May 9, 2012

Amendment One passes by wide margin

Amendment One passes by wide margin, High Point Enterprise; also Mclatchy Company Washington, Wilmington Star News, Diva magazine, Guardian.co.uk, PinkPaper.com – May 9, 2010.  Many North Carolinians think of the state as progressive, but that’s within the context of the rest of the South, said Andrew Taylor, a political scientist at North Carolina State University. “This… 

May 9, 2012

N.C. to Add Marriage Amendment to Its Constitution

N.C. to Add Marriage Amendment to Its Constitution, News & Observer, May 9, 2012. North Carolinians think of the state as progressive, but that’s within the context of the rest of the South, said Andrew Taylor, a political scientist at N.C. State University. Dr. Andrew Taylor, political science, featured. 

May 9, 2012

Pundits: Money and religion won out

Pundits: Money and religion won out – News & Observer, Charlotte Observer – May 8, 2012.  The News & Observer asked area political pundits to share their reaction to Tuesday’s election results…  Andy Taylor, political scientist at NC State, is mentioned. 

May 9, 2012

U.S. House, District 13: Holding defeats Coble in GOP congressional race

U.S. House, District 13: Holding defeats Coble in GOP congressional race – News & Observer, Charlotte Observer, Individual.com – May 9, 2012.  Former federal prosecutor George Holding won the Republican nomination for the 13th congressional district on Tuesday….”I think the race did punctuate the public’s consciousness a little,” N.C. State University political science professor Andrew Taylor… 

May 8, 2012

Wild Horses’ Fate in Outer Banks Lies in Preservation Clash

Wild Horses’ Fate in Outer Banks Lies in Preservation Clash, New York Times, May 8, 2012. The continuing study of feral animals, financed jointly by the federal Fish and Wildlife Service and North Carolina State University, is intended to measure the effect of hogs and deer in addition to horses. Dr. Chris DePerno, forestry and environmental… 

May 7, 2012

N.C. State/UNC Project Explores External Devices for Mobility Impaired

N.C. State/UNC Project Explores External Devices for Mobility Impaired, News & Observer, May 7, 2012. This is what observation looks like in the Physiology of Wearable Robotics laboratory in Raleigh, a joint project of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at NCSU and UNC-Chapel Hill. Drs. Greg Sawicki and Dom Farris, biomedical engineering, featured. 

May 6, 2012

A Farmer’s New Scourge: Swarming, Wild Swine

A Farmer’s New Scourge: Swarming, Wild Swine, News & Observer, May 6, 2012. Researchers from N.C. State University have found several diseases in wild pigs here, including the discovery, announced two weeks ago, that many are harboring bacteria that cause brucellosis, a disease that can sicken people and cause spontaneous miscarriages in pigs. Dr. Chris DePerno, forestry… 

May 4, 2012

Tomato Plant Compound Finds Herbicide Role

Tomato Plant Compound Finds Herbicide Role, Horticulture Week, May 4, 2012. A chemical produced by wild tomato plants has accidentally been found to be a potent herbicide. Drs. Mike Roe and George Kennedy, entomology, featured. 

May 4, 2012

BRIEF: NCSU and French business school to offer luxury management degree

BRIEF: NCSU and French business school to offer luxury management degree –  Chicago Tribune, News & Observer, Triangle Business News, Charlotte Business – May 4, 2012. N.C. State University is teaming up with a business school in France to offer a new graduate program designed to prepare students for careers in high-end fashion and other luxury… 

May 3, 2012

NCSU and French Business School to Offer Luxury Management Degree

NCSU and French Business School to Offer Luxury Management Degree, Chicago Tribune, May 3, 2012. N.C. State University is teaming up with a business school in France to offer a new graduate program designed to prepare students for careers in high-end fashion and other luxury goods and services. 

May 3, 2012

Facebook Is Pretty Much Like the Rest of the World

Facebook Is Pretty Much Like the Rest of the World, The Atlantic, May 3, 2012. Does the Internet foster new kinds of social connections, or does it simply reflect the biases and trends that we know from the offline world? Amanda Traud, biomathematics, featured. 

May 3, 2012

Signs of life

Signs of life –  Wilson Times, The, May 02, 2012.  The local, state and national economy may be showing some signs of improvement, but unemployment rates are expected to continue to remain where they are for the rest of the year in Wilson County…Improvements in the national economy are happening slowly, much like they have for… 

May 3, 2012

Tiny Crystal ‘Revolutionises Computer’

Tiny Crystal ‘Revolutionises Computer’ –  Silicon India – Online; also OneIndia, May 2, 2012.  Scientists have made a tiny crystal which they claim will take quantum computing to the next level, creating one of the world’s most powerful computers ever developed….scientists from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Georgetown University in Washington, North Carolina… 

May 3, 2012

NCSU food conference; Fire Pit BBQ

NCSU food conference; Fire Pit BBQ –  Independent Weekly – Online, May 2, 2012.   May 4 and 5, N.C. State University hosts scholars and historians for Food + History: From Theory to Practice (history.ncsu.edu/food), a conference supported by the departments of history and food science.   

May 3, 2012

STEM programs could fill empty seats in Cary schools

STEM programs could fill empty seats in Cary schools – The Cary News; also Individual.com, May 1, 2012.  Next year’s East Cary Middle School students will help university researchers track the mysterious origins of a gecko that calls the local campus home…”We’re going to allow students to collaborate with (N.C. State University) researchers to see…