Nov 18, 2013

MCNC to focus on ‘The Connected State’ of NC at annual event

MCNC to focus on ‘The Connected State’ of NC at annual event, WRAL Tech Wire, Nov. 18, 2013. MCNC will host NCREN Community Day 2013on Thursday and Friday at NC State’s James B. Hunt Jr. Library. Institute for Emerging Issues and James B. Hunt Library featured. 

Nov 18, 2013

Some slaves wrote their way to freedom

Some slaves wrote their way to freedom, News & Observer, Nov. 17, 2013. NC State creative writing director will present  ”Was I Born for This? North Carolina Slave Voices.” as a part of the NC Museum of History’s program about the lives of slaves during the Civil War. , Lucinda MacKethan, English, featured. 

Nov 18, 2013

NC History Museum program to focus on slave voices

NC History Museum program to focus on slave voices, Houston Chronicle, Nov. 17, 2013. NC State creative writing director will present  ”Was I Born for This? North Carolina Slave Voices.” as a part of the NC Museum of History’s program about the lives of slaves during the Civil War. , Lucinda MacKethan, English, featured. 

Nov 18, 2013

New Approach Advances Wireless Power Transfer for Vehicles

New Approach Advances Wireless Power Transfer for Vehicles, TMCnet, Nov. 15, 2013. NC State researchers moving closer to their goal of creating highway “stations” that can recharge electric vehicles wirelessly as the vehicles drive by. Srdjan Lukic, Kibok Lee and Zeljko Pantic, electrical engineering, featured. 

Nov 18, 2013

New reading standards may put 4th grade out of reach for some

New reading standards may put 4th grade out of reach for some, WJTV-TV News 12 (MS), Nov. 14, 2013. A new requirement has been added to the third grade end-of-grade reading exam. Kristin Conradi, curriculum, instruction & counselor education, featured. 

Nov 18, 2013

New reading standards may put 4th grade out of reach for some

New reading standards may put 4th grade out of reach for some, WRBL-TV, Nov. 14, 2013. A new requirement has been added to the third grade end-of-grade reading exam. Kristin Conradi, curriculum, instruction & counselor education, featured. 

Nov 18, 2013

Researchers find hope for return of Carolina sturgeon

Researchers find hope for return of Carolina sturgeon, Charlotte Observer, Nov. 17, 2013. For the last several decades, most North Carolinians have been denied what was once a common sight: an Atlantic sturgeon leaping for the sky. Joseph Hightower, applied ecology, featured. 

Nov 18, 2013

9 easy tips to help our planet

9 easy tips to help our planet, News & Observer, Nov. 17, 2013. NC State forest canopy expert offers tips to help conserve natural resources, save money and educate your family about the economics of our environment. Meg Lowman, College of Sciences, featured. 

Nov 18, 2013

Researchers find hope in the Roanoke River for sturgeon – endangered creators of caviar

Researchers find hope in the Roanoke River for sturgeon – endangered creators of caviar, News & Observer,  Nov. 17, 2013. For the last several decades, most North Carolinians have been denied what was once a common sight: an Atlantic sturgeon leaping for the sky. Joseph Hightower, applied ecology, featured. 

Nov 18, 2013

Range Anxiety? How About ‘Beaming’ Energy While You Drive?

Range Anxiety? How About ‘Beaming’ Energy While You Drive?, EV World, Nov. 17, 2013. NC State scientists are developing a system in which power could be transmitted from stationary roadside stations to mobile receiver coils in cars passing by. Srdjan Lukic, Kibok Lee and Zeljko Pantic, electrical engineering, featured. 

Nov 18, 2013

High cost of valley fever: Price of drug skyrockets

High cost of valley fever: Price of drug skyrockets, AZCentral.com, Nov. 16, 2013. NC State veterinary compounding expert recommends that pet owners trying to avoid the high price of the generic drug fluconazole start with an FDA-approved version before switching to a compounding drug. Gigi Davidson, veterinary medicine, featured. 

Nov 18, 2013

Raleigh’s ThinkHouse is looking for entrepreneurs

Raleigh’s ThinkHouse is looking for entrepreneurs, Triangle Business Journal, Nov. 15, 2013. The entrepreneurial activists who founded the new ThinkHouse initiative rounds out their entrepreneurial group with Mark Delgado, who created a radiation detector from his NC State dorm room. 

Nov 18, 2013

NC History Museum program to focus on slave voices

NC History Museum program to focus on slave voices, WLOS News 13, Nov. 17, 2013. NC State creative writing director will present  “Was I Born for This? North Carolina Slave Voices.” as a part of the NC Museum of History’s program about the lives of slaves during the Civil War. , Lucinda MacKethan, English, featured.   

Nov 18, 2013

Non-toxic 3D-printed medical implants possible with riboflavin compound

Non-toxic 3D-printed medical implants possible with riboflavin compound, Laser Focus World, Nov. 15, 2013. Researchers have discovered that a naturally occurring compound can be incorporated into three-dimensional printing processes to create medical implants out of non-toxic polymers. Roger Narayan, biomedical engineering, featured. 

Nov 18, 2013

Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicles

Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicles, Fars News Agency, Nov. 16, 2013. NC State researchers moving closer to their goal of creating highway “stations” that can recharge electric vehicles wirelessly as the vehicles drive by. Srdjan Lukic, Kibok Lee and Zeljko Pantic, electrical engineering, featured.