Apr 12, 2013

SITE Screening Room

SITE Screening Room, Journal of Interactive Learning Research, April 12, 2013. Video: The Collapsing Can: What causes the soda can to collapse? This video demonstrates the destruction of a soda can using teaspoon of boiling water. Lauren Jefferies and Daria Marley from NC State University demonstrate the collapse, and give a good explanation of why it happens. 

Apr 12, 2013

Durham architect to speak at NCSU commencement

Durham architect to speak at NCSU commencement, WRAL-TV, April 12, 2013. Architect Philip Freelon, lead designer for the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., will deliver the NC State University commencement address. Chancellor Randy Woodson featured. 

Apr 12, 2013

Lakeside learning

Lakeside learning, World Architecture News, April 12, 2013. When North Carolina State University was planning its new library they wanted a facility consistent with its brand – a place where new technologies rule and innovative thinking would lead to new discoveries. 

Apr 12, 2013

This New Library Of The Future Brings You Your Books Via Robot

This New Library Of The Future Brings You Your Books Via Robot, Co.Exist, April 12, 2013. The new James B. Hunt Library at NC State University shows what can happen when you marry a library with cutting edge technology and interesting design–plus an automated librarian. 

Apr 11, 2013

Extension unveils Mountain Heirloom Orchard

Extension unveils Mountain Heirloom Orchard, Avery Journal-Times, April 10, 2013. Avery County Cooperative Extension unveiled its Mountain Heirloom Orchard to the public through a tour and informational field day last Tuesday, April 2. Doug Hundley, Jerry Moody and Adam Keener, extenstion, and Steve McArtney, horticultural science, featured. 

Apr 11, 2013

Nature Play and Learning Areas Guidelines

Nature Play and Learning Areas Guidelines, American Society of Landscape Architects, April 10, 2013. Nature Play and Learning Areas Guidelines is a joint project conducted by the National Wildlife Federation, the Natural Learning Initiative, and North Carolina State University, with the support of national partners. The aim is to develop national design and management guidelines for nature areas in children’s… 

Apr 11, 2013

Forestry labeling war turns ugly as Greenpeace bungles logging industry attack

Forestry labeling war turns ugly as Greenpeace bungles logging industry attack, AEI.org, April 9, 2013. University-based researchers who have scrutinized the two forestry-labeling programs have found few meaningful differences. Frederick Cubbage and Joseph Cox, forestry and environmental resources academic research, featured. 

Apr 11, 2013

Intensification of winter transatlantic aviation turbulence in response to climate change

Intensification of winter transatlantic aviation turbulence in response to climate change, Nature, April 8, 2013. Using climate model simulations, researchers show that clear-air turbulence changes significantly within the transatlantic flight corridor when the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is doubled. See Table 1: Northern North Atlantic flight-level winter clear-air turbulence in a changing climate. Version… 

Apr 11, 2013

Triangle jobless rate falls to lowest level in more than 4 years

Triangle jobless rate falls to lowest level in more than 4 years, Chicago Tribune, April 11, 2013. The Triangle’s job market saw a huge and unexpected drop in unemployment, and a corresponding surge in job growth, according to February data issued Wednesday. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Apr 11, 2013

NC State farm shows smaller is better

NC State farm shows smaller is better, WRAL-TV, April 10, 2013. A beautiful spring day means a busy morning on the farm for NC State students. They’re planting basil, eggplant and other produce at the Agroecology Education Farm, where students study the best ways to grow food without harming the environment. Michelle Schroeder-Moreno and Stephen Ratasky, crop science, featured. 

Apr 11, 2013

Berger: No UNC campus consolidation this year

Berger: No UNC campus consolidation this year, WRAL-TV, April 10, 2013. The state Senate will not propose closing any of the 16 University of North Carolina system campuses, Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger said Wednesday. 

Apr 11, 2013

Scotty McCreery returns to ‘Idol’ to perform new single

Scotty McCreery returns to ‘Idol’ to perform new single, News & Observer, April 10, 2013. With his new single released to radio and iTunes this week, Scotty McCreery will return to the show that made him famous to perform the song Thursday night. McCreery is a freshman at NC State University during the week and is traveling and performing… 

Apr 11, 2013

Triangle jobless rate falls to lowest level in more than 4 years

Triangle jobless rate falls to lowest level in more than 4 years, Charlotte Observer, April 10, 2013. The Triangle’s job market saw a huge and unexpected drop in unemployment, and a corresponding surge in job growth, according to February data issued Wednesday. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Apr 11, 2013

Triangle jobless rate falls to lowest level in more than 4 years

Triangle jobless rate falls to lowest level in more than 4 years, Baltimore Sun, April 11, 2013. The Triangle’s job market saw a huge and unexpected drop in unemployment, and a corresponding surge in job growth, according to February data issued Wednesday. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Apr 11, 2013

John S. Risley

John S. Risley, News & Observer, April 10, 2013. John S. Risley, 71, passed away at home on April 5, 2013 after battling a rare and aggressive form of cancer for 6 months. In 1976 the family moved to Raleigh, NC to begin his career as a Physics Professor at NCSU where he taught and did…