University Communications

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. 

Sep 27, 2010

Finding the Balance

An avid photographer and plant-propagation enthusiast, sophomore Amanda Wilkins spends her days with one foot planted knee-deep in foliage and soil and the other submerged in pictures and print as Editor-in-Chief of Technician, NC State's award-winning daily newspaper. 

Sep 24, 2010

Get Bowled Over

New members are welcome to join NC State’s bowling league this month as play gets under way at Western Lanes, which was recently acquired by university alumni. Games begin at 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays. 

Sep 23, 2010

Walk on Over to Wellness Expo

Do something good for yourself: visit the employee wellness expo from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at the McKimmon Center. 

Sep 22, 2010

Human Rights Day Contest Announced

Create an original work to show your support for Human Rights Day. You could win recognition and a $200 cash prize.