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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 24, 2012

美国的孩子:提供早期暴露在圣em (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) initiatives.

美国的孩子:提供早期暴露在圣em (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) initiatives., Review Of Educational Research, Sept. 22, 2012. Universities around the country as well as public and private organizations are beginning to offer STEM initiative programs for K-12 students and their teachers. NC State offers a day camp for students grades 3-5 focusing on introductoryengineering…

Sep 24, 2012

Studies from North Carolina State University Add New Findings in the Area of Life Science

Studies from North Carolina State University Add New Findings in the Area of Life Science, Science Letter, Sept. 21, 2012. NC State researchers publish new report with fresh data on life science. L.L. Zhou, plant biology,featured.

Sep 24, 2012

Video: Scientists create robo-roaches for rescue operations

Video: Scientists create robo-roaches for rescue operations, EMS1.com, Sept. 21, 201. NC State researchers have been working on making tiny robots that can easily be maneuvered to creep, leap and crawl in rough, out of the way, inconspicuous spaces. Alper Bozkurt, electrical and computer engineering,featured.

Sep 24, 2012

In Suffolk, a harvest of new farming knowledge

In Suffolk, a harvest of new farming knowledge, Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 21, 2012. About 130 people, including local growers and researchers, learned about field crop research at an annual pre-harvest field day. The event centered on tips for growers to maximize their yields on field crops such as peanuts, soybeans and cotton. Attendees also gainedinsight…

Sep 23, 2012

State unemployment rate rises to 9.7 percent

State unemployment rate rises to 9.7 percent, Chicago Tribune, Winston-Salem Journal, Sept. 22, 2012. A cooling off in private-sector hiring contributed to a rise in the state’s jobless rate for the second consecutive month. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource econonics,featured.

Sep 23, 2012

People’s pharmacy is right do

People’s pharmacy is right do, WUNC-FM, Sept. 22, 2012. The bacteria on your can help increase your resistance of those bacteria. Rob Dunn, biology,featured.

Sep 23, 2012

Andy Hall’s Southern Special

Andy Hall’s Southern Special, NY Arts Magazine, Sept. 23, 2012. CAM Raleigh’s latest Independent Weekly Gallery Emerging Artist Series exhibition, FORM SPECIAL, an exhibition of solar projects and site collages, is a new body of artworks commissioned by CAM Raleigh and created by Andy Hall. Steve Kalland, Solar Center,featured.

Sep 21, 2012

Group files complaint against Wake school board

Group files complaint against Wake school board, News & Observer, Sept. 20, 2012. Democratic board member Jim Martin asking staff to create provisions so that the children of people such as his fellow NC State University professors can return to their old schools after their parents return fromsabbaticals.

Sep 21, 2012

Evaluating the Hospital Gown Dilemma

Evaluating the Hospital Gown Dilemma, MD News – Online, Sept. 21, 2012. NC State University College of Textiles is working to change the unsettling feelings patients have about hospital gowns. Traci Lamar and Anne Porterfield, textile and apparel technology and management,featured.

Sep 21, 2012

CBS 12 News—6:00

CBS 12 News—6:00, CBS 12 News at 6 PM – WPEC-TV, Sept. 20, 2012. NC State scientists training cockroaches to search and rescue. Using a joystick, NC State electrical engineering students can steer the roach along a chosen pathway by applying a tiny electrical current to the antennas and other sensors on thebug.

Sep 20, 2012

Durham County home sales up 14.4% in August

Durham County home sales up 14.4% in August, Herald-Sun, Sept. 20, 2012. For the 16-county greater Triangle region, closed sales were up 21.6 percent to a total of 2,406 homes sold. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics,featured.

Sep 20, 2012

Brick Options Rise with Housing Upswing

Brick Options Rise with Housing Upswing, Building – Online, Canadian Interiors et al, Sept. 19, 2012. Genuine clay brick manufacturers continue to invest in progressive technology for sustainable exteriors. The latest exterior and interior brick design (single-family residential) from the 2012 Brick in Architecture Awards: — The Point – NC State University Chancellor’s Residence – Raleigh,N.C.

Sep 20, 2012

Sen. Hunt endorses Judge Newby – in taxpayer-funded email

Sen. Hunt endorses Judge Newby – in taxpayer-funded email, News & Observer, Sept. 19, 2012. The Legislative Ethics Committee issued guidance in 2007 advising legislators they cannot use state resources for campaign activities. Then Walter Dalton’s campaigned announced retired Gen. Hugh Shelton, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Bill Clinton, had endorsedthe…

Sep 20, 2012

Huntersville电缆插头into renewable energy

Huntersville电缆插头into renewable energy, Charlotte Observer – Online, Sept. 19, 2012. The Swiss company ABB officially opened its $90 million plant Wednesday. The cable it will make is designed to be buried underground, suitable for transmitting power from wind and solar farms or upgrading aging transmission lines. ABB’s power products/power systems divisionis…

Sep 20, 2012

Maryland Gov. O’Malley says McCrory was partisan mayor

Maryland Gov. O’Malley says McCrory was partisan mayor, News & Observer, San Francisco Chronicle et al, Sept. 20, 2012. O’Malley, the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, attended fundraisers in Winston-Salem and Raleigh, and visited STEM high school on the campus of N.C. StateUniversity.