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2011

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. 

Sep 26, 2011

Dr. Paul Lunn Named Dean of NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine

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, has been named dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University, effective Feb. 15, 2012. Provost Warwick Arden announced the appointment today. “I am… 

Sep 26, 2011

NC State Hosts Reading By U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin

What: North Carolina State University will be the host for a reading by U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin. Merwin is also the recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes and the National Book Award. 

Sep 25, 2011

Rogue Receptor Critical For Ill Effects of Devastating Kidney Disease

Effects of a particularly devastating human kidney disease may be blunted by making a certain cellular protein receptor much less receptive, according to new research by scientists from North Carolina State University and a number of French universities and hospitals. The findings take a major step toward suggesting a beneficial treatment for rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis… 

Sep 22, 2011

Leaving lectures behind

A pair of NC State researchers is working to replace the traditional lecture at the center of the traditional American classroom. Bob Beichner, a professor of physics, and Lodge McCammon, a curriculum and contemporary media specialist, both favor activities that encouragement applying knowledge over absorbing it. 

Sep 22, 2011

Beichner Honored as Digital Education Pioneer

Physics professor Robert Beichner has been honored with a 2011 Harold W. McGraw Jr. Prize in Education for his contributions as a digital education pioneer. 

Sep 22, 2011

Lights, Cinema, Questions

Chancellor Randy Woodson will share the latest about changes taking place across campus this fall during an interactive forum. 

Sep 22, 2011

Showing Heart in Fighting Viruses

Dr. Barb Sherry studies the heart's protective mechanisms to find ways to help the whole body fight off viruses. 

Sep 22, 2011

Register Today for Tailgate, Tickets

It's the fourth quarter and time's running out. Register today by 5 p.m. for the Employee Appreciation Tailgate and free football tickets to the Oct. 8 game.