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Jan 4, 2013

Extension National Branding webinar is Jan. 10

The National Extension Branding Initiative will be launched this month, in January 2013. All Extension employees are invited to attend this presentation, to learn about the new branding tools, templates, and training that have been created to support implementation nationwide. 

Jan 4, 2013

YOU DECIDE: Will North Carolina jobs jump in 2013?

There are reasons to be optimistic about the jobs picture in North Carolina. Mike Walden discusses. 

Jan 4, 2013

Benefits of bowls

Football bowl games are the cap to the college football season. Schools winning the games have bragging rights going into the next season. But are there broader impacts, beyond the field, from having a successful college football team? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden responds. 

Jan 3, 2013

Predictive analytics

What’s predictive analysis, and why should we know something about it? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden explains. 

Jan 2, 2013

Lommel accepted to Food Systems Leadership Institute

Dr. Steven Lommel, associate director of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service and North Carolina State University assistant vice chancellor for research, has been accepted to the two-year Food Systems Leadership Institute program. 

Jan 2, 2013

Managing debt

Before the recession, people in the United States were up to their eyeballs in debt. For many, job losses and failing investments made that debt impossible to keep. Are households in better shape today? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden answers. 

Jan 1, 2013

Who owns our debt?

There are many issues surrounding the national debt, including the question of to whom is the debt owed. N.C. State University economist Mike Walden gives the latest figures. 

Dec 14, 2012

Tax expenditures

In discussions about the impending fiscal cliff and moving the federal budget more toward balance, the term tax expenditures comes up frequently. Is this just another name for federal spending? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden responds. 

Dec 13, 2012

Small Fruits Consortium receives NIFA award

The Southern Region Small Fruits Consortium – a six-member group of land-grant universities including N.C. State – has received the 2012 Partnership Award for Multi-State Efforts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture. The award recognizes exemplary work impacting agriculture, environment, communities or people from a team at a land-grant university, cooperating institution or organization supported by the NIFA. 

Dec 13, 2012

Gas price trends

There’s been reason to smile lately because gas prices have been falling. Why? And will the decline continue? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden responds.