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NC State news is shared far and wide. Below are just some of our recent appearances in local, regional, national and international media publications.

Oct 1, 2012

Are we better off today?

Are we better off today?, Smithfield Herald, Sept. 30, 2012. The question “Are you better-off today?” has become a major debating point in the current political campaigns. Mike Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Oct 1, 2012

Scientist Mary Watzin on algae season: ‘a tough summer’

Scientist Mary Watzin on algae season: ‘a tough summer’, Burlington Free Press, Sept. 30, 2012. Dean of the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources will be leaving to assume a position as dean of the College of Natural Resources at NC State University. Mary Watzin, natural resources, featured. 

Oct 1, 2012

Angelou health summit announces online platform to help women

Angelou health summit announces online platform to help women, Winston-Salem Journal, Sept. 30, 2012. The Maya Angelou International Women’s Health Summit introduced a new online platform for people all over the world to share and develop ideas for improving women’s health and wellness. Fay Cobb Payton, business management, featured. 

Oct 1, 2012

Life that Lives On Uranium

Life that Lives On Uranium, Astrobiology Magazine,  Sept. 30, 2012. A new study is providing insights into how living organisms use different mechanisms to adapt to their surroundings. Robert Kelly, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

Oct 1, 2012

Fish that has Hooks on Genitalia

Fish that has Hooks on Genitalia, FRENCHTRIBUNE.COM, Jezebel , Sept. 29, 2012. According to research published in the Journal of Fish Biology, NC State researchers have discovered a male freshwater fish that has genitalia with four hooks. Brian Langerhans, biology, featured. 

Oct 1, 2012

CDC Reports 48 States with West Nile Virus

CDC Reports 48 States with West Nile Virus, Fort Bragg Patch, Insect Shield, Sept. 29, 2012. According to the CDC, as of September 25, 2012, 48 states have reported West Nile virus infections in people, birds, or mosquitoes. Charles Apperson, entomology, featured. 

Oct 1, 2012

Mike Walden: What divides our economic view

Mike Walden: What divides our economic view, Free Press – Online, Sept. 29, 2012.  Many pundits say proposals and answers to these economic questions will be the determinant of how many of us vote. Mike Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Oct 1, 2012

University Researchers Discover Cure for FarmVille Bots

University Researchers Discover Cure for FarmVille Bots, io9, Kotaku et al, Sept. 30, 2012. NC State researchers have developed the means of more accurately detecting bot accounts, so the social game’s developers can shut them down. David Roberts, computer science, featured. 

Sep 27, 2012

Cyborg cockroach video might usher in new wave of micro-robotics

Cyborg cockroach video might usher in new wave of micro-robotics, Ubergizmo, Sept. 26, 2012. It was more than a fortnight ago when we first laid our eyes on the cyborg cockroach that hailed from NC State University. Alper Bozkurt, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

Sep 27, 2012

News of the Weird

News of the Weird, Artvoice, Sept. 27, 2012. At a conference in August, researchers from North Carolina State University demonstrated their latest technological advance in aiding “first responders” to peacetime and wartime disasters: cockroaches. 

Sep 27, 2012

New Center for Excellence issue brief: The Business Case For Wellness Programs In Public Employee Health Plans

New Center for Excellence issue brief: The Business Case For Wellness Programs in Public Employee Health Plans, Red Orbit, Sept. 27, 2012. A new issue brief, The Business Case for Wellness Programs in Public Employee Health Plans, examines the growth of wellness plans and documents the health and financial benefits they have produced. Robert L. Clark… 

Sep 27, 2012

US college dean discusses ‘new world of textiles’

US college dean discusses ‘new world of textiles‘, The China Post, Sept. 27, 2012. We use the tagline ‘new world of textiles’ in my college to remind people that (the textile industry) is not just T-shirts and socks. A. Blanton Godfrey, textiles, featured. 

Sep 27, 2012

NCSU’s Jason Tung awarded TAPPI’s NET Division Scholarship

NCSU’s Jason Tung awarded TAPPI’s NET Division Scholarship, Specialty Fabrics Review,  Sept. 27, 2012. TAPPI’s Nonwoven Engineering & Technologists (NET) Division Scholarship, sponsored by Momentive, has been awarded to NC State student Yik Shing (Jason) Tung. 

Sep 27, 2012

Heafner, three-time NCSU golf All-America, dies at 58

Heafner, three-time NCSU golf All-American, dies at 58, News & Observer, Sept. 27, 2012. Vance Heafner, who played on the PGA Tour and later was director of golf at Cary’s Prestonwood Country Club, has died. He was 58. Heafner was a three-time All-American at NC State before beginning his professional career in 1978. “He helped us with… 

Sep 27, 2012

Close to 300 companies expected at NCSU engineering job fair

Close to 300 companies expected at NCSU engineering job fair, News & Observer, Sept. 27, 2012. The career fair at NCSU’s College of Engineering typically draws thousands of hopeful applicants and this year is not expected to be any different.