College of Natural Resources News Central

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• Pulp & Paper Foundation Meeting/Webinar to be held
  Friday November 6, 2009 - Please Join Us.
• Recruiting New Students - Your Help is Needed
• Classroom Renovation Complete!
• PSE Students Win TAPPI national Scholarships
• Students Visit Kimberly Clark for a "Tissue 101" Weekend
• Profs Visit Southern Mills on the "Southern Swing"
• Freshman Retreat A Success

News Release - November 6, 2009

A team of College of Natural Resources researchers at NC State University receive a Federal Urban and Community Forestry Grant to examine the potential for urban and community forests to promote physical activity.

From the NC State University Bulletin - by David Hunt

Changes in the State Health Plan that threaten to penalize some overweight employees starting in 2011 raise the question: What's available at work to help faculty and staff members lose weight and live healthier lives? 

Employees in the College of Natural Resources (CNR) are showing what can be done, on their own, to improve their health and fitness.  The program, called CNR Fit for Life, was launched last May to give employees in the college a free and easy option for exercising during their lunch break.

Robert Jetton, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources and a Project Leader in Camcore, is the 2009 recipient of the Roger F. Anderson Memorial Outstanding Graduate Student Award sponsored by the Southern Forest Insect Work Conference for his research conducted as a PhD student in entomology with a co-major in forestry at NC State University.[Read More]

Wood Products students are combining community service for Habitat for Humanity with mastering the concepts of sustainable wood and wood products manufacturing in a new course at NC State.

As part of a team at NC State, researchers in the Department of Wood and Paper Science apply their pulp & paper expertise to help "SHE" combat a hindrance to education and employment for women in impoverished and developing countries.

News Release - September 28, 2009

Dr. Hasan Jameel, Ellis Signe Olssen Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Department of Wood & Paper Science at North Carolina State University, has been selected by the College of Natural Resources to receive the Board of Governor's College Award for Excellence in Teaching.  Along with a cash award and recognition at a campus-wide event in the Spring, Jameel will be a nominee for the University Board of Governor's Award.

News Release - October 1, 2009

Dr. Robert D. Brown, dean of the NC State University College of Natural Resources was recognized as a Fellow of The Wildlife Society (TWS) at the Society's 2009 annual meeting in Monterey, CA.  The career award recognized Dr. Brown’s contributions to science and to The Wildlife Society. 

NEWS RELEASE:  September 23, 2009

What:  C.H.A.N.G.E. 4th Annual Diversity Summit Webinar
When:  October 13-15, 2009 from 10:30am - 2:00pm daily
Where: Webinar originates from Raleigh, North Carolina
Sponsors: Weyerhaeuser and NC State College of Natural Resources

From the News & Observer - September 24, 2009
by Martha Quillin, staff writer

In stands of tiny trees in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia blooms the hope of restoring a mighty giant, as scientists try to bring back the American chestnut from near extinction.

Five hundred blight-resistant American chestnut saplings are thriving a year after they were planted in three national forests, a milestone in the long-term effort to re-establish the tree in its native habitat. Reviving the chestnut, decimated by a fungus, would reverse one of the worst ecological disasters in the nation's history, reviving a major source of food and lumber that forest animals and humans have missed for more than a century. 

Dr. Elizabeth Nichols, environmental technology professor in NC State's Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, and her team are using phytoremediation to clean up a contaminated site in Elizabeth City, N.C. Phytoremediation uses plants to absorb heavy metals from the soil into their roots. The process is an attractive alternative to the standard clean-up methods currently used, which are very expensive and energy intensive. At appropriate sites, phytoremediation can be a cost-effective and sustainable technology, Nichols says.[Read More]

Dr. Kathi Beratan, research assistant professor in the N.C. State University Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, will serve as Policy Advisor and External Partnership Liaison with the BRAC-RTF working on regional planning and sustainable business development with Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base, the surrounding communities, and state and federal agencies.  

 NC State News Release September 3, 2009

 
Lignin is the "glue" that holds trees together. It's good if you need lumber for construction – bad if you're trying to make biofuels. A new four-year, $3.72 million grant to North Carolina State University will allow researchers to shed light on an important mystery - how genes impact the type and amount of glue, known as lignin, produced in trees. Understanding the role of lignin, which binds fibers together to form wood, has significant implications in the production of paper products, biofuels and construction materials.

The National Science Foundation Plant Genome Research grant led by College of Natural Resources researchers Vincent Chiang and Ron Sederoff will spur the most comprehensive analysis of lignin regulation ever undertaken.

The W.M. Keck Center for Behavior Biology at North Carolina State University will honor Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences professor Dr. Roger A. Powell with the "Behavioral Ecology of Mammals" symposium, on Friday, September 4, 2009 from 1-5 P.M. in the Stanley G. Stephens Room, 3503 South Gardner Hall.  Students, faculty, alumni and friends of the program are encouraged to attend. 

When: September 14-16, 2009
Where: Raleigh, North Carolina, US