Jul 16, 2013

DNA Computation Performed In Living Cells

DNA Computation Performed In Living Cells, Kenya Star, July 15, 2013. NC State chemists have performed a DNA-based logic-gate operation within a human cell. Alex Deiters and graduate student James Hemphill, chemistry, featured. 

Jul 16, 2013

Study Finds Clues on How to Keep Kids Engaged with Educational Games

Study Finds Clues on How to Keep Kids Engaged with Educational Games, HealthCanal.com, July 15, 2013. NC State researchers evaluated how well middle school students were able to pay attention to game-based learning tasks. Kristy Boyer and Fernando Rodríguez, computer science, featured. 

Jul 16, 2013

Employers may misjudge job applicants based on Facebook pages – Houston weather, traffic, news | FOX 26 | MyFoxHouston

Employers may misjudge job applicants based on Facebook pages, KRIV-TV (TX), July 15, 2013. NC State study suggests that companies may be looking at the wrong things when using Facebook to screen job applicants and, as a result, could be overlooking people who would be good employees. Lori Foster Thompson, psychology, featured. 

Jul 16, 2013

‘Moral Mondays’: N.C. protesters vs. GOP

‘Moral Mondays’: N.C. protesters vs. GOP, KRCR-TV (CA), July 16, 2013. Much of the nation’s political rancor has spread to statehouses across the country. And the weekly demonstrations outside the North Carolina legislature, dubbed “Moral Mondays,” are only the latest example. Andy Taylor, political science, featured. 

Jul 16, 2013

‘Moral Mondays’: N.C. protesters vs. GOP

‘Moral Mondays’: N.C. protesters vs. GOP, WFMZ-TV (PA), July 16, 2013. Much of the nation’s political rancor has spread to statehouses across the country. And the weekly demonstrations outside the North Carolina legislature, dubbed “Moral Mondays,” are only the latest example. Andy Taylor, political science, featured. 

Jul 16, 2013

NC State Elects Board of Trustees Officers, Welcomes Two New Members

NC State Elects Board of Trustees Officers, Welcomes Two New Members, Middle East North Africa Financial Network -MENAFN, July 16, 2013.  The NC State University Board of Trustees elected Ben Jenkins as chair, Jim Owens as first vice chair, Jimmy Clark as second vice chair and Gayle Lanier as secretary. 

Jul 16, 2013

‘Moral Mondays’: N.C. protesters vs. GOP

‘Moral Mondays’: N.C. protesters vs. GOP, WCTI-TV (NC), July 16, 2013. Much of the nation’s political rancor has spread to statehouses across the country. And the weekly demonstrations outside the North Carolina legislature, dubbed “Moral Mondays,” are only the latest example. Andy Taylor, political science, featured. 

Jul 16, 2013

Study finds clues on how to keep kids engaged with educational games

Study finds clues on how to keep kids engaged with educational games, Science Codex, July 15, 2013.  NC State researchers evaluated how well middle school students were able to pay attention to game-based learning tasks. Kristy Boyer and Fernando Rodríguez, computer science, featured. 

Jul 16, 2013

NCSU Study Finds Clues on How to Keep Kids Engaged with Educational Games

NCSU Study Finds Clues on How to Keep Kids Engaged with Educational Games, Stanly News & Press, July 15, 2013. NC State researchers evaluated how well middle school students were able to pay attention to game-based learning tasks. Kristy Boyer and Fernando Rodríguez, computer science, featured. 

Jul 16, 2013

NC governor brushes off criticism amid weekly protests

NC governor brushes off criticism amid weekly protests, CNN, July 16, 2013. Much of the nation’s political rancor has spread to statehouses across the country. And the weekly demonstrations outside the North Carolina legislature, dubbed “Moral Mondays,” are only the latest example. Andy Taylor, political science, featured. 

Jul 15, 2013

Efforts begin to track habits of NC coastal bird

Efforts begin to track habits of NC coastal bird, WRAL, July 14, 2013. Since April, wildlife biologists from Audubon and NC State University have been trapping oystercatchers along the shore, outfitting them with small satellite tracking devices and then releasing them back into the wild. 

Jul 15, 2013

Efforts begin to track habits of NC coastal bird

Efforts begin to track habits of NC coastal bird, News & Observer, July 14, 2013. Since April, wildlife biologists from Audubon and N.C. State University have been trapping oystercatchers along the shore, outfitting them with small satellite tracking devices and then releasing them back into the wild. 

Jul 15, 2013

Researchers Perform DNA Computation in Living Cells

Researchers Perform DNA Computation in Living Cells, Science World Report, July 14, 2013. NC State chemists have performed a DNA-based logic-gate operation within a human cell. Alex Deiters and graduate student James Hemphill, chemistry, featured. 

Jul 15, 2013

North Carolina’s model of consensus is slipping …

North Carolina’s model of consensus is slipping …, Saporta Report (blog), July 15, 2013. When GeorgiaForward was created four years ago, it was modeled after the successful North Carolina Emerging Issues Forum that had been launched by former Gov. Jim Hunt in 1986. Anita Brown-Graham, Institute for Emerging Issues, featured. 

Jul 15, 2013

Food processing spinoff of NCSU to create 500 jobs in Troy

Food processing spinoff of NCSU to create 500 jobs in Troy, WRAL, July 15, 2013. A food-processing company that uses technology developed by NC State University plans to expand its Montgomery County operations. The company uses NC State technology known as aseptic processing, which is officials say improves product shelf life and quality without preservatives or refrigeration.