October 2015

Oct 21, 2015

DeSimone Captures Big Nanoscience Prize

Acclaimed chemical and biomolecular engineer Joseph DeSimone scores the inaugural Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine for innovations leading to new cancer treatments, inhalable therapeutics for pulmonary diseases and next-generation vaccines. 

Oct 21, 2015

Nominations Open for Honorary Degrees

It’s time to submit nominations for honorary doctoral degrees, which are awarded on the basis of excellence in scholarship, creativity, leadership, humanitarian service or public service. 

Oct 21, 2015

Picart Honored at West Point

An NC State administrator has been named professor emeritus and distinguished faculty alumnus at the United State Military Academy, where his leadership helped shape academic programs for nearly three decades. 

Oct 20, 2015

Jenkins MBA Soars on Annual List

Thanks to high evaluations from employers, students and alumni, NC State's Jenkins MBA program soars to No. 29 on Bloomberg Businessweek's list of top MBA programs in the United States, up from No. 54 last year. 

Oct 15, 2015

Time to Make Your Benefit Picks

Annual enrollment for benefits will run through Nov. 18. The NC State Human Resources Benefits Office cautions that this year's enrollment process could be more time consuming and employees should make their selections early. 

Oct 15, 2015

USDA Grants $6.7M to Curb Fruit Pest

NC State entomologist Hannah Burrack will lead a four-year effort to manage the spotted wing drosophila, a tiny fruit fly that causes hundreds of millions of dollars in annual agricultural losses. 

Oct 15, 2015

White House Lauds Juntos Program

An NC State program to empower Hispanic youth was named a “Bright Spot in Hispanic Education” by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. Since 2007, the North Carolina Cooperative Extension program called "Juntos" has helped close the achievement gap for Hispanic Youth in North Carolina and has been expanded into other states. 

Oct 15, 2015

Meet the FBI Cybersquad Oct. 22

Cyber security is absolutely essential these days. Go behind the scenes with two special agents from the FBI Cybersquad and find out how you can safeguard your data and avoid costly and inconvenient security breaches. 

Oct 15, 2015

Solar Tree Sprouts at Hunt Library

Charge your laptop, phone or other electronics on the 16-foot solar tree at the Hunt Library on Centennial Campus. The newly installed solar technology is a gift from the Park Scholars Class of 2015. 

Oct 15, 2015

New PRRs on Cyber Security, Surveys, Social Media

More than a dozen policies, regulations and rules have been enacted or revised this year. Check out NC State's directives on a wide range of topics that affect faculty, staff and students. 

Oct 14, 2015

Park Scholars Give $2 Million

The Park Scholars, who have organized the wildly popular Krispy Kreme Challenge race since 2004, have committed $2 million to UNC Children's Hospital for the Krispy Kreme Challenge Children's Specialty Clinic at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. 

Oct 14, 2015

Big Brother Meets Crowdsourcing

An NC State researcher speaks at the National Institutes of Health this week, showing how communities can use public webcams and crowdsourcing to track transportation and physical activity. 

Oct 14, 2015

GLBT Center Launches Advocate Program

Join the GLBT Advocate Program to learn about and support the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community at NC State. 

Oct 13, 2015

Fried Food Is Foundation of Fair

The North Carolina State Fair begins on Friday and runs through Sunday, Oct. 25. Check out some of the new food options and the opportunity to have daily lunch at the fairgrounds. 

Oct 13, 2015

Researchers Use ‘Avatar’ Experiments to Get Leg Up on Locomotion

Simple mechanical descriptions of the way people and animals walk, run, jump and hop liken whole leg behavior to a spring or pogo stick. But until now, no one has mapped the body’s complex physiology – which in locomotion includes multiple leg muscle-tendons crossing the hip, knee and ankle joints, the weight of a body,…