Apr 15, 2013

They’re back! 17-year cicadas return to NC

They’re back! 17-year cicadas return to NC, Charlotte Observer, April 15, 2013. Cicada will invade portions of North Carolina and other states along the East Coast later this month when they emerge from their underground homes. Clyde Sorenson, entomology, featured. 

Apr 15, 2013

Researcher hopes to have an eye for healthful broccoli

Researcher hopes to have an eye for healthful broccoli, The Packer, April 12, 2013. NC State professor is leading an effort to develop broccoli varieties with enhanced levels of lutein, an antioxidant associated with lower risks of cataracts and age-related macular degeneration. Allan Brown, horticultural science, featured. 

Apr 12, 2013

Data Science: The Numbers of Our Lives

Data Science: The Numbers of Our Lives, The New York Times, April 11, 2013. HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW calls data science “the sexiest job in the 21st century.” North Carolina State University introduced a master’s in analytics in 2007. All 84 of last year’s graduates in the field had job offers. Michael Rappa, advanced analytics, featured. 

Apr 12, 2013

Report: NC must correct ‘deficiencies’ to capitalize on STEM-based jobs economy

Report: NC must correct ‘deficiencies’ to capitalize on STEM-based jobs economy, WRAL Tech Wire, April 11, 2013. The first “STEM Report Card” for North Carolina examines the state of science, technology, engineering and math education. The report, which was compiled by the N.C. Science, Mathematics and Technology Center as well as the NC STEM Learning Network, was unveiled Thursday… 

Apr 12, 2013

Philip Freelon to deliver N.C. State commencement address

Philip Freelon to deliver N.C. State commencement address, Triangle Business Journal, April 12. 2013. Philip Freelon, lead designer for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., will deliver the NC State University commencement address in May. Chancellor Randy Woodson featured. 

Apr 12, 2013

States competing to be testing site for drones

States competing to be testing site for drones, Florida Courier, April 11, 2013. Although the prospect of drones flying over U.S. cities is generating cries of spies in the skies, groups from California to Florida are fiercely competing to become one of six federally designated sites for testing. North Carolina has proposed testing in airspace over crops.… 

Apr 12, 2013

Take Five Triangle events to add to your daybook

Take Five Triangle events to add to your daybook, News & Observer, April 12, 2013. Step it up: A coalition of NCSU student groups will present The Pan Afrikan Comedy Show on Friday at Dorton Arena, followed by the Pan Afrikan Step Show on Saturday night – in which nine fraternities and sororities will battle it out… 

Apr 12, 2013

SITE Screening Room

SITE Screening Room, Journal of Interactive Learning Research, April 12, 2013. Video: The Collapsing Can: What causes the soda can to collapse? This video demonstrates the destruction of a soda can using teaspoon of boiling water. Lauren Jefferies and Daria Marley from NC State University demonstrate the collapse, and give a good explanation of why it happens. 

Apr 12, 2013

Durham architect to speak at NCSU commencement

Durham architect to speak at NCSU commencement, WRAL-TV, April 12, 2013. Architect Philip Freelon, lead designer for the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., will deliver the NC State University commencement address. Chancellor Randy Woodson featured. 

Apr 12, 2013

Lakeside learning

Lakeside learning, World Architecture News, April 12, 2013. When North Carolina State University was planning its new library they wanted a facility consistent with its brand – a place where new technologies rule and innovative thinking would lead to new discoveries. 

Apr 12, 2013

This New Library Of The Future Brings You Your Books Via Robot

This New Library Of The Future Brings You Your Books Via Robot, Co.Exist, April 12, 2013. The new James B. Hunt Library at NC State University shows what can happen when you marry a library with cutting edge technology and interesting design–plus an automated librarian. 

Apr 11, 2013

Extension unveils Mountain Heirloom Orchard

Extension unveils Mountain Heirloom Orchard, Avery Journal-Times, April 10, 2013. Avery County Cooperative Extension unveiled its Mountain Heirloom Orchard to the public through a tour and informational field day last Tuesday, April 2. Doug Hundley, Jerry Moody and Adam Keener, extenstion, and Steve McArtney, horticultural science, featured. 

Apr 11, 2013

Nature Play and Learning Areas Guidelines

Nature Play and Learning Areas Guidelines, American Society of Landscape Architects, April 10, 2013. Nature Play and Learning Areas Guidelines is a joint project conducted by the National Wildlife Federation, the Natural Learning Initiative, and North Carolina State University, with the support of national partners. The aim is to develop national design and management guidelines for nature areas in children’s… 

Apr 11, 2013

Forestry labeling war turns ugly as Greenpeace bungles logging industry attack

Forestry labeling war turns ugly as Greenpeace bungles logging industry attack, AEI.org, April 9, 2013. University-based researchers who have scrutinized the two forestry-labeling programs have found few meaningful differences. Frederick Cubbage and Joseph Cox, forestry and environmental resources academic research, featured. 

Apr 11, 2013

Intensification of winter transatlantic aviation turbulence in response to climate change

Intensification of winter transatlantic aviation turbulence in response to climate change, Nature, April 8, 2013. Using climate model simulations, researchers show that clear-air turbulence changes significantly within the transatlantic flight corridor when the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is doubled. See Table 1: Northern North Atlantic flight-level winter clear-air turbulence in a changing climate. Version…