Oct 1, 2012

CDC Reports 48 States with West Nile Virus

CDC Reports 48 States with West Nile Virus, Fort Bragg Patch, Insect Shield, Sept. 29, 2012. According to the CDC, as of September 25, 2012, 48 states have reported West Nile virus infections in people, birds, or mosquitoes. Charles Apperson, entomology, featured. 

Oct 1, 2012

Mike Walden: What divides our economic view

Mike Walden: What divides our economic view, Free Press – Online, Sept. 29, 2012.  Many pundits say proposals and answers to these economic questions will be the determinant of how many of us vote. Mike Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Oct 1, 2012

University Researchers Discover Cure for FarmVille Bots

University Researchers Discover Cure for FarmVille Bots, io9, Kotaku et al, Sept. 30, 2012. NC State researchers have developed the means of more accurately detecting bot accounts, so the social game’s developers can shut them down. David Roberts, computer science, featured. 

Sep 27, 2012

Cyborg cockroach video might usher in new wave of micro-robotics

Cyborg cockroach video might usher in new wave of micro-robotics, Ubergizmo, Sept. 26, 2012. It was more than a fortnight ago when we first laid our eyes on the cyborg cockroach that hailed from NC State University. Alper Bozkurt, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

Sep 27, 2012

News of the Weird

News of the Weird, Artvoice, Sept. 27, 2012. At a conference in August, researchers from North Carolina State University demonstrated their latest technological advance in aiding “first responders” to peacetime and wartime disasters: cockroaches. 

Sep 27, 2012

New Center for Excellence issue brief: The Business Case For Wellness Programs In Public Employee Health Plans

New Center for Excellence issue brief: The Business Case For Wellness Programs in Public Employee Health Plans, Red Orbit, Sept. 27, 2012. A new issue brief, The Business Case for Wellness Programs in Public Employee Health Plans, examines the growth of wellness plans and documents the health and financial benefits they have produced. Robert L. Clark… 

Sep 27, 2012

US college dean discusses ‘new world of textiles’

US college dean discusses ‘new world of textiles‘, The China Post, Sept. 27, 2012. We use the tagline ‘new world of textiles’ in my college to remind people that (the textile industry) is not just T-shirts and socks. A. Blanton Godfrey, textiles, featured. 

Sep 27, 2012

NCSU’s Jason Tung awarded TAPPI’s NET Division Scholarship

NCSU’s Jason Tung awarded TAPPI’s NET Division Scholarship, Specialty Fabrics Review,  Sept. 27, 2012. TAPPI’s Nonwoven Engineering & Technologists (NET) Division Scholarship, sponsored by Momentive, has been awarded to NC State student Yik Shing (Jason) Tung. 

Sep 27, 2012

Heafner, three-time NCSU golf All-America, dies at 58

Heafner, three-time NCSU golf All-American, dies at 58, News & Observer, Sept. 27, 2012. Vance Heafner, who played on the PGA Tour and later was director of golf at Cary’s Prestonwood Country Club, has died. He was 58. Heafner was a three-time All-American at NC State before beginning his professional career in 1978. “He helped us with… 

Sep 27, 2012

Close to 300 companies expected at NCSU engineering job fair

Close to 300 companies expected at NCSU engineering job fair, News & Observer, Sept. 27, 2012. The career fair at NCSU’s College of Engineering typically draws thousands of hopeful applicants and this year is not expected to be any different. 

Sep 27, 2012

North Carolina State students take up Groovystuff’s Design Challenge

North Carolina State students take up Groovystuff’s design challenge, Furniture Today, Home Accents Today, Sept. 27, 2012. Fifteen NC State University students will jump-start their design careers through an education-to-industry collaboration between NCSU and Dallas-based home furnishing company Groovystuff. Bong Il Jin, industrial design, featured. 

Sep 27, 2012

Financial Concerns Deter Medical Students From Becoming Primary Care Physicians

Financial Concerns Deter Medical Students From Becoming Primary Care Physicians, U.S News University, Science Codex, Sept. 24, 2012. NC State research study of  doctoral students at two medical schools found that many students decided not to become primary care doctors due to anticipated student debt. Lori Foster Thompson, psychology, featured. 

Sep 27, 2012

Nagoya University and NC State University Extend Collaboration Agreement

Nagoya University and NC State University Extend Collaboration Agreement, NCTechNews, Sept. 24, 2o12. Nagoya University (NU) and NC State University have agreed to renew their Agreement for Industry-University Collaboration for an additional five years.  Chancellor Randy Woodson featured. 

Sep 26, 2012

NC State University marks 50th anniversary of ‘Silent Spring’

N.C. State University marks 50th anniversary of ‘Silent Spring’, News & Observer, Sept. 25, 2012. Fifty years later, Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” still provokes controversy and still serves as a touchstone for the environmental movement. Carson and her book are the subject of a program of public events at N.C. State University that begins Thursday… 

Sep 26, 2012

Visiting Scholar to Discuss Language and Life

Visiting Scholar to Discuss Language and Life, olemiss.edu, Sept. 20, 2012. A noted linguistics scholar will discuss how speech researchers may connect their findings to local communities at the University of Mississippi. Jeffrey Reaser, english, featured.