2012

May 1, 2012

DeSimone Elected into National Academy of Sciences

Dr. Joseph DeSimone has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the highest honors that a U.S. scientist or engineer can receive. DeSimone is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University and Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel… 

May 1, 2012

Brazel Receives Reznick Group Fellowship

Dr. Joe Brazel, associate professor of accounting, is the first recipient of the Reznick Group Faculty Research Fellowship. 

May 1, 2012

Election Guidelines Explained

The NC State general counsel’s office helps employees understand the guidelines for political activity in advance of the May 8 primary election. 

May 1, 2012

New Director at Science House

Jason Painter, executive director of the North Carolina Science Olympiad, joins the Science House today as its new director. 

May 1, 2012

Clark to Receive Friday Award

Dr. James W. Clark Jr., professor emeritus of English, will receive the William C. Friday Award for Distinguished Service in Retirement from the Association of Retired Faculty. 

May 1, 2012

New Treasurer Joins NC State

Mary Peloquin-Dodd joins NC State on Friday as the new treasurer and associate vice chancellor for finance and business. 

Apr 30, 2012

Retirement Conference Planned

The Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education will hold its 10th anniversary conference in the Triangle Oct. 21-24 at the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill. 

Apr 30, 2012

Green Awards Galore For NC State

NC State's commitment to sustainability took center stage last week as faculty, staff and students were honored. Meet the award-winners. 

Apr 30, 2012

Graduation Year Drives Facebook Connections for College Grads

Are you connected to college friends on Facebook? Research from North Carolina State University shows that these social networks tend to form around graduation year or university housing – rather than other interests. 

Apr 27, 2012

Using Ants to Map Patterns of Diversity

They account for more than 80 percent of Earth’s species, but insects merit little respect in either conservation or global diversity studies. NC State biology professor Rob Dunn and postdoc Michael Weiser, along with Benoit Guénard, a former NC State Ph.D. student who now works at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, want to change that,… 

Apr 27, 2012

NC State Hosts Science Olympiad April 28

North Carolina State University will host more than 2,500 of the state’s best and brightest middle- and high-school students at the North Carolina Science Olympiad on Saturday, April 28. In competitive events, students will launch bottle rockets, fly rubber band-powered helicopters, race mousetrap and gravity vehicles, use catapults and investigate crime scenes. Media are invited… 

Apr 27, 2012

Open Candidate Forums Planned

Four candidates for the position of vice chancellor for academic and student affairs will be interviewed on campus beginning next week. 

Apr 26, 2012

Prosthetic Pioneer Zeus Dies

Zeus, a Siberian husky who received a prosthetic leg at NC State last year, died of liver failure April 12. He was 6. 

Apr 26, 2012

Bristol Named ACE Fellow

Dr. David Bristol, associate dean and director of academic affairs in the College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named an American Council on Education Fellow for the academic year 2012-13. 

Apr 26, 2012

Thakur Receives Sigma Xi Award

Dr. Sid Thakur is a recipient of a 2012 Faculty Research Award presented by the NC State Chapter of Sigma Xi, the scientific research society.