Jun 13, 2014

The World Needs Data-Savvy Managers

The World Needs Data-Savvy Managers, Bloomberg Businessweek, June 11, 2014. Big Data, like a lot of tech buzzwords that promise to “transform” business, has its hype and its reality. Paul C. Mugge, management, feature. 

Jun 13, 2014

Saunders: Would I lie to you? If you try to poll me

Saunders: Would I lie to you? If you try to poll me, News & Observer, June 11, 2014. Column suggests that people who are polled about for whom they plan to vote and why simply lie or, as it’s known in politics, prevaricate. Steven Greene, political science, featured. 

Jun 12, 2014

NC State building one of world’s oddest libraries: a catalog of dyes

NC State building one of world’s oddest libraries: a catalog of dyes, Sacramento Bee, June 12, 2014. NC State’s newest – and strangest – library exists mainly in 98,000 glass vials and slim envelopes of cloth samples. David Hinks and Nelson Vinueza, textile engineering chemistry and science, featured. 

Jun 12, 2014

GOLF: US Open has a brown, British look to it

GOLF: US Open has a brown, British look to it, Your Houston News, June 12, 2014. NC State crop scientists help Pinehurst Resort achieve the restoration of course No. 2 to its intended design circa 1948. Danesha Seth Carley, crop science, featured. 

Jun 12, 2014

Pinehurst’s revamp give course a rougher look

Pinehurst’s revamp give course a rougher look, Pocono Record, June 12, 2014. NC State crop scientists help Pinehurst Resort achieve the restoration of course No. 2 to its intended design circa 1948. Danesha Seth Carley, crop science, featured. 

Jun 12, 2014

Latest North Carolina sports

Latest North Carolina sports, WHNS Greenville – Fox Carolina, June 12, 2014. NC State crop scientists help Pinehurst Resort achieve the restoration of course No. 2 to its intended design circa 1948. Danesha Seth Carley, crop science, featured. 

Jun 12, 2014

Big Rock Gives Scientists a Chance to Study Blue Marlin

Big Rock Gives Scientists a Chance to Study Blue Marlin, TWC News, June 12, 2014. As fish that is inedible due to a high mercury content, the Big Rock Tournament is giving NC State scientists a chance to study discrepancies in the Blue Marlin’s diet from past years. Paul Rudershausen, fisheries & wildlife science, featured. 

Jun 12, 2014

The 3 coolest things we saw at the SmartAmerica Expo

The 3 coolest things we saw at the SmartAmerica Expo, FedScoop, June 11, 2014. NC State expert heading the rescue animal portion of The Smart Emergency Response System, a partnership between a number of schools and companies that are developing innovative, cost-effective solutions for disaster relief, including drones, robots, search sensors and rescue animals. David Roberts, computer-science engineering, featured. 

Jun 12, 2014

What’s The Best Way To Euthanize A Whale?

What’s The Best Way To Euthanize A Whale?, WUNC, June 11, 2014. NC State expert along with a handful of other scientists around the world, have been trying to find the most humane, ecologically sound way to kill a whale that has no chance of living. Craig Harm, clinical sciences, featured. 

Jun 12, 2014

Pinehurst partners with North Carolina State, Bayer CropScience …

Pinehurst partners with North Carolina State, Bayer CropScience …, Golf Course Industry Magazine, June 12, 2014. To help Pinehurst Resort achieve the restoration of course No. 2 to its intended design circa 1948, NC State and Environmental Science partnered with Pinehurst to help understand the diversity of plant species in reclaimed native areas and the implications for course… 

Jun 12, 2014

New website highlights fruit genome databases

New website highlights fruit genome databases, Prairie Star, June 11, 2014. New genome database, recently launched as a result of a collaboration between WSU, NC State, Clemson University, Florida and the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, provides  information to scientists, growers and industry about genome databases for citrus, tree fruit and berry crops. Allan Brown, horticultural science,… 

Jun 11, 2014

Video: Cool Spaces TV Program

Video: Cool Spaces TV Program, KNWA-TV, June 10, 2014. Cool Spaces! television host Stephen Chung visits NC State’s Hunt Library, highlighting what it takes to make a cool space. Susan Nutter, libraries, featured. 

Jun 11, 2014

Garth Mulroy: Mulroy makes US Open debut at Pinehurst

Garth Mulroy: Mulroy makes US Open debut at Pinehurst, Rotoworld.com, June 11, 2014. Garth Mulroy will tee it up in his first U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. Though a native of South Africa, Mulroy went to college at NC State. 

Jun 11, 2014

CEI Report: Regulations Cost Businesses $1.86 Trillion

CEI Report: Regulations Cost Businesses $1.86 Trillion, Newsmax.com, June 10, 2014. Study, released in June 2013 economists at Appalachian State University and NC State analyzed the effects of regulation on economic output from 1949 to 2005 and found that federal regulations reduced the aggregate growth rate by an average of 2 percentage points annually. John Seater, economics, featured. 

Jun 11, 2014

Startup that matches jobs, candidates heads for Charleston Digital …

Startup that matches jobs, candidates heads for Charleston Digital …, Charleston Regional Business, June 10, 2014. To help the best candidates rise to the top during the application process, Echovate’s software requires applicants to fill out a 10-minute questionnaire created by NC State professors that focuses on their personality and thought processes. The idea is to find the…