Oct 18, 2012

WebAssign Named Finalist for Top Tech Company Honor

WebAssign Named Finalist for Top Tech Company Honor, Sacramento Bee, Oct. 17, 2012. WebAssign is one of the largest technology “startups” in RTP. Incubated on the NC State University campus in 1997, WebAssign has a strong history of innovation, technology leadership and profitable growth. 

Oct 18, 2012

New technique for sorting live cells may expedite biomedical research

New technique for sorting live cells may expedite biomedical research, PHYS.org, Oct. 17, 2012. Researchers from NC State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new technique that uses sound waves to rapidly separate selected collections of cells for use in biomedical research. Xiaoning Jiang, biomedical engineering, featured. 

Oct 17, 2012

School bus safety crackdown is set

School bus safety crackdown is set, The Virginian-Pilot, Oct. 12, 2012. The School Transportation Group, sponsored by North Carolina State University, each September conducts a one-day count of vehicles that illegally pass school buses. Jeff Tsai, transportation research and education, featured. 

Oct 17, 2012

Scotty McCreery Is Taking Math Tests and Picking Songs for Second Album

Scotty McCreery Is Taking Math Tests and Picking Songs for Second Album, Taste of Country, Oct. 13, 2012. Can Scotty McCreery do it all? He somehow manages to balance two lives–one filled with concerts, interviews and television performances as a blossoming country star and the other filled with textbooks, tests, friends and studying as a normal college student… 

Oct 17, 2012

Remains in woods are missing Burlington woman

Remains in woods are missing Burlington woman, Sacramento Bee, Oct. 13, 2012. Burlington woman missing since April had been found dead in woods in Alamance County. The remains have been sent to North Carolina State University so an anthropologist can determine how Sellars may have died. 

Oct 17, 2012

Bill Friday: A giant in North Carolina

Bill Friday: A giant in North Carolina, Durham Herald Sun (blog), Oct. 14, 2012. Bill Friday, 92, was not just an educator. To many in our state, he was the University of North Carolina system. William Clyde Friday was born in Raphine, Va., in 1920. He graduated with a degree in textile manufacturing and was senior… 

Oct 17, 2012

Former UNC President Bill Friday dies at 92

Former UNC President Bill Friday dies at 92, Charlotte Observer, News & Observer, Associated Press et al, Oct. 12, 2012. William “Bill” Friday, the man who personified higher education in the state,  died at his home in Chapel Hill early Friday. Though widely associated with Chapel Hill, Friday was actually an alumnus of rival NC State University,… 

Oct 17, 2012

One more company perk: on-site mammograms

One more company perk: on-site mammograms, Equities.com, News & Observer, Oct. 14, 2012. A photo of N.C. State University Women’s Basketball Coach Kay Yow, who died in 2009 after battling cancer, smiles down from the side of a petal-pink van adorned with her quote, “Never let the urgent get in the way of the important.” This… 

Oct 17, 2012

Custom designs for Habitat homes in Hickory

Custom designs for Habitat homes in Hickory, Hickory Daily Record, Oct. 14, 2012. Future Habitat for Humanity homebuyers in Hickory will have custom-designed houses thanks to a partnership between Habitat and N.C. State University. Georgia Bizios, architecture, featured. 

Oct 17, 2012

Autumn paints the mountains with color – right now

Autumn paints the mountains with color – right now, Hickory Daily Record, Oct. 14, 2012 . Fall colors are bright and cheerful in the higher elevations of the western North Carolina mountains. Robert Bardon, forestry and environmental resources, featured. 

Oct 17, 2012

William C. Friday, University of North Carolina Leader, Dies at 92

William C. Friday, University of North Carolina Leader, Dies at 92, New York Times, Oct. 13, 2012. William C. Friday died on Friday at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was 92. After a year at Wake Forest College (now Wake Forest University), he transferred to North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, now North Carolina… 

Oct 17, 2012

Next-Gen Energy Storage & Solar Cells to Get Boost from Nano-Flowers

Next-Gen Energy Storage & Solar Cells to Get Boost from Nano-Flowers, PlanetSave.com, Oct. 14, 2012. Nano-flowers, newly created structures composed of germanium sulfide (GeS), have the potential to open the door to next-generation solar cells and energy storage devices. Linyou Cao, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Oct 17, 2012

Noninflammatory Equine Uveal Disorders

Noninflammatory Equine Uveal Disorders, TheHorse.com, Oct. 15, 2012. The first equine uveal disorders many horse owners think of are uveitis and equine recurrent uveitis. But there are actually several other important equine uveal problems veterinarians occasionally encounter. Brian C. Gilger, clinical sciences, featured. 

Oct 17, 2012

Not chickenfeed

Not chickenfeed, News & Observer, Oct. 15, 2012. It is, as a news story last week reported, one of NC State University’s smallest departments, and it’s getting one of the biggest gifts yet made to the university. The Department of Poultry Science is the recipient of a substantial $10 million donation from Prestage Farms of Clinton. 

Oct 17, 2012

US local governments take budget knife to retiree health plans

US local governments take budget knife to retiree health plans, Reuters, Oct. 15, 2012. A growing number of states and cities are eliminating or reducing health coverage for retirees. Dennis M. Daley, public and international affairs, featured.