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Wolf Sculptures Unveiled Near Free Expression Tunnel

03.10.2010 | by Chris Richter | Filed under Campus Landmarks, Campus News | Comments: No responses |

NC State on Tuesday unveiled two 5-foot-tall, 1,200-pound wolf statues on the south end of the Free Expression Tunnel. San Diego, Calif., artist Michael Stutz created the woven bronze statues, which are part of a continuing campus beautification project. Tom Skolnicki, the university’s landscape architect, explains why the university commissioned the pieces:

“If you look across our campus, there are some iconic places, like the Belltower, the Brickyard and Holladay Hall. As part of the physical master plan, we’re trying to create additional (iconic places) as well as improve the areas that have high visibility and high pedestrian traffic.”

You can read more about the wolves here and see additional photos here.


Photo of the Day

03.10.2010 | by Chris Richter | Filed under NC State History, Photo of the Day | Comments: No responses |

NC State students submit their ballots during student government's spring election in 1977. (Photograph courtesy of Special Collections, NCSU Libraries)

NC State students submit their ballots during student government's spring election in 1977. (Photograph courtesy of Special Collections, NCSU Libraries)

NC State’s Special Collections Research Center has thousands of images in its online database that you can view.

Do you have an NC State photo you think might make a good photo of the day? Send it to us at alumniblog@gw.ncsu.edu!


Learn About NC State History on Your Mobile Device

03.09.2010 | by Chris Richter | Filed under NCSU Libraries | Comments: No responses |

map-tower

NCSU Libraries yesterday launched WolfWalk, a very cool site that uses your mobile device’s GPS to help you explore campus. Standing in the Brickyard wondering what the deal is with that round building? Go to m.lib.ncsu.edu/wolfwalk on the browser on your mobile device. The GPS will pinpoint your location, and the site will provide you with information about Harrelson Hall (and some nifty historical photos from the NCSU Libraries’ archive).


Students Helping Develop Better Alternative-Energy Vehicles

03.09.2010 | by kmmcdono | Filed under College of Design, College of Engineering, Student News | Comments: No responses |

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The eco-friendly car graduate student Sean Coleman designed for a class has won the 2010 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas (SEMA) Urban Concept Car Competition. His design will be built and featured at an annual SEMA event that showcases eco-friendly vehicles built by high school and college students. It took a while for Coleman to settle on his design:

“The design went through about 25 ideations,” says Coleman, using the design vocabulary for rough drafts. “At first it looked like a snake or viper. I liked it but thought it might be a little much for some people, so I modified it.”

There are dozens of NC State students working on alternative-energy vehicles and components (read about the EcoCar here). The News & Observer on Monday featured Kevin Grace, a mechanical engineering student and manager of the motor testing lab run by Advanced Energy, a nonprofit on Centennial Campus. He’s testing the efficiency of electric motors and talked about the changes he has seen:

The rules of physics that determine energy efficiency pose a challenge to car makers: how to design an efficient electric motor that fits in a limited space and doesn’t make the car too heavy or too expensive.

That’s why the Advanced Energy lab started seeing electric motors with exotic designs and materials about two years ago.

“The motors look very different from what we were used to seeing,” Grace said.

They come with external electronic controls or magnets made from rare earth metals with magnetic properties. Grace expects to see more of that in the future.

Testing the new technology has piqued his interest in owning a fully electric car, especially one like the Tesla Roadster. For now, though, the Roadster is out of his price range, he said. The 2005 Pontiac GTO he drives will have to do.


Photo of the Day

03.08.2010 | by Chris Richter | Filed under Photo of the Day, Sports, Student Contributions | Comments: One response |

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(Photograph by Brent Kitchen, senior, mechanical engineering)

This photo of NC State basketball star Tracy Smith is from the NC State Photo Club’s first exhibit. It runs from March 1 to April 17 at the Crafts Center on campus, and you can see the entire catalog of student photos here. We’ll post one photo from the exhibit each week, though April 17. All images are copyrighted by the student photographers.


A Coach’s First Season: At the ACC Tournament

03.05.2010 | by Cherry Crayton | Filed under Sports | Comments: No responses |

Championship game vs. Duke

Quarterfinals vs. Virginia

Sunday evening update: Duke 70, NC State 60

The NC State women’s basketball team fell to No. 8 Duke 70-60 Sunday afternoon in the final of the ACC tournament at Greensboro Coliseum. Senior guard Nikitta Gartrell led NC State with 19 points and seven rebounds and sophomore forward Bonae Holston added 14 points and six rebounds. Both were named to the All-ACC Tournament first-team. Go to GoPack.com and theacc.com for game reports; theacc.com also has video and the text of the post-game press conference featuring Gartrell, Holston and NC State head coach Kellie Harper. The Wolfpack (20-13) will find out Monday, March 15, if they made the NCAA tournament.

“I’m extremely proud of our team for so many reasons. For improving, for believing, for working hard in practice, for playing together,” Harper said after the game. “But in that locker room a few minutes ago I was proud of them for wanting more. They are hurt because they didn’t win this game. And I am so proud of that. . . . I think our kids have proved over the last few weeks that we are an NCAA Tournament team. Right now I don’t think I have to make an argument for these girls. I think they made it for me.”

As part of our ongoing series “A Coach’s First Season,” here is a short Q&A we conducted with Coach Harper  after the title game about the ACC tournament experience as a whole. (more…)


Zach Galifianakis to Host Saturday Night Live

03.05.2010 | by Chris Richter | Filed under Alumni News | Comments: One response |

Zach Galifianakis ’92 will host Saturday Night Live this weekend with musical guest Vampire Weekend. The actor/comedian had a breakout year in 2009 with his role in The Hangover and appearances in other films such as the Oscar-contender Up in the Air. We talked with Galifianakis in 2007, just after his Comedy Central show Dog Bites Man was canceled. You can find links to that interview and other stories here.


Photo of the Day

03.05.2010 | by magintern | Filed under College of Natural Resources, NC State History, Photo of the Day | Comments: No responses |

Students from NC State's forestry division on a field trip on March 5, 1941. (Photograph courtesy of Special Collections, NCSU Libraries)

Students from NC State's forestry division during a field trip on March 5, 1941. (Photograph courtesy of Special Collections, NCSU Libraries)

NC State’s Special Collections Research Center has thousands of images in its online database that you can view.

Do you have an NC State photo you think might make a good photo of the day? Send it to us at alumniblog@gw.ncsu.edu!


Favorite Photos from “A Coach’s First Season”

03.04.2010 | by Cherry Crayton | Filed under Alumni Association News, Sports | Comments: No responses |

The NC State women’s basketball team opens play in the first round of the ACC tournament today at 8 p.m. against Clemson in the Greensboro Coliseum. So far this week sophomore forward Bonae Holston has been named Honorable Mention All-ACC and Marissa Kastanek ACC Freshman of the Year. ACC Coach of the Year will be announced later today. To mark the beginning of post-season play,  as part of our ongoing series “A Coach’s First Season,” we thought that we would take a look back over the regular season. During that four-month period, Peyton Williams took more than a thousand photos. Click on the slideshow above to see 44 of his favorite images. Below, we’ve posted his comments with his eight favorite photos. Which one is your favorite?

Other pieces in the latest installment include Coach Harper’s comments during a teleconference Tuesday and a list of links to stories recently published by other media outlets.

Photo One

(Photo by Peyton Williams)

This was my favorite photo from the entire story. It was taken pre-game when player introductions are done with a spotlight. After the players are introduced, they shine the spotlight on the coach, and if you are standing on the court, she is backlit. At a previous game I saw this but could not get a shot of it in time. So I waited until the next game and put myself in position to get this photo. Thankfully the second time I got it. The photo carries some symbolism to me. The spotlight is on her literally and figuratively.  Also, she is casting a long shadow.  Foreshadowing of her future influence on this program?

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Photo of the Day

03.03.2010 | by Chris Richter | Filed under NC State History, Photo of the Day, Sports | Comments: No responses |

Paul Coder '78 reaches for a rebound against Virginia Tech in 1970. The Wolfpack beat the Hokies 94-87 at Reynolds Coliseum. NC State plays Virginia Tech tonight at 7 in Blacksburg, Va. The game is available on pay per view at www.theacc.com. (Photograph courtesy of Special Collections, NCSU Libraries)

Paul Coder '78 reaches for a rebound against Virginia Tech in 1970. The Wolfpack beat the Hokies 94-87 at Reynolds Coliseum. NC State plays Virginia Tech tonight at 7 in Blacksburg, Va. The game is available on pay per view at www.theacc.com. (Photograph courtesy of Special Collections, NCSU Libraries)

NC State’s Special Collections Research Center has thousands of images in its online database that you can view.

Do you have an NC State photo you think might make a good photo of the day? Send it to us at alumniblog@gw.ncsu.edu!


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