Feb 19, 2014

A profile of North Carolina State University

A profile of North Carolina State University, UNC-TV -North Carolina Now, Feb. 18, 2014. UNC-TV’s North Carolina Now profile on NC State. Chancellor Randy Woodson featured. 

Feb 19, 2014

Grasso Named Dean of NC State’s Graduate School

Grasso Named Dean of NC State’s Graduate School, Noodls.com, Feb. 18, 2014. Dr. Maureen Grasso, dean of the University of Georgia’s Graduate School, has been named dean of NC State’s Graduate School. She begins her appointment July 1. 

Feb 19, 2014

Grasso Named Dean of NC State’s Graduate School

Grasso Named Dean of NC State’s Graduate School, World News Network, Feb. 18, 2014. Dr. Maureen Grasso has been named dean of NC State’s Graduate School. She begins her appointment July 1. 

Feb 19, 2014

Grape growers go back to school at vineyard

Grape growers go back to school at vineyard, Hendersonville Times-News, Feb. 18, 2014. According to NC State viticulture specialist, this winter’s below-average temperatures may have caused some damage to local vines. Sara Spayd, horticultural science, featured. 

Feb 19, 2014

Whale euthanasia: vets learn to kill stranded leviathans humanely

Whale euthanasia: vets learn to kill stranded leviathans humanely, The Guardian (UK), Feb . 19, 2014. Euthanasia of stranded large whales poses logistic, safety, pharmaceutical, delivery, public relations and disposal challenges. Craig Harms, clinical sciences, featured. 

Feb 19, 2014

Ag experts: Untapped potential for hops industry in Virginia

Ag experts: Untapped potential for hops industry in Virginia, News & Advance (Lynchburg, VA), Feb. 18, 2014. Virginia’s position as an emerging hops market is solidified by the state’s strong and growing craft beer market. Jeanine Davis, horticultural science, featured. 

Feb 19, 2014

Christensen: McCrory weathers the snowstorm

Christensen: McCrory weathers the snowstorm, News & Observer, Feb. 19, 2014. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory literally suited up for his first big natural disaster crisis last week. Andrew Taylor, political science, featured. 

Feb 19, 2014

Library Consortium Tests Interlibrary Loans of e-Books

Library Consortium Tests Interlibrary Loans of e-Books, Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 18, 2014. Because of technical and licensing restrictions, library patrons at nearby NC Central University, NC State, or the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Duke’s partners in the Triangle Research Libraries Network – can see e-books in the library catalog, but they must visit Duke’s… 

Feb 19, 2014

NC State Polar Plunge

NC State Polar Plunge, WRAL, Feb. 15, 2014. Come plunge into the wintry waters of Lake Raleigh on NC State’s Centennial Campus on Feb. 22! The Polar Plunge kicks off the NC State Police Department’s fundraising efforts to benefit the North Carolina Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. 

Feb 19, 2014

Understanding factors affecting sow longevity

Understanding factors affecting sow longevity, Manitoba Co-operator, Feb. 14, 2014. High replacement rates for first- and second-parity sows have skewed current parity structures on many sow farms towards younger, less productive females. Billy Flowers, animal science, featured. 

Feb 18, 2014

EPA to fund research into chemical exposure on brain development

EPA to fund research into chemical exposure on brain development, Processing, Feb. 17, 2014.  According to the EPA’s Office of Research and Development, a total of over $3 million will be given to NC State, the University of Georgia, University of California and the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute for work on an extensive study into the impact of chemical exposure on… 

Feb 18, 2014

Hops could be niche-market crop

Hops could be niche-market crop, Roanoke Times, Feb. 17, 2014. Agricultural business experts say Virginia has untapped potential to become a niche market for hops, an essential ingredient in beer making. Jeanine Davis, horticultural science, featured. 

Feb 18, 2014

Ag experts: Untapped potential for hops industry in Virginia

Ag experts: Untapped potential for hops industry in Virginia, The Daily Progress, Feb. 18, 2014. Agricultural business experts say Virginia has untapped potential to become a niche market for hops, an essential ingredient in beer making. Jeanine Davis, horticultural science, featured. 

Feb 18, 2014

BD Rodgers Jr., founder and chairman of Rodgers Builders, dies at age 89

BD Rodgers Jr., founder and chairman of Rodgers Builders, dies at age 89, Charlotte Observer, Feb. 15, 2014. Bonar Day “B.D.” Rodgers Jr., founder and chairman of Charlotte-based Rodgers Builders Inc., died Friday at age 89, family members said Saturday. After the war, he attended NC State, graduating in 1949 with a civil engineering degree. 

Feb 18, 2014

Furniture designer Derek Hennigar mixes sculpture with engineering

Furniture designer Derek Hennigar mixes sculpture with engineering, Spartanburg Herald Journal, Feb. 16, 2014. Derek Hennigar will display some of his work at a furniture show in Baltimore later this month. When Hennigar began his studies at NC State as an engineering student, he did not set out to be a furniture craftsman. However, while he was working as a carpenter in…