Aug 30, 2012

Red Hat acquires technology

Red Hat acquires technology, News & Observer, Aug. 29, 2012. Red Hat is in the midst of transferring more than 750 employees from its current headquarters on N.C. State University’s Centennial campus to a 19-story office tower at 100 E. Davie Street. 

Aug 30, 2012

Schools, county to meet Sept. 6

Schools, county to meet Sept. 6, News & Observer, Smithfield Herald, Aug. 29, 2012. The Operations Research/Education Laboratory, a research group based out of NC State University, is finishing up a population-growth study and will present its findings at the Sept. 6 Johnston school board meeting. 

Aug 30, 2012

Despite ‘freshmen 15’ myth, NCSU promotes healthy choices

Despite ‘freshmen 15’ myth, NCSU promotes healthy choices, WRAL-TV, Aug. 29, 2012. To help promote healthy eating choices, registered dietitians at North Carolina State University are using technology to teach students. Lisa Eberhart, dining and catering, featured. 

Aug 30, 2012

Former N.C. governor to help with national mortgage settlement

Former N.C. governor to help with national mortgage settlement, Triangle Business Journal, Aug. 27, 2012. National mortgage settlement monitor Joe Smith has tapped former North Carolina governor James Holshouser and two Triangle-based educators to serve on a five-person oversight board. Bonnie Hancock, management, featured. 

Aug 30, 2012

NC State leads national effort to evaluate fresh water sustainability in the southern US

NC State leads national effort to evaluate fresh water sustainability in the southern US, PHYS.org, Aug. 30, 2012. NC State University is leading a four-year federal research effort to evaluate freshwater sustainability across the southern United States. Sankar Arumugam, civil, construction and environmental engineering, featured. 

Aug 30, 2012

Black Bears Can “Count” as Well as Primates

Black Bears Can “Count” as Well as Primates, National Geographic, Aug. 29, 2012. A recent study shows that mammals are as smart as primates. Roger Powell, zoology, featured. 

Aug 30, 2012

A look at the economic impact of honeybees

A look at the economic impact of honeybees, Triangle Business Journal, Aug. 29, 2012. Not everyone associates honeybees directly with the economy, but honeybee pollination is essential to crop agriculture and therefore plays a role in food costs. Walter Thurman, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

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.