Research a Natural for Our Graduate Students
The Fifth Annual NC State University Graduate Student Research Symposium will be held Wednesday, March 10, 2010 from 1:30 to 4:00 pm at the McKimmon Center at NC State. Come see the 191 poster...
View ArticleResearchers Receive Top Honors for Risk Analysis Paper
USDA Forest Service News Release – February 16, 2010Contact: Perdita Spriggs, pspriggs@fs.fed.us or 828-259-0542 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – A collaborative effort among USDA Forest Service, North...
View ArticleSummer Camps Deliver Large Payoffs for Campers, Do they Deliver for the Local...
Dr. Michelle Gacio Harrolle and Dr. Samantha Rozier-Rich of the Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management at NC State University are addressing that question as part of an economic...
View ArticleGet Up, Get Out and Go!: NC State Research Tackles Childhood Obesity
NEWS RELEASEContact: Caroline Barnhill | NC State University News Services | 919.515.6251 Getting children involved in finding ways to become more physically active can not only make them more aware...
View ArticleISTF to Hold the 3rd Annual Spring Symposium, “REDD After Copenhagen:...
The NC State Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF) is happy to announce that on April 16, 2010, it will be hosting the 3rd Annual Spring Symposium; “REDD After Copenhagen:...
View ArticleGraduate Student Looks at Culture and Conservation in Northern India
From Global Eyes- Spring 2010by Chantell LaPan, NC State University Office of International Affairsphotos by Christopher Serenari Culture and Conservation in Northern India Christopher Serenari, a...
View ArticleNyeema Harris: Conserving Wildlife
Perspectives Online: Student Perspectives- Winter 2010 Nyeema Harris is an award winning graduate student in the NC State Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences program. Nyeema was recently featured in the...
View ArticleGrappendorf Keynotes Women in Sport Symposium
Dr. Heidi Grappendorf, an assistant professor in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management at NC State University, delivered the keynote address at the 2nd Annual UNC-G Girls and Women...
View ArticleNEWS TIP- NC State Experts Can Offer Insight into Gulf Oil Spill
NEWS TIP – May 4, 2010 Media Contact: Tracey Peake, News Services, 919/515-6142 or tracey_peake@ncsu.edu . The recent British Petroleum oil spill will have a major environmental impact on the U.S. Gulf...
View ArticleBugging Out: NC State Researchers Help Track Wayward Pests Through Mapping
NEWS RELEASE – May 4, 2010 Media Contacts:Dr, Frank Kock, 919/549-4006 or frank_koch@ncsu.eduDr. Roger Magarey, 919/855-7537 or roger.d.magarey@aphis.usda.gov Caroline Barnhill, News Services,...
View ArticleFloyd Shares Parks & Physical Activity Research with Australian Colleagues
Public parks and recreation amenities play an important role in facilitating physical activity especially in low income communities, according to Dr. Myron Floyd, a professor in NC State's Parks,...
View ArticleNew Natural Resources Book Focuses on Innovation and Enduring Change
Over the past three decades, governments at the local, state, and federal levels have undertaken a wide range of bold innovations, often in partnership with nongovernmental organizations and...
View ArticleStudy Shows Race, Not Experience, Impacts Hiring In Sports World
NEWS RELEASE – July 7, 2010 For More Information: Caroline Barnhill / News Services / 919.515.6251 caroline_barnhill@ncsu.edu Dr. Heidi Grappendorf / 919.513.0060 heidi_grappendorf@ncsu.edu If...
View ArticleNC State Researchers Receive Grant to Convert Lignin into Chemical Feedstocks
NC STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS RELEASE - Aug. 19, 2010 Researchers at North Carolina State University's College of Natural Resources and College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences have received a grant...
View ArticleGot Summer Research?
The Story of a Wildlife Student’s Summer Research Experience in Minnesota - submitted by Asia Murphy Undergraduate research is a wonderful way for students to get out of the classroom and experience...
View ArticleSAF Honors Lee Allen with Biological Science Award
Professor Emeritus H. Lee Allen is the 2010 recipient of the Barrington Moore Memorial Award in Biological Science from the Society of American Foresters (SAF). This prestigious award recognizes...
View ArticleInsect Scourge: Two New Species Invade U.S. Every Year
From LIVESCIENCE.com by Rebecca Kessler 9/5/2010 Every year, exotic insects like the Asian longhorn beetle and the emerald ash borer, aka the Green Menace, kill millions of trees across the United...
View ArticleSeminar: Life in the Treetops: Plant-insect interactions in forest canopies
Forestry & Environmental Resources Seminar Margaret D. Lowman, Ph.D. Director, Nature Research Center, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and Research Professor, NC State PAMS The College...
View ArticleOh Deer: Protecting This Year’s Christmas Tree Crop
NEWS RELEASE – November 1, 2010 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Caroline Barnhill, News Services, 919/515-6251 or caroline.barnhill@ncsu.edu Hair clippings, cayenne pepper and raw eggs – these...
View ArticleGraduate Students Present Research at National Hispanic Engineering Conference
Submitted by Grace Williamson Several outstanding graduate students in the Department of Forest Biomaterials at NC State University were selected to present their research at the Society of Hispanic...
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