Stories From Mar 2019
You Decide: Can Economics Help With Basic Decisions?
What are some ways economics lessons can be applied to your daily life? NC State economist Mike Walden shows ways these can impact your decisions.
Economic Perspective: How Workers Pay For Higher Healthcare Costs
As health insurance costs continue to rise do companies share those rising costs with their workers?
Student Spotlight: Aspiring Plant Doc (And FFAR Fellow) Lindsey Becker
At NC State, Lindsey Becker is gaining strong experience in her discipline, plant pathology, while also building soft skills important to career success. She's one of 17 Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Fellows nationwide.
Hassan’s Hopeful Horticulture
A fateful tour of Kilgore Hall rerouted Sarah Hassan's career path from medicine to horticulture.
Chasing Better Biofuels – On The World’s Most Intense Neutron Beam
Imagine that every day, your job is to use one of the most intense beams of neutrons in the world to figure out solutions to some of the biggest challenges of our time. That’s Associate Professor of Biochemistry Flora Meilleur’s career.
Economic Perspective: Investment Rules
Are there general rules that can be applied to how you should invest your money as you age?
CALS’ Own (Internationally Honored) Inventor, Professor and Food Scientist
Josip Simunovic is named a fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists for his pioneering work in aseptic processing and nutrient preservation in packaged foods.
U.S. Indoor Climate Most Similar to Northeast African Outdoors
If you’re like the American citizen scientists who reported information about their home climate, you keep your home as close as possible to the outdoor climate of west central Kenya, according to a new paper by Applied Ecology's Rob Dunn and Lauren Nichols.
NC State Plant Breeder Wins Prestigious Scott Medal
Tom Ranney and his colleagues in Mills River have developed more than 50 ornamental cultivars – trees, shrubs and flowers that have been a boon for gardeners and for North Carolina’s green industry.
You Decide: Are There Best Ways for Using Debt?
Have questions about the best way to approach debt? NC State University economist Mike Walden provides answers to two questions on debt and how to use it.