Lauren Barker

Sep 28, 2020

Should I Send My Kids Trick-Or-Treating This Year?

Food safety expert Ben Chapman weighs in on Halloween trick-or-treating during a pandemic. 

Jun 19, 2020

Land Loss Has Plagued Black America Since Emancipation – Is it Time to Look Again at ‘Black Commons’ and Collective Ownership?

This is a repost from The Conversation. Authors: Kofi Boone, professor of landscape architecture, College of Design, North Carolina State University; Julian Agyeman, professor of urban and environmental policy and planning, Tufts University Underlying the recent unrest sweeping U.S. cities over police brutality is a fundamental inequity in wealth, land and power that has circumscribed black lives… 

Apr 7, 2020

NC State Uses 3D Printers to Make Face Shields for WakeMed

Our university's Center for Additive Manufacturing and Logistics is using 3D printers to create face shields for health care workers fighting COVID-19. 

Mar 18, 2020

NC State Experts on COVID-19

Experts from across our university are available to speak with media about the wide-ranging effects of COVID-19 on our world. 

Feb 19, 2020

The Urgency and Necessity for Greenways: 5 Questions With Charles A. Flink

There’s a lot of talk about the need for greenways but besides being attractive, nice areas to take a jog, how do these spaces actually benefit communities? Do they outweigh the financial cost, physical labor and political will to build them?  Charles A. Flink is a professor of practice in landscape architecture at NC State University… 

Feb 14, 2019

How do pets show love?

We’d all like to think that our pets love us as much as we love them, but how can we know? How exactly could pets show love, anyway? Are they cuddling with us out of affection or because they want dinner? Those are good questions. And it turns out that we know a lot about… 

Feb 8, 2019

Is There Fat in Fruits and Nuts, and How Much?

While most people associate fat with junk food, many “healthy” foods contain fats as well – including fruits and nuts.