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NC State news is shared far and wide. Below are just some of our recent appearances in local, regional, national and international media publications.

Aug 28, 2013

States overhaul civil service rules

States overhaul civil service rules, USA TODAY, Aug. 27, 2013. NC State professor of  public administration worries that changes to civil service rules will make public employment a less attractive option for highly skilled workers.  Rick Kearney, public & international affairs, featured. 

Aug 27, 2013

NC State charts $14M football training facility

NC State charts $14M football training facility, Triangle Business Journal (blog), Aug. 27, 2013. North Carolina State University has a $14 million goal for a new indoor training facility. The entire project will be privately funded, with no state or public funds. Michael Lipitz, athletics, featured. 

Aug 27, 2013

New Energy Model Offers Transparency to Let Others Replicate …

New Energy Model Offers Transparency to Let Others Replicate …, Hispanic Business, Aug. 27, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a new open-source model and are sharing the data they put into it, to allow anyone to check their work. Joseph DeCarolis and Kevin Hunter, civil, construction and environmental engineering, featured. 

Aug 27, 2013

Got Manure? Need a Technology?

Got Manure? Need a Technology?, The Cattle Site, Aug. 26, 2013. Presently, there are two useful sources of information on manure technology and another in development. North Carolina State University tested 18 technologies. Their two-year report can be found at: http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/waste_mgt/2yrreport.pdf. 

Aug 27, 2013

A look at the “Serious Scientist Myth”

A look at the “Serious Scientist Myth”, Scope, Aug. 26, 2013. In an essay today on SciLogs, author Matt Shipman continues a thread bucking what he calls the “Serious Scientist Myth” – the idea that “serious” scientists dislike speaking to news reporters about their work and hold their interview-willing colleagues in low regard. Matt Shipman, university relations, featured. 

Aug 27, 2013

10 ways researchers are studying diseases in dogs and humans

10 ways researchers are studying diseases in dogs and humans, DVM, The Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine, Aug. 27, 2013. NC State researchers are studying genes in dogs to understand which ones cause canine and human cancers. Veterinary medicine, featured. 

Aug 27, 2013

NCSU researcher develops peptide that may halt cancer growth

NCSU researcher develops peptide that may halt cancer growth, Triangle Business Journal, Aug. 27, 2013. NC State cell biologist has developed a peptide, or small protein molecule, that may be effective in stopping cancer cells from metastacizing.  Ken Adler, molecular biomedical sciences, featured. 

Aug 27, 2013

Kicking Butt At Starcraft II, With Science

Kicking Butt At Starcraft II, With Science, Co.Create, Aug. 26, 2013. NC State researchers are using machine learning to decode the optimal strategies for multiplayer games. Pu Yang and David L. Roberts, computer science-engineering, featured. 

Aug 27, 2013

An Economy Buried by Regulations

An Economy Buried by Regulations, U.S. News & World Report, Aug. 27, 2013. A study in the June issue of the “Journal of Economic Growth” estimates that federal regulations have reduced economic growth by about 2 percent per year between 1949 and 2005. John Seater, economics, featured. 

Aug 26, 2013

Calorie counts ‘virtually meaningless’

Calorie counts ‘virtually meaningless’, Korea Times, Aug. 26, 2013. NC State biologist explains that humans “engage in a kind of tug-of-war with the food we eat, a battle in which we are measuring the spoils—calories—all wrong.” Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

Aug 26, 2013

Ditch the calorie counting – study

Ditch the calorie counting – study, IOL, Aug. 23, 2013. NC State biologist explains that humans “engage in a kind of tug-of-war with the food we eat, a battle in which we are measuring the spoils—calories—all wrong.” Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

Aug 26, 2013

Connecting The Dots On the News Roundtable

Connecting The Dots On the News Roundtable, WUNC-FM – State of Things, Aug. 23, 2013. From the topic of civil rights, the conversation on the State of Things turned to the right of privacy.  Marsha Gordon, film studies, featured. 

Aug 26, 2013

Tiny fibril bridges help hold paper together, study finds

Tiny fibril bridges help hold paper together, study finds, Los Angeles Times, Aug. 23, 2013. NC State materials scientist is skeptical about the importance of the tiny strands of cellulose known as fibril bundles in paper strength without examination of other types of interactions. Martin Hubbe, materials science, featured. 

Aug 26, 2013

Barbour Appointed to JCC Board of Trustees

Barbour Appointed to JCC Board of Trustees, Targeted News Service, Aug. 23, 2013. DeVan Barbour, IV has been appointed by Gov. Pat McCrory to serve a four-year term on the Johnston Community College Board of Trustees. Barbour, 29, is a real estate broker with Coldwell Banker Advantage in Raleigh. He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from… 

Aug 26, 2013

Calorie Counts ‘Virtually Meaningless,’ Experts Conclude

Calorie Counts ‘Virtually Meaningless,’ Experts Conclude, Yahoo! Health, Aug. 23, 2013.  NC State biologist explains that humans “engage in a kind of tug-of-war with the food we eat, a battle in which we are measuring the spoils—calories—all wrong.” Rob Dunn, biology, featured.