2013

Sep 16, 2013

Top Pay for Physical Science Majors

NC State physical science majors are among the highest paid in the nation, according a Seattle company that tracks salary data. The 2013-14 PayScale College Salary Report places NC State 16th in the nation for the earning power of its physical science majors, who earn $43,800 per year on average just out of college and $84,900 on average mid-career.…

Sep 13, 2013

NC State mathematician receives DARPA Young Faculty Award

Dr. Jonathan Hauenstein, assistant professor in mathematics at NC State, has received a 2013 Young Faculty Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) worth $492,613 for his research involving numerical algebraic geometric methods for data analysis. Hauenstein was one of only 25 faculty members at universities across the country to receive an award this…

Jul 31, 2013

Prominent scientists to speak at NC State

The College of Sciences, along with many of its departments and centers, is welcoming several distinguished speakers to campus this fall to help celebrate the College’s first year. Nate Silver Linda Birnbaum Photo: NIEHS Martin Chalfie Photo: Eileen Barroso/ Columbia University Nate Silver, a statistician, author and blogger who helped redefine political coverage with his…

Jul 31, 2013

Ready. Set. Launch!

It was raining on the morning of July 1. More like a downpour, really. So drenched students and faculty welcomed what they saw upon arrival to several early-morning Sciences classes: Tables filled with coffee, doughnuts and T-shirts. The welcome events created a celebratory mood for the first official classes for the new College. In addition…

Jul 1, 2013

Welcome to the Department of Biological Sciences

A major part of the launch of the College of Sciences on July 1, 2013, was the birth of NC State’s new Department of Biological Sciences. The new department was formed by many of the people and programs from the university’s existing departments of Biology, Microbiology, Genetics, and Environmental and Molecular Toxicology. Check out the new…

May 31, 2013

Three physics faculty earn prestigious early-career awards

Daniel Dougherty, Carla Frohlich and Kenan Gundogdu, all assistant professors in the Department of Physics, were informed this month that they have received highly competitive federal research grants. Dougherty and Frohlich both received Early Career Research Awards from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). These awards support the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in…

May 24, 2013

CICS-NC to host executive forum on business and climate

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is press release from the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina (CICS-NC), a unit of NC State University and PAMS. Through a grant from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center, The Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina (CICS-NC) is hosting the Executive Forum on Business and Climate…

Apr 4, 2013

CICS-NC researchers: A warming world will intensify extreme precipitation events

This story originally ran April 3, 2013, as a media release from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. According to a newly-published NOAA-led study in Geophysical Research Letters, as the globe warms from rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, more moisture in a warmer atmosphere will make the most extreme precipitation events more intense. The…

Apr 2, 2013

Alumna wins award for compassionate care

A version of this story originally ran in Inside View, an electronic newsletter of West Virginia University’s Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center. The seventh winner of the Patricia “Pat” Fedeles Award for Compassion in Physical Diagnosis recently was presented to Samantha Smith (B.S. 2011 – Chemistry, Biochemistry). This award is given annually to a…

Mar 5, 2013

Learn all about “artificial photosynthesis” at upcoming Science Cafe

The energy needs for our society will double in the next 35 years. Where will this energy come from? One possibility is to convert the sun’s energy into a liquid fuel, much like plants convert the sun’s energy into sugars. An upcoming Science Cafe, led by NC State chemist Walter Weare, will discuss state-of-the-art research in…