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Sports
7:55 am
Fri March 15, 2013

Wolfpack Runs To ACC Tourney Quarterfinals

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Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried was pleased with his team's defense, which shut down the nation's leading scorer.

N.C. State moves to Friday's quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament after a strong victory in the opening round. 

The Wolfpack took down Virginia Tech Thursday afternoon, 80-63. N.C. State took control after going on an 11-0 run in the second half.  Coach Mark Gottfried says guard Lorenzo Brown shut down Virginia Tech's Erick Green, the leading scorer in the nation.

"Lorenzo made his mind up he was going to do a good job on him and I thought he did," Gottfried said.

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Education
1:07 pm
Thu March 14, 2013

Duke, NC State Reverse The 'Rhodes'

Credit Marc Hall / North Carolina State University
NC State students study an array of solar panels on top of the NSF FREEDM Systems Center. Vest Scholarships will go to British graduate students interested in studying energy production among other engineering projects.

Duke and N.C. State Universities are among eight schools in the country now providing scholarships for British students to study engineering in the US.

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The State of Things
10:34 am
Thu March 14, 2013

Hofmann Forest

Credit Historical State, NCSU Libraries
J.V. Hofmann and class measuring pine in reed bed at Hofmann Forest, about 1937. .

  • News and Observer reporter Renee Elder weighs the pros and cons of NCSU selling Hoffman Forest

  The Hofmann Forest is referred to as the "crown jewel" of forestry research in North Carolina, and it’s one of the main educational sites for forestry students.


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Science & Technology
3:42 pm
Wed March 6, 2013

Older Gamers, Play On

Credit Anne McLaughlin / ncsu.edu
Surveys showed older adults who play video games scored higher on well-being tests than those who don't.

Researchers at N.C. State say playing video games might have positive psychological effects later in life.  A report released this week says a study of people who were 63 or older found those who play video or computer games at least occasionally reported more positive emotions in a mental health survey than those who don't.


"There's a whole gaming industry that's focused on the 12-year-old to 21-year-old demographic," says Dr. Jason Allaire, lead author of the study.

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