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Not Your Grandma's Sweet Potatoes

NC State researchers Drs. Craig Yencho and Bryon Sosinski are spending a whole lot of time these days thinking about sweet potatoes. But that's not because Thanksgiving dinner is right around the corner. The scientists are cultivating sweet potatoes that are white inside and out, bulbous, overly starchy and contain genes from deep-sea bacteria.

These are industrial sweet potatoes, not the ones you put in your sweet potato pie.

Enzymes produced in deep-sea thermal vents could help the industrial sweet potato convert practically all of its starch into simple sugars that can then be processed into ethanol. Even without the extra help, sweet potatoes hold the potential for ethanol production.


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Holiday Reminder

As you make your holiday plans, remember that campus will be closed from Saturday, Dec. 22 through Tuesday, Jan. 1. All but two days (Dec. 28 and 31) are official university holidays. To remain in paid status for the entire winter break, leave-earning employees should plan to use accrued annual, comp, bonus leave or their floating holiday for the two additional days not designated as official holidays.
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Take the CPR Challenge

Are you prepared for an emergency? If not, you might want to take part in the second annual NCSU Campus CPR Challenge this Friday and Saturday at Carmichael Gymnasium.
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Sign Up for Text Alerts

NC State students and employees can register to receive emergency text messages beginning Nov. 15. The university will test the system after the holiday break.
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EEED Grants Awarded

Seventeen campus and extension faculty and staff members will receive the 2007-2008 University Extension, Engagement and Economic Development Grants totaling more than $169,000.
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New Vet Center Breaks Ground

The Randall B. Terry, Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center will be a 110,000 square-foot facility that will double the size of the current companion animal hospital.
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Faculty and Staff Notes

Who's traveling the state listening to concerns of North Carolina citizens? And why are so many faculty members winning awards? All the news that fits in our HTML code.
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Bulletin Board

Find out about benefit changes, when you can drop by the chancellor's house for a visit, and how to watch TV shows on your computer (we mean educational shows, of course).
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