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NC loses bid against Georgia for Mercedes headquarters
The ASSIST Center is working on research to convert energy in the body into fitness trackers and other measures of overall health through devices like a wired wristband or a heart monitor embedded in a T-shirt. These trackers would help people better measure and understand what’s happening in their bodies and in their environment. The devices would rely on body heat and body motion to power them. The research is funded by a grant of approximately $18.5 million throughout five years, and the device should be available to the public sometime within that time. SOURCE: WRAL
Seas could rise up to 10.6 inches on NC coast by 2045
A sea-level rise over the next three decades could be as little as 3.5 inches on the southern coast and as much as 10.6 inches in the northern Outer Banks, according to a state science advisory panel, chaired by an NC State engineer. The report was released to the General Assembly, which will have a year to solicit public comment, consider whether to adopt new policies or regulations based on sea-level rise, and report to the legislature next spring. The panel said seas are rising more quickly to the north of Cape Lookout because the northern shoreline is sinking faster due to ancient geological forces and shifts in the speed and position of the Gulf Stream are pushing the seas higher along the north. SOURCE: News & Observer
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N.C. Commerce Department documents show that Gov. Pat McCrory and the state legislature offered Mercedes-Benz $15.4 million worth of incentives to encourage the company to move its headquarters from New Jersey to the Raleigh area. However, Georgia offered $23 million. This was NC’s latest economic development blow, which last year saw Toyota choose Texas over Charlotte for its North American headquarters. NC is still looking to land a car manufacturing plant to bring high-paying jobs and attract suppliers, and Volvo may be one of them, according to their plans to build a new plant in the U.S. SOURCE: News & Observer
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include Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood. The tour will begin May 24 at in San Diego and will makes stops in a total of 15 cities, including San Diego, Dallas, Atlanta, Orlando, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Detroit and Buffalo before finishing in Quebec July 15. “We are excited to be back in North America playing stadiums this summer,” Jagger said in a press release. The ZIP CODE tour will be the first the Rolling Stones have toured in North America since their 2005–2007 “A Bigger Bang” tour. The band’s stage design is planned to have a stadium that jets out into the crowd,
A female student who served as a resident advisor in Sullivan Hall was found dead in her room Tuesday morning as the result of an apparent suicide, according to an email sent by Justine Hollingshead, Chief of Staff for the Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Division of Academic and Student Affairs. NC State University Police Chief Jack Moorman said police responded to a staff member’s discovery of the deceased student’s body at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. He said that though police are investigating the death, they have ruled out foul play. In the Tuesday afternoon email to student leaders, Hollingshead said that the student was a member of the College of Engineering and that her family has been notified. According to Counseling Center Director Monica Osburn, counselors had been on site in Sullivan Tuesday, meeting with the residents and staff, holding both one-on-one sessions and group sessions as a means for those who knew the student or were affected by news of the death to begin grieving. Osburn said that university counselors meet students, faculty and staff members on a case-by-case basis and tailor their support to best fit individuals’ needs. “There isn’t just one prescription to deal with these circumstances,” Osburn said. The Counseling Center, University Housing staff, Multicultural Student Affairs and the Chaplains’ Cooperative Ministry are available for anyone who feels that he or she needs to talk with someone about the situation, according to Hollingshead’s email. If you are concerned about yourself or someone else who might attempt suicide or otherwise needs mental
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After numerous rumors, several high-level sources confirmed last Friday that the Rolling Stones will play at Carter-Finley Stadium July 1.
Rolling Stones rockin’ in Raleigh in July Staff Report
The Rolling Stones announced their summer tour dates Tuesday, which include making a stop at Carter-Finley Stadium on July 1. The announcement addressed weeks of rumors about the Stones’ ongoing tour. The concert will mark the fourth time the Rolling Stones have performed in Raleigh. They visited Carter-Finley in 1989 for the “Steel Wheels” tour and then again for the “Voodoo Lounge” tour in 1994. The band’s first trip to Raleigh was in 1965, where they played in Reynolds Coliseum. The Rolling Stones ZIP CODE tour will
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Somos las Estrellas entrega premios, da risas Paula Gordon Editora de Bienvenidos
El sábado pasado marcó el 12 anual Somos, un evento para mostrar el talento latino en NC State. Mi Familia, la organización más grande de estudiantes latinos en el campus, facilita el evento anual. Cada año, Mi Familia elige un tema general, y este año, el tema fue Las Estrellas. Como consecuencia, Somos fue creada para parecerse a los Premios Grammy Latinos, y entre las diferentes manifestaciones culturales, los anunciantes presentó una variedad de premios, de acuerdo con el tema. El evento fue lento a iniciar al principio, pero llenó el Auditorio de Hunt justo antes de que comenzó la “Nuestra Raices,” un desfile de moda de estilos latinoamericanos. Una variedad de trajes tradicionales estaban en exhibición desde países tan diversos como México, Colombia, Guatemala y Costa Rica,
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ojko Bakalov, associate mathematics professor, assists his son in the construction of a mathematical art piece at the MOSAIC festival on Saturday. The art piece was a rendition of a rhombic triacontahedron designed by George Hart of Stony Brook University. Festival attendees participated in this workshop to assemble the piece, which will be later hung in SAS hall. This was one of two geometric art piece workshops of the festival highlighting mathematics in science, art, industry and culture.
NCSU beats Princeton in Goldwater recipients Staff Report
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Two NC State students were awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship among 300 college sophomores and juniors nationwide. The scholarship is one of the most prestigious undergraduate awards given in the sciences and is awarded to students pur-
suing research careers in science, math and engineering. The two NC State students who won the scholarship are William Crumpler and Catherine McVey. Crumpler is a junior studying materials science and engineering and plans to get his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering or chemistry. His future plans are to
conduct research on the synthesis and applications of nanomaterials and teach at the university level. McVey is a senior studying animal science and statistics. She plans to get her Ph.D. in applied animal behavior and aspires to develop new computational and statistical approaches to better study food animal welfare.
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NC State outnumbered Harvard, Princeton and University of California-Berkeley in the number of Goldwater recipients this year. Each university had one student received the award. In the past five years, thirteen NC State students have received the Goldwater Scholarship.