News

Apr 26, 2013

Good news on pollution

Data show that since 2008 air pollution linked to carbon emissions has been on the decline and are now at 1995 levels. This is good news for concerns about global warming. What’s behind this trend? And will it continue? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden responds. 

Apr 25, 2013

Pardue named to lead CALS academic programs

Dr. Sam Pardue has been named associate dean and director of academic programs for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, effective May 1. Pardue, former head of the Prestage Department of Poultry Science, has been serving as the interim director of academic programs in CALS since July 1, 2012. 

Apr 25, 2013

Explaining the housing bubble

The tremendous run-up in housing prices from 1997 to 2006, which ultimately led to the housing crash, has been blamed on many things: Lenders, rating agencies, insurers, government burocracy and cheap money providers have all had fingers pointed at them as causing the housing bubble. Do we know who is to blame? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden answers. 

Apr 25, 2013

Seymour: Preserve forests in the name of food security

Preserving international forests, providing food security and addressing issues of global climate change will require a coordinated effort, Frances Seymour told an audience at N.C. State University for the 2013 Borlaug Lecture. 

Apr 24, 2013

New Cabarrus Extension director named

Robert “Robbie” Furr, director of North Carolina Cooperative Extension programs in Mecklenburg County since 2009, has been named to direct the Extension program in Cabarrus County. 

Apr 24, 2013

YOU DECIDE: How should North Carolina fund roads?

Gas taxes are used to pay for road construction and maintenance in most states, but there are cracks appearing in the system. Mike Walden discusses possible alternatives. 

Apr 24, 2013

Military youth honored at Wolfpack baseball game

As N.C. State University’s baseball team took to the field against Virginia Tech in early April, military youth and their families -- representing all branches of North Carolina’s military -- were on hand to participate in the fourth annual Military Appreciation Day Baseball Game. April is Month of the Military Child. 

Apr 24, 2013

Universal Leaf creates CALS scholarship

The endowment will be used to provide scholarships for students in CALS' two-year Agricultural Institute or four-year undergraduate students enrolled in crop production agriculture and related curricula. 

Apr 24, 2013

Votes cast for dean’s ice cream

It is too early to know yet what College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean Richard Linton’s official ice cream will be, but the votes have been cast. 

Apr 24, 2013

The return of wealth

Wealth took a beating during the recession. Both real-estate and stock wealth plunged. But, as N.C. State University economist Mike Walden explains, collectively, we have regained what was lost.