Jun 6, 2013

Lenovo marks first US manufacturing plant in NC

Lenovo marks first US manufacturing plant in NC, Sacramento Bee, June 6, 2013. Lenovo Group to open its first U.S. manufacturing operation in North Carolina instead of low-cost foreign locations like Mexico or China. Terri Helmlinger Ratcliff, industrial extension, featured. 

Jun 6, 2013

Statistics PhD Student Charts Speech Patterns Across America

Statistics PhD Student Charts Speech Patterns Across America, Tablet, June 5, 2013. NC State doctoral student’s fascination with differences in U.S. dialects led him to create over 100 maps that show the colorful ways in which American English diverges. Joshua Katz, statistics, featured. 

Jun 6, 2013

Even After This, We’ll Still Look At People Who Refer To Hoagies As “Subs” Weird

Even After This, We’ll Still Look At People Who Refer To Hoagies As “Subs” Weird, Philebrity, June 5, 2013. NC State doctoral student’s fascination with differences in U.S. dialects led him to create over 100 maps that show the colorful ways in which American English diverges. Joshua Katz, statistics, featured. 

Jun 6, 2013

And on that farm he had a fly: A clean barn pays off

And on that farm he had a fly: A clean barn pays off, Times-News, June 6, 2013. There are many benefits of keeping the barn stalls cleaned out, but perhaps the most obvious benefit is to control flies. Ethan Henderson, cooperative extension, featured. 

Jun 6, 2013

New Yorkers consider NYC “the city,” and other fun language data

New Yorkers consider NYC “the city,” and other fun language data, TimeOut.com, June 5, 2013. NC State doctoral student’s fascination with differences in U.S. dialects led him to create over 100 maps that show the colorful ways in which American English diverges. Joshua Katz, statistics, featured. 

Jun 6, 2013

Americans Can’t Agree on How to Say Anything: These Maps Prove It

Americans Can’t Agree on How to Say Anything: These Maps Prove It, Root, The Washington Post, June 5, 2013. NC State doctoral student’s fascination with differences in U.S. dialects led him to create over 100 maps that show the colorful ways in which American English diverges. Joshua Katz, statistics, featured. 

Jun 6, 2013

Do You Talk Like a New Englandah?

Do You Talk Like a New Englandah?, Boston magazine’s Boston Daily (blog), June 6, 2013. NC State doctoral student’s fascination with differences in U.S. dialects led him to create over 100 maps that show the colorful ways in which American English diverges. Joshua Katz, statistics, featured. 

Jun 6, 2013

How do Americans say specific words?

How do Americans say specific words?, Houston Chronicle, June 6, 2013. NC State doctoral student’s fascination with differences in U.S. dialects led him to create over 100 maps that show the colorful ways in which American English diverges. Joshua Katz, statistics, featured. 

Jun 6, 2013

Y’all, you all, or you guys? Dialect maps showcase America’s many linguistic divides

Y’all, you all, or you guys? Dialect maps showcase America’s many linguistics divides, Daily Mail, June 6, 2013. NC State doctoral student’s fascination with differences in U.S. dialects led him to create over 100 maps that show the colorful ways in which American English diverges. Joshua Katz, statistics, featured. 

Jun 6, 2013

How Americans Speak Differently in Various Regions, Visualized

How Americans Speak Differently in Various Regions, Visualized, Gizmodo, June 5, 2013. Regional accents are a major part of what makes American English so interesting as a dialect. Joshua Katz, statistics, featured. 

Jun 6, 2013

22 Maps That Show How Americans Speak English Totally Differently From Each Other

22 Maps That Show How Americans Speak English Totally Differently From Each Other, Business Insider, June 5, 2013. Regional accents are a major part of what makes American English so interesting as a dialect. Joshua Katz, statistics, featured. 

Jun 5, 2013

Science Needs Your Dead Cicadas

Science Needs Your Dead Cicadas, Atlantic Cities, June 3, 2013. NC State’s department of biology is looking for crooked cicadas: cicadas with one wing slightly shorter than the other, or with a wing containing an odd number of veins, or maybe a little leg segment that’s not quite the right length. Holly Menninger, biology, featured. 

Jun 5, 2013

Researchers develop a faster method to identify Salmonella strains

Researchers develop a faster method to identify Salmonella strains, FreshPlaza – Netherlands, June 3, 2013. A new approach may be able to reduce by more than half the time it takes health officials to identify Salmonella strains. Rodolphe Barrangou, food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences, featured. 

Jun 5, 2013

House tips for surviving allergy season

House tips for surviving allergy season, KOCO-TV Oklahoma, June 4, 2013. NC State University Extension offers suggestions on things you can do to lower the pollen levels inside your house. 

Jun 5, 2013

House tips for surviving allergy season

House tips for surviving allergy season, KITV-TV Honolulu, June 4, 2013. North Carolina State University Extension offers suggestions on things you can do to lower the pollen levels inside your house.