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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.

Jul 2, 2013

Why this heat wave’s so scary and what’s behind it – Business, Government Legal News from throughout WV

Why this heat wave’s so scary and what’s behind it – Business, Government Legal News from throughout WV, State Journal, July 1, 2013. NC State expert explains what’s behind this heat wave. Ken Kunkel, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Jul 2, 2013

Why this heat wave’s so scary and what’s behind it – WSLS 10 NBC in Roanoke/Lynchburg Va

Why this heat wave’s so scary and what’s behind it – WSLS 10 NBC in Roanoke/Lynchburg Va, WSLS-TV, July 1, 2013. NC State expert explains what’s behind this heat wave. Ken Kunkel, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Jul 2, 2013

Why this heat wave’s so scary and what’s behind it

Why this heat wave’s so scary and what’s behind it, CNSNews.com – Cybercast News Service, July 1, 2013. NC State expert explains what’s behind this heat wave. Ken Kunkel, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Jul 2, 2013

Why this heat wave’s so scary and what’s behind it

Why this heat wave’s so scary and what’s behind it, KTBC-TV, July 1, 2013. Excessive heat is the No. 1 weather killer in the United States and it’s at its most dangerous when it doesn’t cool down at night. Ken Kunkel, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Jul 2, 2013

Why this heat wave’s so scary and what’s behind it

Why this heat wave’s so scary and what’s behind it, KPTV-TV, July 2, 2013. NC State expert explains what’s behind this heat wave. Ken Kunkel, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Jul 2, 2013

Why this heat wave’s so scary and what’s behind it

Why this heat wave’s so scary and what’s behind it, Kansas City Star, July 2, 2013. NC State expert explains what’s behind this heat wave. Ken Kunkel, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Jul 2, 2013

Why the heat wave is so scary and what’s behind it

Why the heat wave is so scary and what’s behind it, Denver Post, The, July 2, 2013. NC State expert explains what’s behind this heat wave. Ken Kunkel, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Jul 2, 2013

Why this heat wave’s so scary and what’s behind it

Why this heat wave’s so scary and what’s behind it, Central Florida News 13, July 2, 2013. NC State expert explains what’s behind this heat wave. Ken Kunkel, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Jul 2, 2013

Re-Designed N.C. Birding Trail Website Unveiled

Re-Designed N.C. Birding Trail Website Unveiled, Outdoor Wire, July 2, 2013. The N.C. Birding Trail launched in 2005 as a way to connect people to birds and bird habitats. The NC Birding Trail is a partnership between the Commission and NC State Parks, the NC State Extension Service, the US Fish and Wildlife Service. 

Jul 2, 2013

Teaching a Computer to Play ‘Concentration’ Advances Security, Understanding of the Human Mind

Teaching a Computer to Play ‘Concentration’ Advances Security, Understanding of the Human Mind, TMCnet.com, July 01, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a computer program that attempts to replicate human thought processes, to play Concentration. Robert St. Amant and David Roberts, computer science, featured. 

Jul 2, 2013

Why this heat wave’s so scary and what’s behind it

Why this heat wave’s so scary and what’s behind it, Yahoo! News, July 2, 2013. NC State expert explains what’s behind this heat wave. Ken Kunkel, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Jul 2, 2013

: New College of Sciences Launches Today at NC State

: New College of Sciences Launches Today at NC State, M2 PressWIRE, July 1, 2013. North Carolina State University has officially launched its new College of Sciences, providing cross-disciplinary training and research that is the future of science. Daniel Solomon, College of Sciences, featured. 

Jul 1, 2013

The Value Of The University-Research Complex In Job Creation

The Value Of The University-Research Complex In Job Creation, Forbes, July 1, 2013. A convergence of events in the late 1950s and early 1960s set in motion North Carolina’s distinction. Research Triangle Park operates independently of the university system but is governed by a board comprised of officials from the three major area research universities: the University… 

Jul 1, 2013

Studies Show Indonesia Home to Most At-Risk Species

Studies Show Indonesia Home to Most At-Risk Species, Jakarta Globe, June 27, 2013. Two new, separate studies have identified Indonesia as one of the countries where biodiversity is most at threat, both in terms of species’ conservation status and in their vulnerability to climate change. Dr. Clinton Jenkins, biology, featured. 

Jul 1, 2013

Duke Energy, Progress merger a year later

Duke Energy, Progress merger a year later, Charlotte Observer, June 30, 2013. Lee Mazzocchi is Duke Energy’s chief integration and innovation officer and is charged with making the Duke/Progress Energy merger work. A Cary native who trained as a civil engineer at NC State University, Mazzocchi was a 22-year Progress employee and its chief procurement officer. At…