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DeSimone elected to all three U.S. National science academies Joseph DeSimone has recently been elected to the Institute of Medicine, marking the third U.S. National Academy that he has been elected to. Previously, DeSimone has been made a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences. In particular, the Institute of Medicine is regarded as being one of the top honors that a person in the health and medicine fields can receive. DeSimone now joins a total of fewer than 20 people who can claim election to all three of the U.S. National Academies. He is a distinguished professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at NC State as well as is chancellor’s eminent professor of chemistry at UNC-Chapel Hill. DeSimone has founded many companies, had over 300 publications and more than 180 patents. SOURCE: NC State Press Release
State Health Plan to cover employees’ spouses of same sex As of Oct. 10, North Carolina now allows same-sex marriages and also recognizes same-sex marriages that took place before this date as being legal. Same-sex spouses of NC State employees are now able to be covered under the State Health Plan and the NCFlex Program, according to Joe Williams, the director of benefits and programs for Human Resources at NC State, in an NC State press release. Employees have 30 days from Oct. 10 if they were already married and 30 days from the date of their marriage if they married after the date to enroll their same-sex spouses for coverage and benefits. Other research universities already offer benefits for samesex spouses, so the recognition of same-sex couples will now put NC State on a more equal footing with peer and competitor institutions in terms of attracting employees to the university, according to Williams in the press release. SOURCE: NC State Press Release
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The Women’s Center’s These Hands Don’t Hurt campaign ended Wednesday after raising awareness about domestic violence for nearly a month. This year’s campaign was the Women’s Center’s most expansive to date, as it included Centennial Campus and the College of Veterinary Medicine for the first time. These Hands Don’t Hurt is a na-
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onse Alvarez, a senior in religious studies , holds up a poster saying “It’s a culture, not a costume,” depicting a stereotypical Native American Halloween costume in the Brickyard Wednesday. Alvarez was dressed in an Aztec dancing outfit. The Aztec was a tribe indigenous to central Mexico, which is where Alvarez’s family is from. Alvarez was participating in an event hosted by the Multicultural Greek Council and the Union Activities Board which encouraged students to sign a pledge to end cultural appropriation by not wearing disrespectful Halloween costumes. “We need to think beyond Halloween and remember that our society encompasses different communities and cultures, especially as a higher-education institution,” Alvarez said. “I hope students realize the consequences of these actions.”
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Vanessa Bateson, a freshman in First Year College and a mid-distance runner on the Track & Field team, proofreads a report for her English class in Case Academic Center on Oct. 14.
Obviously, student-athletes are tasked with maintaining high grade-point averages and athletic prowess, but beyond that, student-athletes also face problems with relationships and career preparation, according to
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Romo. Many athletes have problems differentiating between their real friends and those who are just attempting to be their friends be-
Harrison Allen In the midst of the academic scandal plaguing UNC-Chapel Hill and its athletic program, an NC State professor released a study finding that the lives of Division-I student-athletes are harder than many people think, and there is more at play than simply balancing school and sports. Lynsey Romo, an assistant professor of communication, authored the study, which examined how student-athletes deal with the uncertainty inherent in their positions. Uncertainty, as defined by the study, is how a given person reacts to unpredictable situations. “This study was done to look at the uncertainties that studentathletes face, and how they manage those uncertainties,” Romo said.
“The handprint is the person’s visible representation of the commitment to play their role in stopping domestic violence,”
tionwide campaign that takes place during the month of October, which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. During the course of the month-long campaign, participants across the country and across NC State’s three campuses painted their handprints on tarps as a symbol of their pledge to end domestic violence. Otis McGresham, assistant director for Interpersonal Violence Advocacy Services, a part of the Women’s Center, helped start the campaign and said the program is meant to be a commitment against domestic violence. “The handprint is the person’s visible representation of the commitment to play their role in stopping domestic violence,” McGresham said. Though These Hands Don’t Hurt is not new to NC State and has been successful in the past, McGresham said the Women’s Center had more ambitious plans for the campaign this year, which is why the center expanded the program beyond main campus. “Although we got lots of positive feedback, we knew we were missing portions of campuses and other groups of students, so we decided to do the campaign on all three NC State-affiliated campuses during the month of October,” McGresham said.
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Mo-Yuen Chow and Habiballah Rahimi-Eichi’s paper about “range anxiety” will be presented at the 40th annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Chow and Rahimi-Eichi, from NC State’s advance diagnosis, automation and control lab, have developed what they consider to be an alternative to current but often inaccurate measurements of how long the battery of electric cars will last. A fear is that while driving, the electric car will lose power and turn off. Chow and Rahimi-Eichi detail a software in their paper that uses a “big data” approach that gathers more than just information on the driver’s recent behavior to make measurements. Their model allows the driver to enter the GPS coordinates of their destination and receive a measurement that takes into account factors such as weather, traffic and the condition of the roads. The system has the potential to be commercialized within two years, according to Rahimi-Eichi. SOURCE: IEEE Spectrum
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Yates Mill Bakery in Talley Student Union is now accepting online orders for cakes and various other baked goods. Jennifer Gilmore, director of marketing and communication for Campus Enterprises, said the online ordering service started to help parents and family members send baked goods to students without having to cram cookies into envelopes or cakes into shipping crates. The bakery, which is based out of Talley Student Union, launched its online ordering service about two weeks ago and has since re-
ceived 15 orders. Anybody interested in ordering a cake or other baked goods from Yates Mill need not worry, according to Gilmore, because the process is fairly pain free. Simply go online, choose what you want to order, personalize it (if you would like) and pay. After the order is placed and completed, the recipient will receive an email notifying him or her that he or she has an order to pick up at Yates Mill Bakery. However, two things are required to complete any online order: a credit or debit card and time. Orders must be placed at least three days before the desired date of confectionary consummation. And if you’re planning to place an order using
dining dollars, don’t. Currently, students who would like to use the online ordering system would not be able to use dining dollars as a payment option, Gilmore said. In addition to cakes, those involved with the project through Campus Enterprises are looking to expand the goods the bakery offers through its online ordering service. Gilmore said she and her cohorts at Campus Enterprises are looking to add pies and other baked goods to the list of orderable goodies during the holidays. Gilmore also said Campus Enterprises might
Who: Why: When: You! A $30 donation allows To help us reach our goal of November 21, you to pack 100 meals for packing 50,000 meals for 6pm-Midnight children in need. children in need. What: go.ncsu.edu/servicencstatemeals Where: 9th Annual Meal Carmichael Gym Packaging Event
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