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May 2012

May 22, 2012

Study Highlights How Twitter Is Used to Share Information After a Disaster

A study from North Carolina State University shows how people used Twitter following the 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan, highlighting challenges for using the social media tool to share information. The study also indicates that social media haven’t changed what we communicate so much as how quickly we can disseminate it. 

May 21, 2012

Tradition Keeper

As student body president, Chandler Thompson worked tirelessly to reinforce a sense of tradition among students. 

May 21, 2012

Libraries Seek Faculty Nominations

The NCSU Libraries is seeking nominations for its 24th annual Libraries Faculty Award, which is given to an NC State faculty member who has contributed consistently and notably to the accomplishment of the libraries' mission, vision and strategic initiatives. 

May 21, 2012

Blackboard Collaborate Available

A new version of Blackboard Collaborate is now available through DELTA. 

May 21, 2012

Parental Leave for Grad Students

NC State has approved a regulation allowing parental leave for eligible graduate students. 

May 21, 2012

Researchers Improve Fast-Moving Mobile Networks

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) allow people in multiple, rapidly-moving vehicles to communicate with each other – such as in military or emergency-response situations. Researchers from North Carolina State University have devised a method to improve the quality and efficiency of data transmission in these networks. 

May 21, 2012

When You Publish a Paper Without Knowing It

For academic researchers, professional reputation is everything. It’s built up over years, and is essential to securing tenure, winning grants and otherwise advancing in one’s field. Because a researcher builds that reputation (in large part) through journal articles and conference presentations, it can be quite a shock to see your name listed as a co-author… 

May 17, 2012

Rivers Returns

Philip Rivers left NC State in 2003 as one of the school's all-time great athletes. He returned May 12 as the keynote speaker at the spring 2012 commencement ceremony. 

May 17, 2012

Keeping Language Alive

English professor Walt Wolfram and his students help keep a dialect alive on the Outer Banks. 

May 17, 2012

Hemlock History Repeating Itself?

Scientists trying to save eastern hemlock trees from widespread insect attacks may have uncovered a case of déjà vu, dating back millennia. “Our hypothesis is that 7,000 to 8,000 years ago, insects hammered the eastern hemlock in a similar way to how it’s being hammered now,” says Kevin Potter, lead researcher on a paper published… 

May 17, 2012

Ancient Giant Turtle Fossil Revealed

Picture a turtle the size of a Smart car, with a shell large enough to double as a kiddie pool. Paleontologists from North Carolina State University have found just such a specimen – the fossilized remains of a 60-million-year-old South American giant that lived in what is now Colombia. The turtle in question is Carbonemys… 

May 16, 2012

Global Health Project Gets Funding

NC State is a winner in the Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 

May 16, 2012

Meet CNR Dean Candidates

Three candidates for the position of dean of the College of Natural Resources will be on campus this week for interviews. 

May 16, 2012

Atrium Food Court Takes Top Award

NC State's Atrium Food Court renovation brought home the gold in the Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards sponsored by the National Association of College and University Food Services. 

May 16, 2012

Williams Receives Fellowship

Accounting professor Paul Williams has been awarded the first Ernst & Young Faculty Research Fellows Award in the Poole College of Management.