News

Aug 5, 2011

Award-winning 4-H agent creates civics program to introduce high-school students to local government

Students, teachers and elected officials have praised Heather Jones’ Cabarrus 4-H Citizenship Focus program for its role in giving students a hands-on way to learn more about the principles they study in their semester-long civics classes. 

Aug 5, 2011

Extension’s 4-H team perseveres in robotics competition

Teams of 4-H’ers from throughout North Carolina competed for the very first time in the North Carolina Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. 

Aug 5, 2011

College Profile: Coby Schal

When it comes to cockroaches and bed bugs, entomologist Coby Schal is the go-to guy in the battle to control insect pests. 

Aug 5, 2011

Choice Cuts

The Carolina Meat Conference in Concord brought together more than 250 players in the meat industry from 13 states. 

Aug 5, 2011

YOU DECIDE: Can we close the urban-rural gap?

North Carolina's urban areas have generally outpaced rural areas in terms of gains in prosperity. Mike Walden discusses the reasons for the this disparity. 

Aug 5, 2011

What are tax loopholes?

In discussions about reducing the federal government deficit, the term tax loopholes was used frequently. Tax loopholes sound like tax benefits that people or businesses shouldn’t receive. But, as N.C. State University economist Mike Walden explains, this isn’t correct. 

Aug 4, 2011

Taxes vs. fees

In North Carolina’s latest state budget, there were some tax reductions but also some fee increases. As N.C. State University economist Mike Walden explains, taxes and fees aren’t the same, but, bottom line, they both mean the government is getting money from the people it serves. 

Aug 3, 2011

Grading quantitative easing

The Federal Reserve ended quantitative easing, their latest program to improve the economy. N.C. State University economist Mike Walden gives the program a mixed review. 

Aug 3, 2011

N.C. State gets $25 million grant to nullify norovirus

North Carolina State University will use a $25 million grant to strengthen food safety by studying human noroviruses across the food supply chain in an effort to design effective control measures and reduce the number of virus-caused food-borne illnesses. 

Aug 2, 2011

Childhood obesity is conference focus

The Kannapolis Scholars, a program of N.C. State University, will host a one-day conference at the N.C. Research Campus to address the challenges of childhood obesity.