Apr 5, 2013

Time Warner Cable submits bid for ultra-high-speed Internet project

Time Warner Cable submits bid for ultra-high-speed Internet project, Chicago Tribune, April 4, 2013. The NC Next Generation Network project, billed as the fastest lane yet on the information superhighway, is being established by Wake Forest University, along with Duke University, NC State University and UNC Chapel Hill as part of the GiG.U initiative, which involves 37 universities nationwide. 

Apr 5, 2013

Nesting Is Better Back Home

Nesting Is Better Back Home, New York Times, April 3, 2013. Even when she was living near Boston, teaching at Harvard and Brandeis, married to a Northerner and raising two small Yankees, Jill McCorkle never left the South — in her mind, at least. Jill McCorkle, English, featured. 

Apr 5, 2013

NC State dedicates $115.2M Hunt Library

NC State dedicates $115.2M Hunt Library, WRAL, April 3, 2013. North Carolina State University officially dedicated the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on Centennial Campus on Wednesday afternoon. Chancellor Randy Woodson featured. 

Apr 5, 2013

Our turtles thrill veterinary students from North Carolina

Our turtles thrill veterinary students from North Carolina, Royal Gazette, April 4, 2013. Bermuda has won high praise from a veterinary science professor who found the Island a perfect laboratory for studying semi-tropical ecology. Greg Lewbart, clinical sciences, featured.  

Apr 5, 2013

Could Elan fund the next wave of Triangle life sciences startups?

Could Elan fund the next wave of Triangle life sciences startups?, Triangle Business Journal, April 3, 2013. Listen up life sciences companies in the Triangle: Elan is looking for you — well, not you particularly but for deals, especially after it closed its multiple sclerosis drug sale to Biogen. Could that be a company spun out of North Carolina… 

Apr 4, 2013

NCSU dedicates Hunt library

NCSU dedicates Hunt library, Triangle Business Journal, April 4, 2013. The vast and visually impressive James B. Hunt Jr. Library on N.C. State University’s Centennial Campus was officially dedicated on Wednesday. Hunt served four terms as North Carolina’s governor and was instrumental in arranging for the land on which Centennial Campus sits to be deeded over… 

Apr 4, 2013

James B. Hunt Jr. Library | Cultural, Education | Architect Magazine

James B. Hunt Jr. Library | Cultural, Education | Architect Magazine, Architect Online, April 3, 2013. On April 3, 2013, North Carolina State University will officially dedicate the James B. Hunt Jr. Library, making it Snøhetta’s most recently completed project in North America. Snøhetta, the internationally acclaimed architecture and landscape design practice, worked closely with NCSU Libraries… 

Apr 4, 2013

Time Warner Cable submits bid for ultra-high-speed Internet project [Winston …

Time Warner Cable submits bid for ultra-high-speed Internet project [Winston …, Businessweek, April 4, 2013. The NC Next Generation Network project, billed as the fastest lane yet on the information superhighway, has attracted a major Internet provider to provide service. Wake Forest University, along with Duke University, NC State University and UNC Chapel Hill, are establishing the network as… 

Apr 4, 2013

Gainey named new Randolph schools super

Gainey named new Randolph schools super, High Point Enterprise, April 2, 2013. Stephen Gainey, the acting interim superintendent for Wake County Schools, will be the new leader of  Randolph County Schools on July 1. Gainey has a doctorate in education administration and supervision from NC State University, 2003. 

Apr 4, 2013

Tree-killing insects adapting to warmer cities

Tree-killing insects adapting to warmer cities, Mother Nature Network, April 1, 2013. A new study shows that scale insects are found in big numbers in populous regions because they have adapted to the heat of urban areas. Steve Frank and Emily Meineke, entomology, featured. 

Apr 4, 2013

Study Finds Heat Key Factor in Population Growth of Some Urban Pests

Study Finds Heat Key Factor in Population Growth of Some Urban Pests, Turf Magazine (blog), April 2, 2013. NC State research finds that higher temperatures found in urban environments are a key contributor to higher populations of insect pests called scale insects. Steve Frank and Emily Meineke, entomology, featured. 

Apr 4, 2013

Consumer spending holding up after rise in federal payroll tax

Consumer spending holding up after rise in federal payroll tax, News & Observer, March 30, 2013. The higher federal payroll tax could become a significant drag on the economy. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Apr 4, 2013

A warming world will further intensify extreme precipitation events

A warming world will further intensify extreme precipitation events, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Association (NOAA), April 3, 2013. According to a newly-published study, as the globe warms from rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, more moisture in a warmer atmosphere will make the most extreme precipitation events more intense. Kenneth Kunkel, marine earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Apr 4, 2013

NC State dedicates $115.2M Hunt Library

NC State dedicates $115.2M Hunt Library, WRAL, April 3, 2013. North Carolina State University officially dedicated the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on Centennial Campus on Wednesday afternoon. Chancellor Randy Woodson featured. 

Apr 4, 2013

Custom chair at NC State’s new library helps students learn, get comfortable

Custom chair at NC State’s new library helps students learn, get comfortable, News & Observer, April 3, 2013. In choosing furniture for the signature reading room of the new James B. Hunt Jr. Library, NC State University staff wanted to bridge the gap between tradition and technology. Chancellor Randy Woodson; Susan Nutter and Gwen Emery, libraries, featured.