University Communications

Oct 6, 2010

Student Nominations Needed

Even though it’s only October, commencement deadlines are approaching. You can help make the ceremony sparkle by nominating outstanding students for special recognition on Dec. 18. 

Oct 5, 2010

The Eyes Have It

When a team of undergraduates announced the results of their senior research project, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. That’s because the biomedical engineering students developed a moisture-saving contact lens for paralyzed patients who can't blink. 

Oct 5, 2010

Doctorate in the House?

NC State’s doctoral programs performed solidly in a new National Research Council report. Caution: You may need a statistician to help you sort through the reams of data on the university's 43 ranked Ph.D. programs. 

Oct 4, 2010

Cave Wins Service Award

Bryan Cave, Cooperative Extension director in Surry County, is among the elite 2 percent of extension personnel who have received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. 

Oct 3, 2010

A Different Take

Since 2002, countless professors and thousands of university students had pored over the leading introductory electrodynamics textbook used today. But something in a recent lesson didn't ring true to physics doctoral student David Babson, who realized - and confirmed - an inconsistency in the text, related to one of the field's most basic principles. 

Oct 1, 2010

Seater Named to Thurman Professorship

Dr. John Seater, professor of economics, has been awarded the Thurman-Raytheon Distinguished Professorship. 

Oct 1, 2010

Schiavinato Wins Conservation Award

Lisa Schiavinato, co-director of the North Carolina Coastal Resources Law, Planning and Policy Center, won a Governor's Conservation Achievement Award. 

Sep 30, 2010

[Kitchen] Space: The Final Frontier

It's likely your grandchildren will thank Matthew Gilbride for all that extra countertop space in the year 2060. The industrial design grad student's award-winning concept may seem like something out of a Jetsons cartoon, but there's a lot of practical research behind it. 

Sep 30, 2010

Chancellor’s Budget Forum Oct. 6

Get the latest budget news at the chancellor’s forum on Wednesday, Oct. 6.  Faculty, staff and students are invited to the presentation at 10: 30 a.m. in the Talley Student Center’s Stewart Theatre. 

Sep 30, 2010

Historian Kelley Recognized

Dr. Blair L. M. Kelley, associate professor of history, is the 2010 winner of the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Award from the Association of Black Women Historians. In addition, the online magazine "For Harriet" included her on its list of The Most Inspiring Black Women on Twitter. 

Sep 29, 2010

NC State Works To Increase Interest In STEM Careers For Minority, Rural Students

Students who grow up in small, rural towns do not have the same exposure to high-tech jobs as their “big city” counterparts and  may not be aware of what it takes to be a rocket scientist or video-game programmer. With an increasing need for workers to fill science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers in… 

Sep 28, 2010

Space: The Final Frontier

Honey, I shrunk the appliances. Your grandchildren will thank grad student Matthew Gilbride for all that extra room in the kitchen in the year 2060. 

Sep 28, 2010

Charron’s Book Wins Award

Dr. Katherine Mellen Charron, assistant professor of history, has won the Julia Cherry Spruill Prize for best monograph on Southern women’s history. The Southern Association of Women’s Historians will present the award during the annual meeting this November in Charlotte. 

Sep 27, 2010

CSI Dublin

Plant pathologists are out to stop a killer that claimed a million lives in the 1840s and still poses a threat to food security. A U.S. Botanic Garden exhibit highlights Dr. Jean Ristaino's research on the Irish potato famine.