$4 Million Grant Will Help Ramp Up Southeast Biofuel Production
North Carolina State University will use a $4 million grant to study the most efficient, cost-effective and environmentally friendly ways of producing biofuels from trees and from forest harvesting...
View ArticleCalvo to Deliver NC State 2011 Borlaug Lecture
Dr. Julio César Calvo Alvarado, the Rector (President) of Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica, will deliver the 2011 Borlaug Distinguished Lecture on Global Service to Society and Environment at NC...
View ArticleNatural Resources and Textiles Colleges Co-Host Global Health Special Event
Speaker: Elizabeth Scharpf, CEO, Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE) Date: Wed., Oct. 26 at 5:00 p.m. Location: College of Textiles, Rm. 2207 (parking available adjacent to the building) RSVP:...
View ArticleNC State Renewable Energy Experts Serve On EPA Science Advisory Board Panel
Three North Carolina State University professors recently served on an Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board Panel to discuss scientific issues that have major implications for the...
View ArticleParks, Parents, Kids and Play
Creating environments that inspire kids to be active is a significant step in fighting childhood obesity. A team of NC State researchers’ study of park use and park-based physical activity among...
View ArticleFoamy Filters Prove Cheap and Effective
Researchers in the College of Natural Resources at NC State Univeristy have isolated a new biomaterial for filter use. This foam material made from the byproducts of both the forest and seafood...
View ArticleSustainability, College Athletics Don’t Always Connect
Large college athletics departments talk the talk when it comes to concern for the environment and environmental sustainability, but only a small percentage of these departments actually walk the walk...
View ArticleVenditti Named TAPPI Fellow for 2012
Dr. Richard Venditti has been named a 2012 TAPPI Fellow by the nation’s leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging and converting industries, TAPPI. He is currently on the faculty...
View ArticleNature Provides a Cheaper Alternative for Fun
Malls and beaches have always been popular destinations for fun, but as these institutions of money-spending fall in popularity due to financially difficult times, attendance only rises at natural...
View ArticleWood Products Masters Student Earns StormStruck Scholarship
Jonathan Aycock, a Wood Products masters candidate in the NC State Department of Forest Biomaterials, has been named StormStruck Simpson Strong-Tie Structural Engineering & Construction...
View ArticleStudy Shows First N.C. Case of Feral Pig Exposure to Nasty Bacteria
A North Carolina State University study shows that, for the first time since testing began several years ago, feral pigs in North Carolina have tested positive for Brucella suis, an important and...
View ArticleDr. Kays and Smithsonian WILD Win Outreach Achievement Award
Smithsonian WILD, an outreach project stemming from a collaboration between the Smithsonian and NC State researcher/Nature Research Center Biodiversity Lab director Roland Kays has just won a 2012...
View ArticleImproved Loblolly Pines Better for the Environment
More than 50 years of genetics work to increase loblolly pine production in the Southeast has improved the trees’ ability to act as carbon sinks that mitigate climate change, according to a new study...
View ArticleIs Hemlock History Repeating Itself?
Scientists trying to save eastern hemlock trees from widespread insect attacks may have uncovered a case of déjà vu, dating back millennia. “Our hypothesis is that 7,000 to 8,000 years ago, insects...
View ArticleLaPan Awarded 2012 ASTA Holland America Line Graduate Research Scholarship
Tourism Cares, the tourism industry’s premier charitable organization for preservation, conservation, restoration, and education, has awarded Chantell LaPan, a doctoral student in the NC State...
View ArticleRodent Robbers Good for Tropical Trees
There’s no honor among thieves when it comes to rodent robbers—which turns out to be a good thing for tropical trees that depend on animals to spread their seeds. Results of a yearlong study in Panama,...
View ArticleStudy Is More About The Bees Than The Trees
Christmas tree growers might not realize that the diverse mixes of groundcovers growing underneath their trees provide important habitat for pollinators. Pollinators which are responsible for an...
View ArticleA Good Start to the Fall Semester
Faculty and staff in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources were anxious to start the Fall 2012 Semester with a little learning and light-hearted fun. First-year undergraduate students,...
View ArticleResearch on Wood Formation Sheds Light on Plant Biology
Scientists at North Carolina State University have discovered a phenomenon never seen before in plants while studying molecular changes inside tree cells as wood is formed. In research published online...
View ArticleSurvey Shows Why Claws Come Out Over Feral Cat Management
The contentious phenomenon of identity politics isn’t limited to Democrats and Republicans. A national survey shows that “cat people” and “bird people” have heated differences of opinion, complicating...
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