Aug 29, 2012

States Test Ways to Keep Employee Health Costs Down

States Test Ways to Keep Employee Health Costs Down, Governing, Aug. 29, 2012. Increasing insurance costs and the growing burden of public workers’ health benefits are placing pressure on states to make health care more affordable. According to a new report by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence and NC State University, states are attacking the… 

Aug 29, 2012

Unemployment drops in area in July

Unemployment drops in area in July, Herald-Sun, Aug. 25, 2012. Unemployment fell to 7.9 percent in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area in July. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Aug 29, 2012

Sam Pardue to lead CALS academic programs

Sam Pardue to lead CALS academic programs, Yadkin Ripple, Aug. 29, 2012. Interim associate dean and director of Academic Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has been appointed, effective July 1. Sam Pardue, poultry science, featured. 

Aug 29, 2012

Local designers will sell their collections at Belk

Local designers will sell their collections at Belk, News & Observer, Aug. 15, 2012. Emerging designers in the Belk Designer Showcase competition will have their creations sold in Belk stores. Three designers had NC State ties – NC State student Jazsalyn McNeil and former NC State students Kathleen Murphy and Hannah Goff. 

Aug 29, 2012

Durham fabric-printing company a cut above competition

Durham fabric-printing company a cut above competition, News & Observer, Charlotte Observer, Aug. 26, 2012. Stephen Fraser and Gart Davis launched Spoonflower using digital printing techniques they learned from NC State University and Cary-based textile research nonprofit [TC]. Blanton Godfrey, textiles, featured. 

Aug 29, 2012

Upper Southeast cotton, soybean growers apparently dodge Isaac bullet

Upper Southeast cotton, soybean growers apparently dodge Isaac bullet, Southeast Farm Press, Aug. 28, 2012. A big fear is that a tropical system of the size and severity of Isaac would push disease causing spores far enough northward to infect this year’s big soybean crop with Asian Soybean Rust. Jim Dunphy, crop science, featured. 

Aug 29, 2012

Research on Wood Formation Sheds Light on Pla…

Research on Wood Formation Sheds Light on Pla…, Checkbiotech, Aug. 27, 2012. NC State scientists have discovered a phenomenon never seen before in plants while studying molecular changes inside tree cells as wood is formed.Vincent Chiang and Ron Sederoff, forestry and environmental resources, featured. 

Aug 29, 2012

Research from North Carolina State University Broadens Understanding of Ions

Research from North Carolina State University Broadens Understanding of Ions, Life Science Weekly, Aug. 28, 2012. NC State research study results on Ions have been published. The article examines interactions of metal ions with five RNA loop-loop complexes of unique biological significance using explicit-solvent molecular-dynamics simulations. A. Singh, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Aug 29, 2012

Research Data from North Carolina State University Update Understanding of Experimental Biology

Research Data from North Carolina State University Update Understanding of Experimental Biology, Life Science Weekly, Aug. 28, 2012.  NC State researchers publish new report on Experimental Biology. Reproduction in cockroaches is regulated by juvenile hormone III (JH), and social interactions have been shown to accelerate female reproduction in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.), by stimulating JH… 

Aug 29, 2012

North Carolina Symphony launches 80th anniversary season

North Carolina Symphony launches 80th anniversary season, Sampson Independent, Aug. 27, 2012. WUNC’s Catharine Brand will host “Meet the Artists” in Meymandi Concert Hall’s Swalin Lobby in Raleigh, Friday, Sept. 14, at 6:30 p.m. NCSU professor Randolph Foy will present a pre-concert talk in the Swalin Lobby, Saturday, Sept. 15, at 7:00 p.m 

Aug 29, 2012

North Carolina State University3 published articles

North Carolina State University3 published articles, Journal of Visualized Experiments, Aug. 28, 2012. NC State joint biomedical engineering report details the construction of a multiplexed microneedle-based sensor with clinical medicine and biomedical research uses. Biomedical engineering, veterinary medicine and plant pathology published articles featured. 

Aug 29, 2012

New site offers help with shift to digital education

New site offers help with shift to digital education, i360Gov, Aug. 27, 2012. eSchool News: A new online community aims to help schools and districts as they move toward digital education. The U.S. Department of Education, the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University, and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) partnered to create the… 

Aug 29, 2012

Meritor Names Fullbright Manufacturing Engineer of the Year

Meritor Names Fullbright Manufacturing Engineer of the Year, Boston Globe, Aug. 28, 2012. Meritor, Inc. (NYSE: MTOR), a leading global supplier of drivetrain, mobility, braking and aftermarket solutions for commercial vehicle and industrial markets, recently announced that Tim Fullbright has been named the company’s Manufacturing Engineer of the Year. Fullbright has a bachelor’s degree in electrical… 

Aug 29, 2012

Former governor Holhouser named to OMSO board

Former governor Holhouser named to OMSO board, News & Observer, Aug. 27, 2012. The Office of Mortgage Settlement Oversight (OMSO) announced its five-person board of directors. Bonnie Hancock,  management, featured. 

Aug 29, 2012

European Woes Could Portend Problems for U.S.

European Woes Could Portend Problems for U.S., Carolina Journal, Aug. 28, 2012. It wasn’’t supposed to be this way. When Jean Monnet and Paul-Henri Spaak conceived of the European Economic Community in the mid-1950s, they may not have wanted a European superstate. Andy Taylor, political science, featured.