Feb 15, 2013

“Fracking”-related Raleigh startup bags $800K in funding

“Fracking”-related Raleigh startup bags $800K in funding, Triangle Business Journal, Feb. 14, 2013. Tethis is commercializing a NC State University technology that removes salt and other materials from wastewater, the by-product of industrial processes- particularly hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” 

Feb 15, 2013

North Carolina-based scientific research ship retires

North Carolina-based scientific research ship retires, Charlotte Observer, Feb. 15, 2013. Marine scientists from across the state and beyond will gather Friday in Beaufort to say goodbye to a research ship that has called North Carolina home for all of its 31 years. Dave DeMaster, marine earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Feb 15, 2013

What’s Right with Our Schools: Cummings High School and NCSU students …

What’s Right with Our Schools: Cummings High School and NCSU students …, My Fox 8, Feb. 14, 2013. With help from NC State engineering students, Cummings High School students in Burlington are experimenting with what could become the energy of our future. 

Feb 15, 2013

What the ocean saw: David Gatten’s films at NCSU

What the ocean saw: David Gatten’s films at NCSU, INDY Week, Feb. 14, 2013. David Gatten Film Screening and Discussion, Caldwell Hall G107, Fri., Feb. 15, 5-7:30 p.m. This is the true story of how the ocean made a movie.   

Feb 15, 2013

Viruses, bacteria lurking on commonly touched surfaces

Viruses, bacteria lurking on commonly touched surfaces, WNCN, NBC-17, Feb. 14, 2013. Cell phones are notorious for having high levels of micro-organisms. Lee-Ann Jaykus, food, bioprocessing & nutrition sciences, featured. 

Feb 15, 2013

N.C. State farming researchers get $3.9 million grant

N.C. State farming researchers get $3.9 million grant, Triangle Business Journal (blog), Feb. 14, 2013. Farming researchers at N.C. State University received a $3.9 million grant to build and evaluate supply chains for local farmers and fishers to service large-scale markets in North Carolina. Nancy Creamer, horticultural science, featured. 

Feb 15, 2013

Aquaculture grows despite economy, hurricane damage

Aquaculture grows despite economy, hurricane damage, Carteret County News-Times, Carolinacoastonline, Feb. 13, 2013. Aquaculture production continued to grow and research progressed in North Carolina in 2012, despite the difficult economy and damage caused the year before by Hurricane Irene. Marc Turano, sea grant program, featured. 

Feb 14, 2013

02.13.13.: NC News Bits

02.13.13: NC News Bits, Philanthropy Journal, Feb. 13, 2013. SECU Foundation has provided the first of four planned $200,000 annual grants in support of the newly named State Employees’ Credit Union Emerging Issues Prize for Innovation through the Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) at NC State University. 

Feb 14, 2013

Pre-schooler training program at VSU

Pre-schooler training program at VSU, Petersburg Progress-Index – Online, Feb. 13, 2013. Child-care center providers, family day-care home providers, kindergarten teachers, extension agents, health educators, nutrition consultants and others who work with young children are invited to attend a “Color Me Healthy” provider training session. Carolyn Dunn, family & consumer sciences, featured. 

Feb 14, 2013

Museum highlights African American experiences

Museum highlights African American experiences, Cleveland Post, Feb. 14, 2013. Abraham Lincoln’s Legacy for Our Time, Saturday, Feb. 16, 10 a.m. NOTE: This free lecture takes place at North Carolina State University as part of its History Weekend. For more information or to preregister for the lecture, go to historyncsu.edu/historyweekend. 

Feb 14, 2013

Carson Dunlop Partners with North Carolina State University to Offer Home Inspection Training Certification – Page 2

Carson Dunlop Partners with North Carolina State University to Offer Home Inspection Training Certification, Virtual Strategy Magazine, Feb. 14. 2013. Carson Dunlop and North Carolina State University Continuing and Professional Education have formed a strategic partnership to offer a career home inspection training program. Chip Futrell, continuing & professional education, featured. 

Feb 14, 2013

Carson Dunlop Partners with North Carolina State University to Offer

Carson Dunlop Partners with North Carolina State University to Offer, PRWeb, Feb. 14, 2013. Carson Dunlop and North Carolina State University Continuing and Professional Education have formed a strategic partnership to offer a career home inspection training program. Chip Futrell, continuing & professional education, featured. 

Feb 14, 2013

Major Risks for 2013 Identified by Executives and Board Members in Survey From North Carolina State University ERM Initiative and Protiviti

Major Risks for 2013 Identified by Executives and Board Members in Survey From North Carolina State University ERM Initiative and Protiviti, iStockAnalyst, Feb. 13, 2013. Survey findings from the consulting firm Protiviti and NC State’s Poole College of Management identify the top risks that corporate leaders see on the horizon. Mark Beasley, accounting, featured. 

Feb 14, 2013

U.S. cattle herd declines but northern states see increases

U.S. cattle herd declines but northern states see increases, CattleNetwork.com, Feb. 13, 2013. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service’s “Cattle” report confirmed what many cattle market observers had expected: The record-setting drought in the southern Plains in 2011 caused lower cattle numbers. Extension featured. 

Feb 14, 2013

Unraveling the confounding world of compounding

Unraveling the confounding world of compounding, JAVMA: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Feb. 13, 2013. A veterinarian can guarantee that a compounded medication is bioavailable only by monitoring blood concentrations of the active ingredient. Gigi Davidson, veterinary medicine, featured.