Feb 14, 2013

Unraveling the confounding world of compounding

Unraveling the confounding world of compounding, JAVMA: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Feb. 13, 2013. A veterinarian can guarantee that a compounded medication is bioavailable only by monitoring blood concentrations of the active ingredient. Gigi Davidson, veterinary medicine, featured. 

Feb 14, 2013

Let’s Find Out What Science Outreach Can Accomplish

Let’s Find Out What Science Outreach Can Accomplish, Nature Newsblog, Feb. 13, 2013. Interactions with scientists at the ScienceOnline conference on the campus of NC State University revealed virtually no incentives for scientists to reach out to anyone outside the science community and the lack of clearly defined outcomes and benefits associated with science outreach. Matt Shipment, news… 

Feb 13, 2013

NC Solar Center gets $500K grant for alternative-fuel study

NC Solar Center gets $500K grant for alternative-fuel study, Charlotte Business Journal (blog), Feb. 11, 2013. The N.C. Solar Center is getting a $500,000 federal grant to study ways to add more alternative-fuel stations in North Carolina. 

Feb 13, 2013

SECU: Bring your innovative ideas, there’s $200K waiting for you

SECU: Bring your innovative ideas, there’s $200K waiting for you, Triangle Business Journal (blog), Feb. 13, 2013. At NC State’s Emerging Issues Forum,  high school and college students were challenged to pitch innovative ideas to better their communities. Anita Brown-Graham, Institute for Emerging Issues, featured. 

Feb 13, 2013

NC State students to help Northgreen

NC State students to help Northgreen, Rocky Mount Telegram, Feb. 13, 2013. NC State University has chosen Northgreen Country Club as a classroom case study for students this semester who are trying to make a career in the golf industry. Pete Armstrong, parks recreation and tourism management, featured. 

Feb 13, 2013

Major Risks for 2013 Identified by Executives and Board Members in …

Major Risks for 2013 Identified by Executives and Board Members in …, Sacramento Bee, Daily Markets et al, Feb. 12, 2013.  A recent survey from the consulting firm Protiviti and NC State’s Poole College of Management identified regulatory environment and economic climate as top concerns for corporate leaders. 

Feb 13, 2013

Credit union to fund innovation competition at NC State

Credit union to fund innovation competition at NC State, WRAL.com, Feb. 12, 2013. The State Employees Credit Union Foundation gave its first of four $200,000 annual gifts Tuesday to NC State’s Institute of Emerging Issues to fund the 2014 Prize for Innovation. 

Feb 13, 2013

Major Risks for 2013 Identified by Executives and Board Members in Survey From North Carolina State University ERM Initiative and Protiviti

Major Risks for 2013 Identified by Executives and Board Members in Survey From North Carolina State University ERM Initiative and Protiviti, State Journal, Feb. 12, 2013. Survey identifies regulatory environment and economic climate as top concerns among corporate leaders. Mark Beasley, accounting, featured. 

Feb 13, 2013

WebAssign Continues to Sponsor PhysicsBowl

WebAssign Continues to Sponsor PhysicsBowl, WDAM-TV, KPLC-TV, WVNS-TV  et al,  Feb. 12, 2013. For the fifth consecutive year,WebAssign will serve as a sponsor of the PhysicsBowl, an annual competition for high school students and schools administered by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). John Risley, physics, featured. 

Feb 13, 2013

Major Risks for 2013 Identified by Executives and Board Members in Survey From North Carolina State University ERM Initiative and Protiviti

Major Risks for 2013 Identified by Executives and Board Members in Survey From North Carolina State University ERM Initiative and Protiviti, Yahoo! Finance, Feb. 13, 2013. Recent survey from the consulting firm Protiviti and NC State’s Poole College of Management identifies regulatory environment and economic climate as major concerns for corporate leaders. Mark Beasley, accounting, featured. 

Feb 13, 2013

The Day s Best | 02.12.13 | Living Photos

The Day s Best  02.12.13  Living Photos, News & Observer, Feb. 13, 2013. A horse walks alone on a field at NC State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine Tuesday, February 12, 2013. It is one of 25 horses belonging to the college’s teaching animal unit, which provides a real farm setting for the training of veterinary students. 

Feb 13, 2013

Stinging needle ants overtaking invasive Argentines in U.S.

Stinging needle ants overtaking invasive Argentines in U.S., NBC News, Feb. 11, 2013. Asian needle ants is spreading with a vengeance across the United States and may prove more devastating to people and the environment than the well-established aggressive Argentine ant. Eleanor Spicer-Rice, entomology, featured. 

Feb 12, 2013

Seeing is Believing for Growers at Bayer CropScience Respect the Rotation Events

Seeing is Believing for Growers at Bayer CropScience Respect the Rotation Events, Cincinnati Enquirer, Feb. 11, 2013. Thousands of growers, agricultural retailers and consultants throughout the Midwest and Southeast got a firsthand look at the impact that herbicide-resistant weeds can have on their farming operations and, potentially, to their bottom line, thanks to eight Respect the Rotation(TM) field… 

Feb 12, 2013

Study aimed at helping North Carolina farmers supply large-scale produce markets

Study aimed at helping North Carolina farmers supply large-scale produce markets, Southeast Farm Press, Feb. 11, 2013. Study aimed at helping North Carolina farmers supply large-scale produce markets. Nancy Creamer, horticultural science, featured. 

Feb 12, 2013

BitTorrent Courts the Entertainment Industry

BitTorrent Courts the Entertainment Industry, U.S. News & World Report, Feb. 11, 2013. In May 2012, many felt vindicated when an NC State University economist  released a study indicating that rampant BitTorrent piracy can boost music sales. Robert Hammond, economics, featured.