Mar 26, 2013

Additional research must be done to ensure safety of pit latrines, new study says

Additional research must be done to ensure safety of pit latrines, new study says, MedicalXpress.com, March 22, 2013. News study estimates the number of people worldwide that rely on pit latrines and identifies some key knowledge gaps that could be addressed to keep the drinking water safe and protect the public. Matthew Polizzotto, soil science, featured. 

Mar 26, 2013

CAST Paper Examines Connections Between Food, Fuel, Nutrients

CAST Paper Examines Connections Between Food, Fuel, Nutrients, Wisconsin Ag Connection, March 21, 2013. New report from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) examins the processes shaping the current nutrient situation and the resulting requirements as world food production evolves during the next 40 years. John L. Havlin, soil science, featured. 

Mar 26, 2013

McCrory stresses reserves in budget

McCrory stresses reserves in budget, Robesonian, March 21, 2013. Gov. Pat McCrory unveiled his first two-year budget proposal for state government. McCrory recommends increasing out-of-state tuition by 12.3 percent at places like UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State University and four other campuses, and by 6 percent elsewhere. 

Mar 26, 2013

Global Association Of Risk Professionals Announces New Academic Partnerships With Six Universities

Global Association Of Risk Professionals Announces New Academic Partnerships With Six Universities, KFMB-AM (760 AM Talk Radio), March 21, 2013. New institutions to the Partnership for Risk Education are: Dublin City University (Ireland), University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL, Portugal), North Carolina State University (US), Pace University’s Lubin School of Business (US), Reims Management School (France), and the University of Colorado, Denver (US). 

Mar 26, 2013

NC author speaks at USC media, civil rights event

NC author speaks at USC media, civil rights event, WHNS-TV Fox Carolina, March 21, 2013. NC State history scholar is the keynote speaker at a symposium in Columbia on the media and civil rights history. Katherine Mellen Charron, history, featured.   

Mar 26, 2013

NC author speaks at USC media, civil rights event

NC author speaks at USC media, civil rights event, Daily Advance, March 21, 2013. NC State history scholar  is the keynote speaker at a symposium in Columbia on the media and civil rights history. Katherine Mellen Charron, history, featured. 

Mar 26, 2013

N.C. State economist says economic outlook is bright

N.C. State economist says economic outlook is bright, Daily Press, March 25, 2013. NC State economist says, based on leading indicators, the nation and state are in for an improved economy. Mike Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Mar 26, 2013

Superweeds a growing nightmare for agriculture

Superweeds a growing nightmare for agriculture, Western Farm Press, March 25, 2013. Farmers are facing or trying to avoid the nightmare of herbicide resistant weeds and grasses that threaten to upset management practices and alter enterprise choices, chemical selection and tillage systems. Alan York, crop science, featured. 

Mar 26, 2013

Textile Exchange Creates FASTfacts Tool to Streamline Sustainability Information5

Textile Exchange Creates FASTfacts Tool to Streamline Sustainability Information, WRCB-TV, March 21, 2013. Textile Exchange will introduce the tool in a free webinar hosted by Ben Mead, a new Textile Sustainability Specialist for the non-profit organization. Mead has a BS in Textile Chemistry from North Carolina State University. 

Mar 26, 2013

Outdoor Education Helps Minority Students Close Gap In …

Outdoor Education Helps Minority Students Close Gap In …, RedOrbit, March 25, 2013. Environmental education programs that took middle school students outdoors to learn helped minority students close a gap in environmental literacy, according to research from North Carolina State University. Kathryn Stevenson and Nils Peterson, fisheries & wildlife, featured. 

Mar 26, 2013

Study: Seniors who play video games age better

Study: Seniors who play video games age better, KVUE, March 25, 2013. A new study from North Carolina State University shows senior citizens who play video games are mentally healthier and age better. 

Mar 26, 2013

New, local reporter joins Tribune

New, local reporter joins Tribune, Elkin Jonesville Tribune, March 26, 2013. Taylor Pardue is the Tribune’s newest reporter. Following his graduation from Starmount in 2008 he attended North Carolina State University, where he completed his undergraduate degree in Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology. 

Mar 25, 2013

NC State nutritionist pushes, gently, for students to eat healthy

NC State nutritionist pushes, gently, for students to eat healthy, News & Observer, March 23, 2013. A tour of Fountain Dining Hall reveals a surprising array of tactics aimed at getting NC State University students to eat better. Lisa Eberhart, dining and catering operations, and Randy Lait, campus enterprises, featured. 

Mar 25, 2013

More people ‘have phones than toilets’

More people ‘have phones than toilets‘, Daily Nation, March 25, 2013. More people around the world have access to mobile phones than toilets, a United Nations study says. Matthew Polizzotto, soil science, featured. 

Mar 25, 2013

Startup Madness tips off at N.C. State

Startup Madness tips off at N.C. State, Triangle Business Journal (blog), March 22, 2013. March Madness isn’t the only thing ACC schools can get excited about. Startup Madness, a collegiate entrepreneurship competition, starts March 26 and 27 at the new James B. Hunt Jr. Library at NC State University – and it has nothing to do with basketball.