Apr 20, 2016 WCQS

Movies On The Radio: Best Buddy Films

Host Frank Stasio talks withLaura Boyes, film curator at the North Carolina Museum of Art, and Marsha Gordon, film professor at NC State. Marsha Gordon, humanities & social sciences, featured. 

Apr 19, 2016 Education Dive

Recruitment, Support Necessary to Boost Women in STEM Majors

NC State’s industrial & systems engineering department has seen dramatic growth among female undergraduate students declaring the major. Anita Vila-Parrish, engineering, featured 

Apr 19, 2016 Charlotte Observer (blog)

Jason Miller Excavates MLK’s ‘Dream’

NC State history professor is stopping at Charlotte’s Park Road Books as part of a 14-city book tour to promote the paperback edition of his “Origins of the Dream: Hughes’s Poetry and King’s Rhetoric.”  Jason Miller, humanities & social sciences, featured.   

Apr 19, 2016 PennLive.com

Climate Change vs. Snowshoe Hares

Snowshoe hares have seasonal camouflage – brown in summer, and white in winter – to help them blend in with their surroundings, but if that camouflage becomes mismatched with their surroundings, the hares stand out like lightbulbs against a dark background and are predicted to be at a higher risk of predation. To quantify the consequences… 

Apr 19, 2016 WRAL

NC State Prof Moved by Generosity After Ecuador Earthquake

An NC State professor found herself in the midst of disaster this weekend when a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Ecuador. Patricia Marshall, education, featured. 

Apr 19, 2016 WCCF Tech

“What If the FBI Tried to Crack an Android Phone?”

Unlike the Apple-FBI saga over encryption and user privacy, we haven’t heard much about government agencies looking to crack into Android devices. Two NC State researchers were curious to know what if the device involved in the San Bernardino shootings had been running on Android. William Enck and Adwait Nadkarni, engineering featured. 

Apr 19, 2016 WFAE-FM (NPR, Charlotte)

Trade Policy and North Carolina’s Textile Industry

As a part of a special partnership with NTPR, expert panelists discuss the impact of free trade agreements and take a look at a North Carolina industry whose decline has been blamed on free trade: textiles. Blanton Godfrey, textiles, featured. 

Apr 19, 2016 The Conversation US

Why Grammar Mistakes in a Short Email Could Make Some People Judge You

Study seeks to find out what makes some people more sensitive to writing mistakes than others. Jane Vignovic and Lori Foster Thompson, humanities & social sciences, featured. 

Apr 18, 2016 The State

How an Entrepreneur is Raising Hope for Renewal of SC Mill Village

A South Carolina entrepreneur is building a 5,000-square-foot building atop a former school’s concrete pad and hopes U.S. Building Innovations can launch operations at the site this summer with the help of NC State materials scientist Trey Simendinger. Trey Simendinger, engineering, featured. 

Apr 18, 2016 Inside Science News Service

How Monkeys Travel Through The Treetops

Scientists are combining new technologies to reveal how the animals use tree canopies. Roland Kays, natural resources, featured. 

Apr 18, 2016 Live Science

Make Earth Day Active with These 5 Volunteer Ideas

For some, Earth Day is a time to explore nature and reflect on the planet’s health. For others, it’s a time to take action Know a place that could use a tree? Trees have many benefits. According to NC State experts, tress provide habitats for animals, help prevent erosion, help cool the area around them by… 

Apr 18, 2016 PolitiFact

Rubbish! Experts Degrade Claim That Every Bit of Plastic Ever Created is Still Around

It’s not just a question being posed at the checkout counter anymore. Activists have been arguing for years that plastic bags harm the environment, but now there’s also concern that  plastic products may be a detriment to the planet because they break down so slowly — or not at all. Anthony Andrady, engineering, featured. 

Apr 18, 2016 WTVD-TV

NC State Researchers: East Coast Should Expect Active Hurricane Season

NC State researchers say the East Coast should be prepared for a significantly more active hurricane season this year. Lian Xie, sciences, featured. 

Apr 18, 2016 Virginian-Pilot

Increased Number of Hurricanes Predicted for Atlantic in 2016

NC State researchers say the East Coast should be prepared for a significantly more active hurricane season this year. Lian Xie, sciences, featured. 

Apr 18, 2016 TheHorse.com

Do Elite Show Jumpers Get the Nutrition They Need?

An NC State animal science expert studies the nutritional information for elite show jumpers, the frequent flyers of the horse world. The added stress and logistics of international transit can make getting a consistent diet difficult. Shannon Pratt-Phillips, MSc, PhD, agriculture & life sciences, featured.