studying human noroviruses across the food supply chain in an effort to design effective control measures and reduce the number of virus-caused food-borne illnesses. Human noroviruses… 

Aug 3, 2011

Ratcliff NSPE’s First Female ‘Engineer of Year’

Dr. Terri Helmlinger Ratcliff, the first woman to receive an “Engineer of the Year” award from the National Society of Professional Engineers, is an NC State alumna and former leader. 

Aug 3, 2011

NC State Gets $25 Million Grant to Nullify Norovirus

North Carolina State University will use a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to strengthen food safety by studying human noroviruses across the food supply chain in an effort to design effective control measures and reduce the number of virus-caused food-borne illnesses. Human noroviruses… 

Aug 3, 2011

SBP August 3: Calendar “By Students, For Students”

Student Government is working to create a calendar for all students. 

Aug 2, 2011

DNA ‘Fingerprint’ Techniques Can Aid Food Safety

Tracking polluted water back to the source of its contamination can help researchers assess potential health risks and determine methods for cleaning up the affected water. Now those same techniques can be utilized to keep food safe. For about a decade, researchers have used a technique called microbial source tracking to trace water pollution back… 

Aug 2, 2011

Comins Named President-Elect

Organic chemistry professor Daniel Comins is president-elect of the International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry. His two-year term as president begins in 2013.