Jan 10, 2013

Feds say wind farms could work off Cape Fear coast

Feds say wind farms could work off Cape Fear coast, Wilmington Star-News, Jan. 10, 2013.  Parcels of water off the North Carolina coast could be leased for offshore wind farming as early as 2014. Jen Banks, engineering, featured. 

Jan 10, 2013

Farm Bill Critics Claim Partial Victory Despite Stalemate

Farm Bill Critics Claim Partial Victory Despite Stalemate, Minnesota Public Radio, Jan. 9, 2013. The economic case against subsidies is pretty straightforward: Taking money from taxpayers to make life more secure for farmers is wasteful and inefficient. Barry Goodwin, economics, featured. 

Jan 9, 2013

Winston-Salem MSA shows no job growth for year

Winston-Salem MSA shows no job growth for year, Chicago Tribune, Jan. 4, 2013. The Winston-Salem metropolitan statistical area is all alone in a statewide economic category that carries significant symbolic and emotional weight. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Jan 9, 2013

Winston-Salem MSA shows no job growth for year

Winston-Salem MSA shows no job growth for year, Baltimore Sun, Jan. 4, 2013. The Winston-Salem metropolitan statistical area is all alone in a statewide economic category that carries significant symbolic and emotional weight. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Jan 9, 2013

Gen. Hugh Shelton the subject of four-part ‘Biographical Conversations’ series

Gen. Hugh Shelton the subject of four-part ‘Biographical Conversation’ series, News & Observer, Jan. 4, 2013. Shannon Vickery interviews General Hugh Shelton. Vickery talks to Shelton about his life growing up on a family farm, his time at NC State University, his distinguished military career and his marriage to Carolyn Johnson Shelton. 

Jan 9, 2013

Farm Bill Critics Claim Partial Victory Despite Stalemate

Farm Bill Critics Claim Partial Victory Despite Stalemate, Capital Public Radio, NPR, Jan. 9, 2013. The economic case against subsidies is pretty straightforward: Taking money from taxpayers to make life more secure for farmers is wasteful and inefficient. Barry Goodwin, economics, featured. 

Jan 9, 2013

Partial Victory Claimed Even As Farm Bill Reform Fails Again

Partial Victory Claimed Even As Farm Bill Reform Fails Again, Wyoming Public Radio, Jan. 9, 2013. The economic case against subsidies is pretty straightforward: Taking money from taxpayers to make life more secure for farmers is wasteful and inefficient. Barry Goodwin, economics, featured. 

Jan 9, 2013

New path to more efficient organic solar cells uncovered at Berkeley Lab’s advanced light source

New path to more efficient organic solar cells uncovered at Berkeley Lab’s advanced light source, Innovations Report, Jan. 8, 2013. To compete with energy from fossil fuels, photovoltaic devices must convert sunlight to electricity with a certain measure of efficiency. Harald Ade, physics, featured. 

Jan 9, 2013

Encore Lifelong Learning courses offer enrichment to adults

Encore Lifelong Learning courses offer enrichment to adults, Garner News, Jan. 8, 2013. Wake County Public Libraries, in collaboration with the NCSU Encore program, will offer free information sessions in January about enrichment activities and classes for adult residents over age 50. 

Jan 9, 2013

EDITORIAL: 13 challenges that confront McCrory

EDITORIAL: 13 challenges that confront McCrory, South Bend Tribune, Jan. 8, 2013.  NC State University economist cautioned against expecting too much too soon because no governor or legislature can turn an economy around on a dime. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Jan 9, 2013

A New Path to More Efficient Organic Solar Cells

A New Path to More Efficient Organic Solar Cells, Product Design & Development, Jan. 8, 2013. An international team of scientists found that for highly efficient polymer/organic photovoltaic cells, size matters. Harald Ade, a physics, featured. 

Jan 9, 2013

New path to more efficient organic solar cells uncovered at Berkeley Lab’s advanced light source

New path to more efficient organic solar cells uncovered at Berkeley Lab’s advanced light source, Solar Daily, Photonics.com, Jan. 9, 2013. An international team of scientists found that for highly efficient polymer/organic photovoltaic cells, size matters. Harald Ade, physics, featured. 

Jan 9, 2013

Grand Opening: Everblue’s Green Training Facility

Grand Opening: Everblue’s Green Training Facility, Securities Technology Monitor, Jan. 8, 2013. The North Carolina State University EcoCAR 2 team will showcase its real-world Vehicle Demonstration Process (VDP), which serves as a roadmap for the engineering process of designing, building, and refining advanced technology vehicles. 

Jan 9, 2013

Partial Victory Claimed Even As Farm Bill Reform Fails Again

Partial Victory Claimed Even As Farm Bill Reform Fails Again, WKAR-FM, WNYC – Online et al, Jan. 9, 2013. The economic case against subsidies is pretty straightforward: Taking money from taxpayers to make life more secure for farmers is wasteful and inefficient. Barry Goodwin, economics, featured. 

Jan 9, 2013

‘NASA Johnson Style’ Most Watched Video On ‘Reel NASA’ Channel

‘NASA Johnson Style’ Most Watched Video On ‘Reel NASA’ Channel, WTRF-TV, KPHO-TV – Online et al, Jan. 9, 2013. “NASA Johnson Style,” a video created by students in the Pathways Intern Employment Program at Johnson Space Center in Houston, is the most watched clip on the agency’s “Reel NASA” YouTube channel. NC State student Eric Sim, featured.