Archive

Dec 12, 2018

Rebar to Retire From Office of Research and Innovation

Leadership of NC State’s research enterprise will shift at the start of the new year as Alan Rebar retires and Mladen Vouk takes the helm.

Dec 11, 2018

Tackling Listeria: New Study Reveals Hypervirulent Strains and Emerging Clones

Recent research at NC State will provide baseline data critical for the development of targeted strategies to reduce food safety threats associated with Listeria-contaminated produce and other ready-to-eat foods.

Dec 10, 2018

Saving By The Barrel

Students and staff have collaborated to install a cistern that will collect rainwater for irrigation on campus.

Dec 7, 2018

How Big Can Snowflakes Be?

Snowflakes can get pretty darn big.

Dec 6, 2018

Who, Exactly, Are These People?

A video project on NC State “firsts” spotlights university pioneers like Katherine Stinson, George Matsumoto and Irwin Holmes.

Dec 5, 2018

Fulbright American Security Seminar Highlights NC State Expertise

NC State experts in public policy, sociology and political science will lead the Fulbright American Security Seminar for 90 visiting Fulbright research scholars, focusing on issues of energy, food insecurity and disaster relief.

Dec 1, 2018

Remembering George H.W. Bush’s NC State Visits

Former President George H.W, Bush, who died early Saturday, made two trips to NC State, one to play baseball for Yale and another to see NC State’s groundbreaking semiconductor research.

Nov 29, 2018

Do Insects Fart? (They Sure Do!)

Do bugs fart? You bet. In fact, some of them pass an enormous amount of gas.

Nov 28, 2018

Salmonella, Gene Swapping and Antibiotic Resistance: Five Questions with Sid Thakur

Thakur compared the genomes of over 200 different strains of Salmonella, looking for genetic similarities across strains. He spoke with the Abstract about what this work can tell us, and how it may help to keep us and our food supply safe.

Nov 28, 2018

Salmonella, Gene Swapping and Antibiotic Resistance: Five Questions with Sid Thakur

Sid Thakur compared the genomes of over 200 different strains of Salmonella, looking for genetic similarities across strains. He spoke with the Abstract about what this work can tell us, and how it may help to keep us and our food supply safe.