Dec 20, 2013

Common Core Standards Offer New Opportunities for School Counselors to Collaborate with Teachers, Says Career Key

Common Core Standards Offer New Opportunities for School Counselors to Collaborate with Teachers, Says Career Key, Northern Colorado 5, Dec. 19, 2013. A new online Career Key guide shows how counselors and teachers can work together to combine career and college readiness standards in learning activities. Lawrence K. Jones, curriculum, instruction & counselor education, featured. 

Dec 20, 2013

NC experts: Companies, consumers bear burden of cyber security

NC experts: Companies, consumers bear burden of cyber security, WRAL, Dec. 19, 2013. Money is at stake when data falls into the wrong hands. Laurie Williams, computer-science engineering, featured. 

Dec 20, 2013

Organic Material Promises Fewer Insulin Shots

Organic Material Promises Fewer Insulin Shots, Inside Science News Service, Dec. 19, 2013. Biomedical engineers are developing a new way to deliver drugs like insulin to diabetic patients. Zhen Gu, biomedical engineering, featured. 

Dec 20, 2013

Social network spying could lead to low returns

Social network spying could lead to low returns, Space Daily, Dec. 20, 2013. Organizations looking to hire new staff should rethink their clandestine use of social networking websites, such as Facebook, to screen new recruits. William Stoughton, Lori Foster Thompson and Adam Meade, psychology, featured. 

Dec 20, 2013

Video: Crown Leadership Winner Dr. Coby Schal Recognized

Video: Crown Leadership Winner Dr. Coby Schal Recognized, Pest Control Technology, Dec. 19, 2013. NC State entomologist and researcher is recognized by Pest Control Technology and Syngenta with a Crown Leadership award. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

Dec 20, 2013

David Bracken column

David Bracken column, Bloomberg Businessweek, Dec. 19, 2013. Another sign that demand for office space in the Triangle is picking up is the construction on the long-delayed Alliance Center I building on NC State’s Centennial Campus. Michael Harwood, Centennial Campus Development Office, featured. 

Dec 20, 2013

5 people to contact when transferring colleges

5 people to contact when transferring colleges, USA Today College, Dec. 19, 2013. According to NC State experts, transfer advisors expose students to the array of opportunities awaiting them in university life. If you reach out to the right people, the transfer process can be smooth and relatively painless. Undergraduate admissions featured. 

Dec 20, 2013

Splashy billboards will teach N.C. motorists about driving clean

Splashy billboards will teach N.C. motorists about driving clean, Triangle Business Journal, Dec. 19, 2013. NC State’s Solar Center has interesting numbers that will be splashed across the state on 130 billboards during the next two years as part of an education campaign – the first step in the $6.2 million Clean Fuel Advanced Technology Project. Solar Center… 

Dec 19, 2013

Underage sex trafficking alleged in Raleigh

Underage sex trafficking alleged in Raleigh, WKRN-TV, Dec. 17, 2013. According to NC State expert, as many as 200,000 minors nationwide are at risk for sex trafficking. Michelle Kaufman, interdisciplinary studies, featured. 

Dec 19, 2013

Retailers prepare for last minute holiday shoppers

Retailers prepare for last minute holiday shoppers, Your News Now (YNN) Austin, Dec. 18, 2013. According to NC State economist, holiday shoppers can expect to see better deals, faster deals during this compressed holiday season because retailers have got to get the volume in. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Dec 19, 2013

Underage sex trafficking alleged in Raleigh

Underage sex trafficking alleged in Raleigh, WJTV-TV, Dec. 17, 2013. According to NC State expert, as many as 200,000 minors nationwide are at risk for sex trafficking. Michelle Kaufman, interdisciplinary studies, featured. 

Dec 19, 2013

Underage sex trafficking alleged in Raleigh

Underage sex trafficking alleged in Raleigh, WHLT-TV, Dec. 17, 2013. According to NC State expert, as many as 200,000 minors nationwide are at risk for sex trafficking. Michelle Kaufman, interdisciplinary studies, featured. 

Dec 19, 2013

Checking Facebook profiles by potential employers could turn away job seekers

Checking Facebook profiles by potential employers could turn away job seekers, Webindia123, Dec. 18, 2013. Organizations looking to hire new staff should rethink their clandestine use of social networking websites, such as Facebook, to screen new recruits. William Stoughton, Lori Foster Thompson and Adam Meade, psychology, featured. 

Dec 19, 2013

Checking Facebook profiles by potential employers could turn away job seekers

Checking Facebook profiles by potential employers could turn away job seekers, NewKerala.com, Dec. 18, 2013. Organizations looking to hire new staff should rethink their clandestine use of social networking websites, such as Facebook, to screen new recruits. William Stoughton, Lori Foster Thompson and Adam Meade, psychology, featured. 

Dec 19, 2013

Neither Sprite nor Viagra boost drooping Christmas trees

Neither Sprite nor Viagra boost drooping Christmas trees, MSN Autos Canada, Dec. 18, 2013. Urban myths for keeping Christmas trees fuller, longer, are as plentiful during the holidays as bell ringers on street corners. Jeff Owen, forestry & environmental resources, featured.