September 2011

Sep 29, 2011

Chancellor Unveils Faculty Hiring Program

Chancellor Randy Woodson announces a plan to bring top-notch talent to NC State through a $5 million faculty hiring program. 

Sep 29, 2011

Spanish Colonialism’s Environmental Legacy, Part Two: ‘A Black Shadow Of Hell’

Editor’s Note: This is the second of three guest posts by NC State history lecturer Nicholas Robins, an expert on the environmental history of South America and author of “Mercury, Mining and Empire: The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes.” Robins is also founder and president of the Environmental Health Council,… 

Sep 28, 2011

Not Quite ’Roid Rage: Complicated Gene Networks Involved in Fly Aggression

Fruit fly aggression is correlated with smaller brain parts, involves complex interactions between networks of important genes, and often cannot be controlled with mood-altering drugs like lithium. Those are the results of a painstaking study conducted by researchers at North Carolina State University and colleagues in Belgium who are trying to discover what happens in… 

Sep 28, 2011

Indian Summer

From the sanctuary of a Hindu shrine to the home-in-exile of the Dalai Lama, the Caldwell Fellows explore India. Learn how they survived the collision of worlds on the subcontinent. 

Sep 28, 2011

Escuti Wins Presidential Early Career Award

Engineering professor Michael Escuti has won the U.S. government’s top award for early-career scientists and engineers. 

Sep 28, 2011

Encouraging Words

How do you find up-and-coming writers who will make North Carolina proud? NC State’s creative writing program flushes them out with contests and cash prizes. 

Sep 27, 2011

Baliga Wins Nation’s Top Technology Prize

Dr. B. Jayant Baliga, inventor of energy-saving semiconductor technology, is a winner of the nation's top technology prize, President Obama has announced. 

Sep 27, 2011

Hillsborough Street Project a Winner

The community partnership behind the Hillsborough Street revitalization project will take home a top award next week from the North Carolina chapter of the American Planning Association. 

Sep 27, 2011

New Statistical Models to Link Climate Change, Effect of Pollution on Health

A new collaboration led by a North Carolina State University statistician aims to predict how a changing climate may impact the effect of airborne pollutants on human health. Dr. Montserrat Fuentes, professor and head of  NC State’s Department of Statistics, will lead the three-year project, which includes research partners from Duke University and the University of… 

Sep 27, 2011

Saving energy, money and lives

NC State’s own Dr. B. Jayant Baliga has been awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation – the nation’s highest honor for technological achievement. 

Sep 27, 2011

Think Globally, Cook Internationally

In a delicious collaboration, students and scholars from 33 countries have contributed to a new cookbook to benefit cross-cultural programs at NC State. Here's how to reserve your copy. 

Sep 27, 2011

Escuti Wins Presidential Award For Young Scientists And Engineers

A North Carolina State University engineering professor has won the U.S. government’s top award for early-career scientists and engineers. 

Sep 27, 2011

Spanish Colonialism’s Environmental Legacy, Part One: Origins

Editor’s Note: This is the first of three guest posts by NC State history lecturer Nicholas Robins, an expert on the environmental history of South America and author of “Mercury, Mining and Empire: The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes.” Robins is also founder and president of the Environmental Health Council,… 

Sep 26, 2011

Faster than Light?

The possibility that scientists have clocked sub-atomic particles at faster-than-light speeds has the physics world buzzing.  If true, the discovery would at the very least open up the possibility of time travel. But are the results likely to be repeatable, or  were they just a fluke? We asked NC State physicist Dean Lee to offer his… 

Sep 26, 2011

Lunn Named Veterinary Dean

The new dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine  is Dr. D. Paul Lunn, professor of equine medicine and head of the Department of Clinical Sciences at Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.