News

Feb 9, 2012

Website for blackberry, raspberry growers wins award

N.C. MarketReady received the Southern Region American Society for Horticultural Science Extension Blue Ribbon Communication Award for its Blackberry & Raspberry Growers Information Portal. 

Feb 9, 2012

Deadline for CEFS internships extended to Feb. 15

The application deadline for the Center for Environmental Farming Systems’ (CEFS) summer internship program for undergraduate students is Wednesday, Feb. 15. Facilities at the CEFS's Cherry Research Farm near Goldsboro will be used for the eight-week, six credit-hour internship program, which will run from June 4 to July 27. 

Feb 9, 2012

Harrell, historic CALS alumna and Duke microbiology professor, retires

Dr. Lizzie J. Harrell, the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in microbiology from N.C. State, recently retired after 33 years of service at Duke University Medical Center, where she was associate director of Clinical Microbiology. 

Feb 9, 2012

Dueling income measures

Income is a major factor we use to judge economic progress, but are there alternative income measures and do they all show the same trends? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden answers. 

Feb 8, 2012

Problems in unemployment insurance

Unemployment insurance is a government program that pays unemployed workers a monthly benefit, but with the recession and high unemployment running so long, the program faces problems. N.C. State University economist Mike Walden explains. 

Feb 7, 2012

N.C. State helps agribusinesses gain $1.2 million in USDA grants

N.C. State University’s North Carolina Value-Added Cost Share (NCVACS) program provided more than $100,000 in matching funds to help N.C. agricultural producers apply for and secure nearly $1.2 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grants. The USDA last week announced the recipients of its Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG), eight of which are N.C. businesses that were assisted by NCVACS. 

Feb 7, 2012

CALS lab nurtures high school student's interest in science

Jacobo Rozo Posso developed an interest in science and plants as an 8-year-old. He’s 17 now, a junior at Cary High School. Science is still his passion and an interest that is being nurtured in a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences laboratory. 

Feb 7, 2012

Virus discovery holds mystery, potential

A previously unknown virus discovered by North Carolina State University scientists may hold keys to managing another virus that causes a debilitating disease. 

Feb 7, 2012

Freezing federal spending

Concern about the federal deficit and the debt is widespread. One simple proposal often offered to reduce the deficit is just to freeze federal spending at current levels. The idea is that as federal revenues rise the annual deficit, and ultimately the total debt, will fall. Is there any issue with this proposal? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden responds. 

Feb 6, 2012

Mike DeGruy, CALS 2010-11 Distinguished Alumnus, has died in helicopter crash

Michael V. DeGruy, award-winning nature cinematographer and marine scientist, died Feb. 3 in a helicopter crash in Australia.