Feb 18, 2013

NC State history weekend features Civil War expert

NC State history weekend features Civil War expert, Gainesville Sun, Feb. 16, 2013. Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Civil War historian James McPherson is delivering a lecture as part of the history weekend at North Carolina State University. 

Feb 18, 2013

Local students named to N.C. State Dean’s List

Local students named to N.C. State Dean’s List, Fuquay-Varina Independent, Holly Springs Sun, Feb. 17, 2013. North Carolina State University Chancellor Randy Woodson announced that 7,705 undergraduate students earned Dean’s List honors during the fall 2012 semester. 

Feb 18, 2013

Roach grooming could spur new pest controls, study finds

Roach grooming could spur new pest controls, study finds,  Sioux City Journal, Feb. 17, 2013. Cockroaches spend most of their time grooming, and some North Carolina State University researchers think the insect’s meticulous nature could one day lead to its demise. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

Feb 18, 2013

Walden: You decide: What are today’s best investment rules?

Walden: You decide: What are today’s best investment rules?, The Herald-Sun, Feb. 17, 2013.  Top five traditional investment rules that still apply to today’s turbulent times. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Feb 18, 2013

CAREER BRIEFS

CAREER BRIEFS, Herald-Sun, Feb. 17, 2013. J.R. Shearin has taken the role of chairman of the board for the United Way of the Greater Triangle. He also serves on a number of advisory boards, including Alliance Medical Ministry, Capital City Club, Daniel Center for Math and Science, N.C. State University College of Management. 

Feb 18, 2013

Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less!

Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less!, Sampson Independent, Feb, 17, 2013. Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less  weight -management program offers participants a healthier lifestyle. The 15 week program was developed by professionals from NC State University, NC Cooperative Extension, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine and the NC Division of Public Health. 

Feb 18, 2013

Studies of K-9 cancers may lead to medical breakthroughs for health care of humans

Studied of K-9 cancers may lead to medical breakthroughs for health care of humans, Louisville Courier, Feb. 18, 2013.  Researchers are increasingly discovering that cancer and other diseases are caused by the same genetic mutations in pooches and people. Matthew Breen, molecular biomedical sciences, featured. 

Feb 15, 2013

How a Single Machine Can Change Research and Development

How a Single Machine Can Change Research and Development, Asian Correspondent, Feb. 14, 2013. The arrival of a uniquely-configured aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope (AC-STEM) on NC State’s campus is expected to boost research across North Carolina’s Research Triangle – and help keep the region relevant in research and development  for years to come. Beth Dickey, materials science and engineering,… 

Feb 15, 2013

Va Tech to do Air Force supercomputing

Va Tech to do Air Force supercomputing, Dayton Daily News, Associated Press, Feb. 15, 2013. Virginia Tech is using a multi-million dollar contract award to accelerate research using supercomputers and a team of researchers fromVirginia Tech and North Carolina State University will lead the effort. 

Feb 15, 2013

Va Tech to do Air Force supercomputing

Va Tech to do Air Force supercomputing, WTTG-TV, Feb. 15, 2013. Virginia Tech is using a multi-million dollar contract award to accelerate research using supercomputers and will rely on a team of researchers from Virginia Tech and North Carolina State University to move the effort forward. 

Feb 15, 2013

WebAssign Teams with AAPT To Stage PhysicsBowl

WebAssign Teams with AAPT To Stage PhysicsBowl, EdNET Insight, Feb. 15, 2013. 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). Launched in 1997 as a project of the physics department at NC State University, WebAssign began partnering with the AAPT… 

Feb 15, 2013

N.C. State farming researchers get $3.9 million grant

N.C. State farming researchers get $3.9 million grant, NewsOK.com (Oklahoman), Feb. 14, 2013. Farming researchers at NC State University received 3.9 million grant to build and evaluate supply chains for local farmers and fishers to service large-scale markets in North Carolina. 

Feb 15, 2013

“Fracking”-related Raleigh startup bags $800K in funding

“Fracking”-related Raleigh startup bags $800K in funding, Triangle Business Journal, Feb. 14, 2013. Tethis is commercializing a NC State University technology that removes salt and other materials from wastewater, the by-product of industrial processes- particularly hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” 

Feb 15, 2013

North Carolina-based scientific research ship retires

North Carolina-based scientific research ship retires, Charlotte Observer, Feb. 15, 2013. Marine scientists from across the state and beyond will gather Friday in Beaufort to say goodbye to a research ship that has called North Carolina home for all of its 31 years. Dave DeMaster, marine earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Feb 15, 2013

What’s Right with Our Schools: Cummings High School and NCSU students …

What’s Right with Our Schools: Cummings High School and NCSU students …, My Fox 8, Feb. 14, 2013. With help from NC State engineering students, Cummings High School students in Burlington are experimenting with what could become the energy of our future.