Potential of best practice to reduce impacts from oil and gas projects in the Amazon

May 3, 2013

Potential of best practice to reduce impacts from oil and gas projects in the Amazon

Potential of best practice to reduce impacts from oil and gas projects in the Amazon, Energy Daily, May 3, 2013. A new best practice framework that combines technical engineering criteria with ecological and social concerns could reduce the negative environmental impacts of hydrocarbon exploration and production. Clinton Jenkins, biology, featured.

May 3, 2013

Brain Teaser Games May Slow Aging Mind

Brain Teaser Games May Slow Aging Mind, Huffington Post, May 2, 2013. Challenging yourself with a brain-teasing game for just two hours a week may help slow the degree of mental decay associated with the natural aging process. Jason Allaire, psychology, featured.

May 2, 2013

Lincoln funeral train mystery solved

Lincoln funeral train mystery solved, USA Today, May 1, 2013. With the 150th anniversary of the president’s death approaching in 2015, a historical group planned to create a replica of the funeral train that carried President Abraham Lincoln’s body back to his hometown in Springfield, Ill., after the 1865 assassination. William C. Harris, history, featured.

May 2, 2013

Ancestor of humming bird and swift

Ancestor of humming bird and swift, Earth Times, May 2, 2013. The Green River Formation of Wyoming recently disclosed a tiny new bird fossil that’s really inspiring. An NC State researcher and several colleagues published their paper, “Fossil evidence of wing shape in a stem relative of swifts and hummingbirds,” in the Proceedings of the Royal Society…

May 2, 2013

BB&T promotes Holler

BB&T promotes Holler, Sampson Independent, May 1, 2013. BB&T has promoted Adrian L. Holler to vice president. Holler, who joined the bank in 2006, is a mortgage loan officer in BB&T’s mortgage lending department at 501 Warsaw Road. The Morehead City native earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in accounting from…

May 2, 2013

Older Computer Programmers Not Out of Touch, Study Finds

Older Computer Programmers Not Out of Touch, Study Finds, Yahoo News, May 2, 2013. NC State researchers surveyed an online community of software engineers, and found that despite frequent software platform changes, older programmers can more than keep up with their younger peers. Emerson Murphy-Hill, computer science, featured.

May 2, 2013

City rain gardens benefit Burnt Mill Creek watershed

City rain gardens benefit Burnt Mill Creek watershed, Lumina News, May 1, 2013. A joint project between the City of Wilmington and North Carolina State University aims to beautify the city while treating potentially contaminated storm water.

May 2, 2013

Are Older Programmers More Knowledgeable?

Are Older Programmers More Knowledgeable?, InfoQ.com, May 2, 2013. NC State researchers conduct study based on Stack Overflow’s data attempts to answer if programming knowledge is related to age, if older programmers are more knowledgeable and if they acquire new skills or not. Patrick Morrison and Emerson Murphy-Hill, computer science, featured.

May 2, 2013

Older Computer Programmers Not Out of Touch, Study Finds

Older Computer Programmers Not Out of Touch, Study Finds, LiveScience.com, May 2, 2013. NC State researchers surveyed an online community of software engineers, and found that despite frequent software platform changes, older programmers can more than keep up with their younger peers. Emerson Murphy-Hill, computer science, featured.

May 2, 2013

Experts Chime In On Plant Debate

Experts Chime In On Plant Debate, Transylvania Times, May 1, 2013. NC State professor and expert in pyrolysis says if the proposed Penrose power plant were in his backyard he would not be concerned about potential emissions as a result of pyrolysis. Phillip Westmoreland, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured.

May 2, 2013

NCSU study reveals veteran programmers edge youth

NCSU study reveals veteran programmers edge youth, News & Observer, May 1, 2013. NC State researchers explored the notion that older programmers can’t keep up with technology. What they found is that older programmers know as much or more than their less experienced peers. Emerson Murphy-Hill, computer science, featured.

May 2, 2013

Research explodes myth that older programmers are obsolete

Research explodes myth that older programmers are obsolete, The Register – UK, May 1, 2013. There’s a prevailing ethos among IT hirers that younger is better when it comes to programmers, but a study by NC State researchers suggests that employers might be missing a trick by not hiring the grizzled veterans of the coding world. Emerson Murphy-Hill, computer…

May 2, 2013

Purdue Announces Honorary Degrees

Purdue Announces Honorary Degrees, The INside Edge, May 1, 2013. Purdue University is planning to award 10 honorary doctorates during commencement ceremonies this month. The 2013 honorees include: W. Dwight Armstrong of Indianapolis, who is CEO at the National FFA Organization. Armstrong served on the faculty at North Carolina State University in the Animal Sciences Department from 1975-82.

May 2, 2013

Environment’s role in pathogen populations

Environment’s role in pathogen populations, CattleNetwork.com, May 1, 2013. NC state professor outlines his research into pathogen populations, and antimicrobial resistance, at different livestock-production stages. He finds considerable changes in the types of pathogens present as animals move from farms, through markets and into slaughter facilities. Sid Thakur, population health and pathobiology, featured.

May 2, 2013