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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.

May 13, 2013

FFA CEO To Receive Honorary Doctorate Of Agriculture From Purdue University

FFA CEO To Receive Honorary Doctorate Of Agriculture From Purdue University, Tri-State Neighbor, May 10, 2013. The chief executive officer of the National FFA Organization is one of 10 Purdue University graduates who will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Agriculture degree during the university’s May commencement ceremonies in West Lafayette. He then joined the faculty at… 

May 13, 2013

NC State Grads Respect Tradition, Plan For Diverse Future

NC State Grads Respect Tradition, Plan For Diverse Future, News & Observer, May 11, 2013. Students from a wide array of backgrounds united at PNC Arena Saturday to receive their degrees from NC State University and to celebrate that achievement with some 7,000 family members and friends. 

May 13, 2013

New Mechanism Converts Natural Gas To Energy Faster, Captures CO2

New Mechanism Converts Natural Gas to Energy Faster, Captures CO2, EnvironmentalResearchWeb.org, May 13, 2013. Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Fanxing Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

May 13, 2013

Dr. Charles Prather Named a Worldwide Who’s Who Executive…

Dr. Charles Prather Named a Worldwide Who’s Who Executive…, 24-7PressRelease.com, May 13, 2013. Dr. Charles Prather, President of Bottom Line Innovation Associates, Inc., has been named a Worldwide Who’s Who Executive of the Year in Business Innovation. Having earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry from North Carolina State University, he possesses a technical problem-solving ability that is… 

May 13, 2013

What is Wrong With Dissections

What is Wrong With Dissections, Scientific American, May 12, 2013. It would take a major scientific revolution for anatomists to begin to actually observe and learn from dissections. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

May 13, 2013

Researchers To Deploy Submersible

Researchers To Deploy Submersible, Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) News, May 13, 2013. NC State’s submersible to work with University of Georgia to record the workings of warm eddies in the Gulf Stream. 

May 13, 2013

North Carolina State University Video: Is This What College Was Like In The ’80s

North Carolina State University Video: Is This What College Was Like In the ’80s, Huffington Post, May 10, 2010. Retro video documents what life was like at North Carolina State University during a totally tubular decade. According to the video’s YouTube description, it was made by a former student at the college. 

May 13, 2013

Injectable nanoscale-particles network to control blood sugar

Injectable nanoscale-particles network to control blood sugar, DigitalJournal.com, May 11, 2013. In a promising development for diabetes treatment, researchers have developed a network of nanoscale particles that can maintain normal blood sugar levels for more than a week. Zhen Gu, biomedical engineering, featured. 

May 10, 2013

Study Finds Ubiquitous Engineered Nanomaterials Cause Lung Inflammation Read more: Study Finds Ubiquitous Engineered Nanomaterials Cause Lung Inflammation | Medindia http://www.medindia.net/news/study-finds-ubiquitous-engineered-nanomaterials-cause-lung-inflammation-118673-1.htm#ixzz2Stz1Gb8i

Study Finds Ubiquitous Engineered Nanomaterials Cause Lung Inflammation, MedIndia, May 10, 2013. A consortium of scientists from across the country has found that breathing ultrafine particles from a large family of materials that increasingly are found in a host of household and commercial products can cause lung inflammation and damage. 

May 10, 2013

Midlands People & Achievements: Tara Jerdan

Midlands People & Achievements: Tara Jerdan, The State, May 10, 2013. Tara Jerdan has joined 1×1 Design in Columbia. Jerdan earned her bachelor of environmental design in architecture from North Carolina State University in 2007 and her master of architecture from Clemson University in 2009. 

May 10, 2013

Transworld Business Advisors Launches New Location in Durham

Transworld Business Advisors Launches New Location in Durham, PR.com, May 9, 2013. Transworld Business Advisors announces a new location in Durham, under the ownership of local resident Ray Canoy. Canoy has a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Economics from North Carolina State University. 

May 10, 2013

‘Smart’ nanoparticles may replace injections for diabetes treatment

‘Smart’ nanoparticles may replace injections for diabetes treatment, GMA News, May 9, 2013. Due to promising new treatment for diabetes, diabetics may be able to reduce insulin injections to just once per week, and instead if insulin being fired into the bloodstream, nanoparticles may take its place. Zhen Gu, biomedical engineering, featured. 

May 10, 2013

Blackwelder column: Get rid of standing water to cut down on mosquitoes

Blackwelder column: Get rid of standing water to cut down on mosquitoes, Salisbury Post, May 10, 2013. According to NC State entomologist, warmer temperatures and heavy rains will lead to increased mosquito activity over the next week. Mike Waldvogal, entomology. 

May 10, 2013

Lung Inflammation Caused By Ubiquitous Engineered Nanomaterials

Lung Inflammation Caused By Ubiquitous Engineered Nanomaterials, mediLexicon, May 9, 2013. A consortium of scientists from across the country has found that breathing ultrafine particles from a large family of materials that increasingly are found in a host of household and commercial products can cause lung inflammation and damage. James C. Bonner and Alexia J. Taylor,… 

May 10, 2013

Lung Inflammation Caused By Ubiquitous Engineered Nanomaterials

Lung Inflammation Caused By Ubiquitous Engineered Nanomaterials, Medical News Today, May 9, 2013. A consortium of scientists from across the country has found that breathing ultrafine particles from a large family of materials can cause lung inflammation and damage. James C. Bonner and Alexia J. Taylor, toxicology, featured.