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Aug 20, 2009

ACS Honors Flickinger

Dr. Michael Flickinger, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and microbiology, has been named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society. 

Aug 20, 2009

Bressler Co-Authors Chapter

Landscape Architecture Department Head Gene Bressler, FASLA, co-authored a chapter titled “Oh Give Me Land, Lots of Land” in the book, Remedies for a New West: Healing Landscapes, Histories, and Cultures. 

Aug 20, 2009

Ready For Flu Season

NC State officials have developed a plan to help educate the campus community about H1N1 flu, and to encourage students to receive flu shots and take proper preventive steps during the upcoming fall flu season. 

Aug 20, 2009

Sweating It Out

Recovering from brain surgery, Brian Koehler made a commitment to overcome his physical limitations and recover completely from the surgery. 

Aug 18, 2009

Change Brings Change

There’s an old African proverb that best-selling author Greg Mortenson, NC State’s 2009 convocation speaker, often quotes as the driving force behind his humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan: If you educate a boy, you educate an individual – if you educate a girl, you educate a community. It's a mindset shared by a group of NC State students who have implemented Mortenson's Pennies for Peace program on our campus in hopes of helping bring a shared philosophy of equality in education to children halfway around the world. 

Aug 18, 2009

What Makes a Chancellor?

Over the next several months, constituents from the NC State community will undertake one of the most important jobs in the life of a university – the search for a new chancellor. Earlier this week, we took to the streets to speak with a number of NC State students, faculty, staff and alumni in hopes of finding out which qualifications and characteristics they feel are most important for our future chancellor to possess. 

Aug 18, 2009

NC State Ready to Respond to H1N1 Virus on Campus

Cases of Influenza A (H1N1) are being diagnosed on a regular basis in North Carolina, particularly in the Triangle area, making H1N1 the dominant flu strain in the region. North Carolina State University officials have developed a plan to help educate the campus community about H1N1, and to encourage students to receive flu shots and… 

Aug 13, 2009

In Memoriam: Colleen Aalsburg Wiessner

Dr. Colleen Aalsburg Wiessner, assistant professor in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Adult and Higher Education, died Aug. 5. She was 55. 

Aug 13, 2009

Media Requests Compensation and Leave Data

NC State has responded to two News & Observer requests for information regarding compensation for employees. 

Aug 13, 2009

Kurz Retiring

Mary Beth Kurz, vice chancellor and general counsel since 1996, will retire effective Oct. 1, Chancellor Jim Woodward announced. 

Aug 13, 2009

Arden Named Vet of Year

The North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association honored Dr. Warwick Arden, interim provost and dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, as its Veterinarian of the Year. 

Aug 13, 2009

Professor Appointed to Federal Board

D. Scott Showalter, teaching professor in the Department of Accounting and retired partner at KPMG LLP, was appointed to a five-year term on the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board. 

Aug 13, 2009

Free Courses Limited

The number of free courses full-time faculty and staff may enroll in per academic year has been reduced from three to two courses, effective July 1, 2009. 

Aug 13, 2009

Jimmy V’s Legacy Continues Cancer Fight

It may not look like it, but NC State graduate student Ashley Tucker is advancing cancer research as she drops worms into containers with varying concentrations of five experimental compounds. If Dr. John Cavanagh and Nick Valvano are correct, her work also could be crucial to creating a new generation of cancer researchers. 

Aug 13, 2009

Curtain Call

On Monday, NC State celebrates the grand opening of the newly renovated Thompson Hall, home to University Theatre and the Crafts Center.