Jun 25, 2018 News & Observer

These programs push viable – and cheaper – paths to NC State or UNC degrees

NC State has a new plan to admit more graduates from eight regional community colleges, widening the pipeline of students on a more affordable path of higher education. This fall, about 120 students will start on a community college campus, with an automatic acceptance later at NC State University. Once they earn a two-year associate’s degree, they can… 

Jun 22, 2018 The Rural Blog

NCSU uses drones to pinpoint plant diseases, deficiencies

North Carolina State University student Joshua Henry is collaborating with North Carolina Cooperative Extension and drone company PrecisionHawk to gather information about diseased tobacco plants interspersed with healthy plants over an acre on Vick Family Farms. 

Jun 22, 2018 NBC News

Take Your Dog To Work Day: Are pets the best medicine?

“Pets have really been shown to increase mobility and activity, improve a sense of well-being and for a sub-population population of Alzheimer’s patients to really decrease emotional and angry outbursts,” notes Dr. Barbara Sherman of North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. 

Jun 22, 2018 WUNC

The Cult Classics That Never Die

In this episode of “Movies On The Radio,” host Frank Stasio talks about listeners’ favorite cult films with Marsha Gordon and Laura Boyes. Gordon is a film professor at North Carolina State University. 

Jun 22, 2018 ScienceDaily

Tax havens and limited regulation increase risk for shareholders, study shows

Some large, publicly held companies are incorporated in tax haven countries, ostensibly to increase value for shareholders. But new research from North Carolina State University and the University of Arkansas finds that many such companies — particularly those headquartered in countries with limited shareholder protections — are more likely to engage in practices that benefit… 

Jun 21, 2018 American Veterinarian

Survey Says More Education About Pet Toxins Needed

In a new study, published in the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, veterinary pharmacists from North Carolina State University posed the question: Do pet owners have a baseline knowledge of potential pet toxins? 

Jun 21, 2018 The Atlantic

The Overlooked Children Working America’s Tobacco Fields

According to data from North Carolina State University, agriculture makes up 17 percent of the state’s economy and 17 percent of its workforce. 

Jun 21, 2018 Triangle Business Journal

With senseFly’s new HQ, could Raleigh become a drone hub?

The new senseFly office will function as its North American shipping and logistics hub, as well as host its customer service, sales and marketing teams. And the company is already making a name for itself locally, partnering with the N.C. State University-based NextGen Air Transportation Consortium. NextGen’s director, Kyle Snyder, said in a prepared statement,… 

Jun 21, 2018 News & Observer

Swiss drone company moves its North American headquarters to Raleigh

Drone maker senseFly moved its North American hub to Raleigh this week, trading its home in downtown Washington, D.C., for new quarters near Fuquay-Varina. The 9-year-old company settled on Raleigh so it can capitalize on the talent that’s emerging from N.C. State University, Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill, company officials said, name-checking the region’s large… 

Jun 20, 2018 Chronicle of Philanthropy

Grants Roundup

John M. Belk Endowment: $10.9 million to the North Carolina State University College of Education to enhance its support services for community colleges in North Carolina. 

Jun 20, 2018 WRAL TechWire

NC State research: Tax havens increase risk for shareholders

Some large, publicly held companies are incorporated in tax haven countries, ostensibly to increase value for shareholders. But new research from North Carolina State University and the University of Arkansas finds that many such companies – particularly those headquartered in countries with limited shareholder protections – are more likely to engage in practices that benefit… 

Jun 20, 2018 Science News

To combat an expanding universe, aliens could hoard stars

It’s a far-out idea, tackling a dilemma in a future so distant that human beings can hardly fathom it: 100 billion years from now, each neighborhood of the universe will be marooned as if on a cosmic island, with resources from the rest of the universe inaccessible. “We’ll be in this very dark, lonely place… 

Jun 20, 2018 WRAL TechWire

NCSU researchers use gold nanoparticles to trigger sequential unfolding of 3-D structures

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that takes advantage of gold nanoparticles to trigger the sequential unfolding of three-dimensional structures using different wavelengths of light. 

Jun 19, 2018 Charlotte Business Journal

PNC leader: This new N.C. branch is the ‘future of banking’

Tucked into a glass-walled nook on the second floor of N.C. State University’s Talley Student Union is a new PNC Bank branch that Jim Hansen, regional president for the Eastern Carolinas region, calls “the future.” 

Jun 19, 2018 The Wilson Times

Drones used to see what farmers can’t

The research project is led by North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences doctoral student Joshua Henry, in collaboration with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension office in Wilson, Vick Family Farms and PrecisionHawk.