NC State in the News

N.C. State Forensic Scientist Puts a Name to Mystery Skull
Charlotte Observer, Nov. 4, 2009
“Elizabeth Jane Smallwood, 33, of Rocky Mount was no longer a lost person, thanks to a world-renowned expert and a program at N.C. State University that is using forensic science in crime scene investigations.” Dr. Ann Ross, associate professor of anthropology, featured.

The New Racial Frontier
The State of Things, Nov. 3, 2009
“Nacoste believes that Obama’s election is one step along a ‘new racial frontier’ that began with desegregation, but that most people have no idea how to relate to those who are culturally or ethnically different than them.” Dr. Rupert Nacoste, professor of psychology, featured.

Pilots Distracted By Laptops? Not in Cockpits of the Future
Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 29, 2009
“The idea is to increase levels of automation when a pilot is alert and decrease automation when it appears that a pilot is losing long-term focus,” Dr. David Kaber, professor of the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, featured.

Can Biotech Food Cure World Hunger?
New York Times, Oct. 26, 2009
“There is a real threat to worldwide food security over the next 10 to 40 years,” Dr. Michael J. Roberts, assistant professor of agricultural and resource economics, featured.