Posted on February 8th 2012 12:20 pm by Tilla Fearn
Everyone who has ever attended school has memories of one or more teachers who really made a difference in your life. Maybe he or she sparked your creativity, helped you over a difficult academic hurtle, forced you to question your assumptions, or took an interest and let you know that you and your success mattered. Every year, NC [...]
Posted on January 12th 2012 11:59 am by Tilla Fearn
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 children and adolescents, ages 0 to 18 concludes that parks can play an important role in children’s physical activity because they are generally associated with increased physical [...]
Posted on January 12th 2012 11:13 am by Tilla Fearn
Dr. Robert (Bob) Brown, Dean of the College of Natural Resources at North Carolina State University, has announced his plans to retire in late summer-early fall, 2012. Dr. Brown has been Dean at NC State since 2006. He attended the University of California at Davis, and received his B.S. from Colorado State University. After a [...]
Posted on January 12th 2012 11:11 am by Tilla Fearn
The conferring of honorary doctorate degrees at NC State’s Winter Commencement brought the opportunity to welcome two distinguished visitors to the College of Natural Resources. Nobel Peace Prize winner and NC State alumnus Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, a worldwide leader in the study of climate change, was on campus to accept his honorary degree and [...]
Posted on November 7th 2011 3:20 pm by Tilla Fearn
The sixth Borlaug lecturer – Dr. Julio Cesar Calvo Alvardo – has an important connection to N.C. State University: He earned his doctorate in forestry here in 1991 and went on to become president of one of Costa Rica’s most prestigious universities, said Dr. Dan Robison, associate dean of the College of Natural Resources (CNR). [...]
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