Feb 24, 2014

For Cash-Strapped Schools, Smart Ways to Spend Limited Tech Dollars

For Cash-Strapped Schools, Smart Ways to Spend Limited Tech Dollars, KQED (blog), Feb. 24, 2014. NC State expert offers some advice, both big-picture philosophies and detailed strategies, on how to move forward with a technology plan. Mark Samberg, Friday Institute, featured. 

Feb 24, 2014

Buckminster Fuller Developed Geodesic Dome Design at Black Mountain, Raleigh

Buckminster Fuller Developed Geodesic Dome Design at Black Mountain, Raleigh, Beach Carolina Magazine, Feb. 23, 2014. Buckminster Fuller was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, for his contributions as a geometrician, educator and architect-designer. Fuller received an honorary Doctor of Design degree from N.C. State in 1954. 

Feb 24, 2014

Ag experts say Virginia has untapped potential to become niche market for hops

Ag experts say Virginia has untapped potential to become niche market for hops, Daily Journal (Franklin, IN), Feb. 23, 2014. Agricultural business experts say Virginia has untapped potential to become a niche market for hops, an essential ingredient in beer making. Jeanine M. Davis, extension, featured. 

Feb 24, 2014

In spite of PEDv, pork profits projected for 2014

In spite of PEDv, pork profits projected for 2014, Sampson Independent, Feb. 23, 2014. Headlines for the pork industry recently have centered on the spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv) and increased biosecurity efforts to try to contain a virus that just won’t quit. Max Knowles, extension, featured. 

Feb 24, 2014

Where Are They Now: NC State University’s Kyle Lunsford

Where Are They Now: NC State University’s Kyle Lunsford, Inside the Green Garage, Feb. 22, 2014. The NC State EcoCAR 2 Team had very few members when Kyle Lunsford first joined. Kyle stood out on the team due to his double major in both mechanical and electrical engineering.  Today, Kyle is a Machine Design and Automation Engineer at TE Connectivity. He also serves… 

Feb 24, 2014

Milwaukee: Ideal city for President Barack Obama’s manufacturing hub

Milwaukee: Ideal city for President Barack Obama’s manufacturing hub, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 22, 2014. In January, Obama opened a hub in Raleigh that is aimed at connecting research on energy-efficient computer chips with manufacturers. A consortium of 18 companies led by NC State is backed by $70 million in federal funding. Terri Lomax, Office of Research, Innovation & Economic Development,… 

Feb 24, 2014

Tarheel Talk

Tarheel Talk, WRAZ-TV, Feb. 23, 2014. Tarheel Talk host Sonya Williams discusses Lebanese  history in North Carolina with NC State professor Akram Kater. Akram Khater, history, featured. 

Feb 24, 2014

2014 Exploring Nature in Chatham Series

2014 Exploring Nature in Chatham Series, Chatham Journal Weekly, Wilmington Star-News, Feb. 23, 2014. Wilmington shopkeeper Isaac Lazar celebrates 40 years in the business of keeping natty-minded men in sharp threads at the corner of Front and Princess streets. Lazar earned an armful of degrees (textile technology, industrial engineering and business administration) from NC State. 

Feb 24, 2014

Jack The Radio Sharpens Southern Rock Sound In Raleigh

Jack The Radio Sharpens Southern Rock Sound In Raleigh, WUNC – State of Things, Feb. 21, 2014. Jack the Radio started as two NC State students creating music in their dorm room. And nearly a decade later, they are four players bigger and they have embraced their southern rock sound. 

Feb 24, 2014

New exhibit explores history of Lebanese immigrants in NC

New exhibit explores history of Lebanese immigrants in NC, News & Observer, Feb. 21, 2014. NC State history professor discusses how the first wave of Lebanese immigrants assimilated themselves in North Carolina. Akram Khater, history, featured. 

Feb 24, 2014

UNC, community colleges smooth transfer path

UNC, community colleges smooth transfer path, News & Observer, Feb. 21, 2014. Leaders of the North Carolina Community College System and the University of North Carolina system signed new Comprehensive Articulation Agreement, establishing clearer rules and academic pathways for students who move from two-year to four-year institutions. NC State student Kadesha White, business administration, featured.   

Feb 24, 2014

Should You Major In Video Game Design?

Should You Major In Video Game Design?, Fast Company, Feb. 20, 2014. Major universities across the country – MIT, Michigan State University, NC State University – and scores of others, now offer both undergrad and graduate programs in video game design and production of their own. 

Feb 24, 2014

Pickle School focuses on food safety

Pickle School focuses on food safety, Mountain Xpress, Feb. 23, 2014. At NC State’s “Pickle School,” potential food entrepreneurs re-imagine pickles in the context of the series of legal and bureaucratic hoops necessary to bring them to market. Fletcher Arritt and Allison Smathers, food, bioprocessing and nutrition. 

Feb 21, 2014

Trials planned for pain-free, low-cost vaccine delivery

Trials planned for pain-free, low-cost vaccine delivery, SciDev.net, Feb. 20, 2014. NC State researcher developed microneedles that could also be applied as a skin patch. Roger Narayan, biomedical engineering, featured. 

Feb 21, 2014

EPA Research Grants to Help Predict Potential Health Effects of Chemical Exposures

EPA Research Grants to Help Predict Potential Health Effects of Chemical Exposures, Flow Control Network, Feb. 20, 2014. NC State receives EPA funding for developmental neurotoxicity adverse outcome pathway research. The EPA expects to use the knowledge gained from this research to develop efficient and cost-effective models to better predict if and how exposure to environmental chemicals may…