Jan 22, 2013

NCSU encourages healthier lifestyles for students

NCSU encourages healthier lifestyles for students, WTOV-TV, WJAC, WLOS-TV et al, Jan. 22, 2013. NC State University is starting a new program to ease students into healthier lifestyles. Lisa Eberhart, dining and catering operations, featured. 

Jan 22, 2013

NC State nutritionists hope to change bad habits one step at a time

NC State nutritionists hope to change bad habits one step at at time, News & Observer, Greenville Daily Reflector, Jan. 22, 2013. Eating right, exercising and getting plenty of sleep aren’t high on the to-do list for most college students. Lisa Eberhart, dining and catering operations, 

Jan 22, 2013

NCSU encourages healthier lifestyles for students

NCSU encourages healthier lifestyles for students, MyrtleBeachOnline.com, Jan. 22, 2013. NC State is starting a new program to ease students into healthier lifestyles. Lisa Eberhart, dining and catering operations , featured. 

Jan 18, 2013

Apprenticeships a Little-Traveled Path to Jobs

Apprenticeships a Little-Traveled Path to Jobs, U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 13, 2013. Apprenticeships can mean high-paying jobs without degrees, but boosting the system may not work in the U.S. Lambert points to his dad, a maintenance supervisor at NC State University and a former apprentice himself. 

Jan 18, 2013

GOP leaders suggest abolishing N.C. income tax

GOP leaders suggest abolishing N.C. income tax, News & Observer, Jan. 17, 2013. Republican lawmakers outlined a proposal Wednesday to revamp the state’s tax system, offering a slew of reforms that would radically shift the tax burden in North Carolina. Roby Sawyers, accounting, featured. 

Jan 18, 2013

Fortified by Global Warming, Deadly Fungus Poisons Corn Crops, Causes Cancer

Fortified by Global Warming, Deadly Fungus Poisons Corn Crops, Causes Cancer, Scientific American, Jan. 15, 2013. A carcinogenic mold, its growth exacerbated by the warming climate, reached record highs in 2012. Ronnie Heiniger, crop science, featured. 

Jan 18, 2013

Trials planned for pain-free, low-cost vaccine delivery

Trials planned for pain-free, low-cost vaccine delivery, SciDevNet, Jan. 14, 2013. A novel vaccine delivery device that needs neither refrigeration nor trained practitioners and would cost less than vaccine injections, has been tested in Papua New Guinea, and clinical trials could start next year. Roger Narayan, biomedical engineering, featured. 

Jan 18, 2013

NCSU’s distance ed ‘busting at the seams’

NCSU’s distance ed ‘busting at the seams’, Triangle Business Journal, Jan. 18, 2013. Changes in NC State’s distance education fee structure brings  dramatic increase in enrollment. Tom Miller, distance education, featured. 

Jan 17, 2013

Trait that leads to happiness

Trait that leads to happiness, MSN, Jan. 16, 2013. Science has found the key to happiness–and it’s not a big, fat paycheck. Employers see better performance from employees when they treat team members with honesty and respect, finds research from North Carolina State University. 

Jan 17, 2013

GOP leaders suggest abolishing N.C. income tax

GOP leaders suggest abolishing N.C. income tax, News & Observer, Jan. 16, 2013. Lawmakers outlined a proposal to revamp the state’s tax system, offering a slew of reforms that would radically shift the tax burden in North Carolina. Roby Sawyers, accounting, featured. 

Jan 17, 2013

Feed energy biggest cost

Feed energy biggest cost, Southeast Farm Press, Jan. 16, 2013. Despite efforts by dedicated university researchers and other industry leaders, the trend line for corn production in the region has gone down over the past 20 years. Ronnie Heiniger, crop science, featured. 

Jan 17, 2013

GOP leaders suggest abolishing N.C. income tax

GOP leaders suggest abolishing N.C. income tax, Charlotte Observer, Jan. 17, 2013. Proposal to revamp the state’s tax system offers a slew of reforms that would radically shift the tax burden in North Carolina. Roby Sawyers, accounting, featured. 

Jan 17, 2013

Pair of cold-stunned turtles returned to ocean

Pair of cold-stunned turtles returned to ocean, Wilmington Star-News, Jan. 16, 2013. The N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher recently released two previously cold-stunned sea turtles into warmer and deeper Atlantic waters. The turtles were cared for by the aquarium’s staff and periodically checked by veterinarians from N.C. State University. 

Jan 17, 2013

Neuron Creation In Brain Disrupted By Lack Of Protein Sp2

Neuron Creation In Brain Disrupted By Lack of Protein Sp2, mediLexicon, Jan. 17, 2013. According to NC State researchers, a protein known as Sp2 is key to the proper creation of neurons from stem cells. Troy Ghashghaei and Jon Horowitz, molecular biomedical sciences, featured. 

Jan 17, 2013

Hope For New Drug Delivery Systems Following Creation Of Flexible, Nanoscale ‘Bed Of Nails’

Hope For New Drug Delivery Systems Following Creation Of Flexible, Nanoscale ‘Bed of Nails’, Medical News Today, Jan. 17, 2013. NC State University researchers have come up with a technique to embed needle-like carbon nanofibers in an elastic membrane, creating a flexible “bed of nails” on the nanoscale that opens the door to development of new drug-delivery systems. Anatoli…