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NC State news is shared far and wide. Below are just some of our recent appearances in local, regional, national and international media publications.

Sep 16, 2015 Winston-Salem Journal

UNC professors reflect on changes through 1915 catalog

It’s a battle of honor for North Carolina’s largest public universities that has been brewing for a century. Professors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NC State deliver lectures Tuesday looking back on changes in America based on a 100-year-old Montgomery Ward mail-order catalog. 

Sep 16, 2015 USA TODAY College

NC State student dead after fall, investigation is ongoing

An NC State student died after falling from Dabney Hall on Monday. Vice Chancellor and Dean Mike Mullen shared a letter to the campus community, expressing his sorrows. A memorial vigil was held on Monday night by NC State students and faculty and another on Tuesday by the NC State Student Government and the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Mike Mullen, academic &… 

Sep 16, 2015 Gizmodo India

Feral Cats Can Destroy the Environment

According to an NC State natural resources expert, feral cats cause really big trouble when they get to have really high populations, which happens because they get free food from well-meaning people. They can reach populations of predators that aren’t seen in nature because they’re supplemented with food. Roland Kays, natural resources, featured. 

Sep 15, 2015 WRAL

UNC professors reflect on changes through 1915 catalog

It’s a battle of honor for North Carolina’s largest public universities that has been brewing for a century. Professors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NC State deliver lectures Tuesday looking back on changes in America based on a 100-year-old Montgomery Ward mail-order catalog. 

Sep 15, 2015 WPTF

NC State University Student Dead After On-Campus Fall

NC State police are investigating the death of a student who plunged from a building near the heart of campus. I investigators do not suspect foul play in the death of the male student who fell from the university’s Dabney Hall on Monday. 

Sep 15, 2015 WRAL

Today@NCCapitol (Sept. 15): Senate poised to take first budget vote

Gov. Pat McCrory will appear at 2 p.m. during the first meeting of the Governor’s Task Force for Mental Health and Substance Use at the McKimmon Center at NC State. 

Sep 15, 2015 The Ecologist

Arctic charade: Obama’s Alaskan tour and the climate change ‘puzzle’

Climate change, as President Obama himself once quipped, is not a hoax or a joke. Neither, though, are its solutions. Timothy Clark, sociology & anthropology, featured. 

Sep 15, 2015 Patriot Post

Why Is There So Much Economic Illiteracy? Paul Krugman Is One Reason

An NC State economist determined that a wage increase caused New York retailers to increase work demands. In most stores, fewer workers were given fewer hours to do the same work as before. Walter Wessels, economics, featured. 

Sep 15, 2015 Business Standard

Genes influence cancer treatment outcomes

According to NC State researchers, a person’s response to anti-cancer drug treatments is strongly related to his or her genetic ancestry. The findings suggest that the same medicine can affect people from different ethnicities differently. John Jack, statistics, featured. 

Sep 15, 2015 EE Times

Software Regulates Voltage in Everyday APUs

NC State researchers have created software that manages all voltage regulation in an embedded system solely on the applications processor unit (APU), without resorting to expensive smart switch-mode power supplies (SMPSes) with their own microcontroller or application processors with higher-speeds than necessary just to ensure proper performance. Alexander Dean and Subhashish Bhattacharya, electrical & computer engineering, featured. 

Sep 15, 2015 The Arkanas Traveller

Degree Audit Tool Available to Students

In correspondence with programmers at NC State, who created the original program, University of Arkansas tudents now have a degree audit tool to track their degree progress. 

Sep 15, 2015 WNCN

NCSU professors develop new way to navigate campus

Two NC State researchers believe they have found the answer to the age-old question of how to get across campus faster. Seth Holler and Marshall Brain, electrical & computer engineering, featured. 

Sep 15, 2015 Gizmodo

Feral Cats Can Destroy the Environment

Left unchecked, cats can become an invasive species that damages local ecosystems. Roland Kays, natural resources, featured. 

Sep 14, 2015 Live Science

How Armored Dinosaur Got Its Bone-Bashing Tail

Scientists have pieced together how the ankylosaur’s sledgehammer-shaped tail evolved, finding that the hammer’s “handle” came first. Victoria Arbour, biological sciences, featured. 

Sep 14, 2015 Exchange Morning Post

Spheroid Stem Cell Production Sows Hope for IPF Treatment

NC State researchers have demonstrated a rapid, simple way to generate large numbers of lung stem cells for use in disease treatment. Ke Cheng, molecular biomedical sciences, featured.