Venditti 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 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 ArticleEndowment Provides Forestry Summer Camp Scholarship at NC State
The NC State Natural Resources Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of a new scholarship which will provide recipient(s) with scholarship funds to offset expenses incurred by attending the 9...
View ArticleFellowship To Support Park and Recreation Professionals Pursuing Advanced...
The NC State Natural Resources Foundation is pleased to announce the founding of the Susie Deazley Walston and Mac Walston Fellowship. The fellowship will support current professionals who wish to seek...
View ArticleStamm Scholarship To Aid Worthy Wood Products Students
The NC State Natural Resources Foundation is pleased to announce the funding of the Alfred J. Stamm Memorial Scholarship at NC State University by his son, Alfred John Stamm. This endowment will...
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 ArticleGenetic Data Analysis Summer Course Draws Students From 11 Countries
Fikret Isik, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Tree Improvement Program at North Carolina State University, was invited to teach a one week ’Summer Course in Genetic Data Analysis –...
View ArticleDr. Mary Watzin Named Dean of NC State’s College of Natural Resources
Dr. Mary Catherine Watzin, dean of the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont, has been named dean of the College of Natural Resources at North Carolina...
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 ArticleForest Engineering Professionals to Meet in Historic New Bern, NC
The Council on Forest Engineering (COFE) will hold its 35th annual meeting September 10-12, 2012 in New Bern, North Carolina at the Doubletree Riverfront Hotel. The theme of the meeting is “Engineering...
View ArticleStill time to sign up for the final two Woodland Steward Series Workshops in...
August 1, 2012 – North Carolina State University’s Forestry & Environmental Outreach Program is co-sponsoring a series of four workshops for private forest landowners called the Woodland Steward...
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 ArticleWVa Workshop Will Address Firewood Processing
Extension agents and firewood-related businesses are invited to attend the Profitable Firewood Processing Workshop, Sept. 27, at the Wood Education and Resource Center, Princeton, W.Va. The day-long...
View ArticleAlumnus Named to NC Recreation and Park Authority
Paul Herbert, a recent graduate of the Park, Recreation & Tourism Management (PRTM) Professional Masters program at NC State University, was recently appointed as a member of the North Carolina...
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...
View ArticleLandowners’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Aspirations Towards Woody Biomass...
A training model for woody biomass landowner training is the result of a survey conducted by Extension Forestry and the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education at NC State University. The...
View ArticlePiercy Named Pulp and Paper Foundation Executive Director at NC State University
Ms. Jennifer Parr Piercy, ’94, has been named Executive Director of the Pulp and Paper Foundation at NC State University where she will also lead recruiting and alumni relations activities for the...
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