Jul 9, 2025 Newsweek

America Could Get Its First New National Park in Years: What to Know

Lincoln R. Larson, a professor in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management at North Carolina State University, told Newsweek: “National Park status affords a greater productive status than National Monument status, and given the Trump Administration’s stated to desire to shrink public lands and reduce protections bestowed on them for drilling, development, and… 

Jul 8, 2025 Modern Poultry

Housing type affects Salmonella incidence in organs of laying hens

A joint research study conducted by the USDA and North Carolina State University researchers demonstrated that housing type — conventional or enriched — can influence levels of human pathogenic Salmonella in the organs of laying hens, with housing in conventional cages resulting in higher frequencies of Salmonella in the birds’ livers, spleens, ovaries and oviducts. 

Jul 8, 2025 CNN

The hidden physical powers that help women outlive men

At North Carolina State University, a team led by microbial ecologist Erin McKenney and forensic anthropologist Amanda Hale conducted a landmark study measuring the lengths of the small intestines in cadavers for the first time since 1885. The team discovered that women’s small intestines were significantly longer than men’s — an advantage that allows women… 

Jul 8, 2025 Inside Climate News

Chantal Wrecks Havoc in North Carolina as State Lawmakers Try to Repeal an Ambitious Climate Change Goal

An analysis written by three N.C. State University environmental engineering professors contradicts that figure. They estimated removing the interim target would not reduce power bills, but instead could cost ratepayers up to $23 billion in added fuel expenses over the same time. 

Jul 8, 2025 EdNC

Allison Pratt’s mission to bring science home

At just 17 years old, Allison Pratt is already charting a bold course in science, service, and scholarship. A graduate of SandHoke Early College High School — Summa Cum Laude, with an associate in arts degree — Allison will enter North Carolina State University in fall 2025 as a junior, majoring in biological sciences with… 

Jul 8, 2025 The AI Insider

NC State Researchers Expose AI Vision Weaknesses With RisingAttacK Tool

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for deceiving AI vision systems, revealing vulnerabilities that could affect the safety of self-driving cars, medical diagnostics, and security applications. The method, called RisingAttacK, funded by grants from the National Science Foundation the Army Research Office, was tested against the four most widely used… 

Jul 8, 2025 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Kenneth Zagacki and Richard Cherwitz: The world would be safer if Donald Trump talked like John F. Kennedy

A president’s words once mattered so much that they were meticulously chosen, and the policies carefully vetted. President John F. Kennedy’s October 22, 1962, Cuban Missile Crisis televised address to the nation is a model for the way a president should speak. – Authors: Kenneth Zagacki is a professor of communication at North Carolina State University.… 

Jul 8, 2025 National Science Foundation

Galactic Mystery: How “Ice Cubes” Survive in the Milky Way’s Blazing Bubbles

“These findings change our previous assumptions, showing that cold gas can persist in the hot, turbulent Fermi Bubbles,” explained Rongmon Bordoloi, the lead scientist of this research and an associate professor North Carolina State University, “We didn’t know that cold gas can survive in these extreme outflows. This challenges our understanding of how galaxies recycle… 

Jul 7, 2025 WRAL

They’re NC’s fastest-growing source of new teachers. But thousands of them are leaving every year

State law doesn’t allow for exceptions to GPA requirements, even if the degree was earned decades before — and even though one can earn a degree with a lower GPA. Allison Winzeler, director of Pathways to Practice, an educator preparation program that’s a partnership between North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina… 

Jul 7, 2025 Inside Higher Ed

The ART of Professionalism

A career is much like a work of art: We select an area to study—a medium, of sorts—in which to pursue an interest or a desire. We start by obtaining foundational knowledge before creating something that contributes to the greater society. Some may benefit from what is produced; others may not. Some will appreciate the… 

Jul 7, 2025 The New York Times Wirecutter

The Best Weed Killers and Weeding Tools

State-school agricultural extensions proved to be a goldmine of advice. And I would encourage you to explore yours: It may identify locally problematic species or raise other concerns specific to where you live. In addition, I found North Carolina State University Extension’s article Are There Alternatives to Glyphosate for Weed Control in Landscapes? to be… 

Jul 7, 2025

RFK’s proposal to let bird flu spread through poultry could set us up for a pandemic, experts warn

Other experts agree with the team’s suggestions, although they highlighted areas that need further discussion. Dr. Rocio Crespo, a poultry veterinarian at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, told Live Science that further details on potential vaccine strategies and biosecurity at farms should be explored. 

Jul 3, 2025 WRAL

Mike Walden: How rising national debt could impact the economy and your wallet

I’ve now been a professional economist for almost five decades, including over four decades teaching at NCSU. I can’t count the number of times I’ve said the national debt is the “big issue of our generation.” Yet since I keep adding new generations to my proclamation, I wonder if I will ever see a day… 

Jul 3, 2025 The News & Observer

Slashing agriculture funding hurts specialty crops important to North Carolina | Opinion

North Carolina’s land-grant universities, N.C. State and N.C. A&T, received the nation’s third-highest level of grant funding from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture from 2018 to 2023 — a total of $456.4 million. This essential funding supports agricultural research, the N.C. Cooperative Extension outreach that connects farmers statewide with science-backed guidance, and… 

Jul 3, 2025 The News & Observer

NC governor vetoes bill that would let Duke Energy miss its goal on reducing emissions

Stein cited analysis of the bill released this week by researchers at N.C. State University showing it could cost could cost North Carolina ratepayers up to $23 billion through 2050 due to higher fuel costs. “This bill not only makes everyone’s utility bills more expensive, but it also shifts the cost of electricity from large…