Eye on the Triangle

There’s a lot of talk about our online privacy these days, but a lot of people don’t know what it’s really all about. Sara decided to break it down a bit for you.

NC State played host to a very distinguished guest, and in a very unique way. President Theodore Roosevelt made a visit our very own McKimmon Center as part of a series of events celebrating the 85 anniversary of the College of Natural Resources. Nick brought us coverage of the event.

There are a number of sources that we at Eye on the Triangle use to find stories to report on our show, and one of the best places we go to is the NC State news website. Contributors Michaela and Nick, in searching for stories to cover, thought that speaking with some of the people who write for NC State News would be interesting, and it proved to be just that. Here’s a bit about some news writers for NC State.

This week we bring you a very special edition of Eye on the Triangle. It is Diversity Education Week here at NC State, and we are participating by bringing you several diversity education topics.

It’s not a stretch of the imagination to say that there’s some pretty incredible research happening at NC State. Last week, we brought you a feature about an industrial engineering professor helping local food banks. This week, we’ve got another incredible story of a biomedical engineering professor’s work to fight cancer more effectively.

Here at NC State, we have a large variety of majors, and Industrial & Systems Engineering is just one of them. A professor in the department is part of an incredible effort to help local food banks optimize their food distribution.

We are lucky enough to live here in the Triangle, where we have a very rich local music scene. We had a member of a local band called Mipso in the station, and contributor Jay spoke with him. There’s a lot of great research going on here at NC State, and Nick had the chance to speak with someone involved in breaking developments dealing with liquid metals in our chemical engineering labs.

s you may have heard, this week is Banned Books Week. The week is meant to highlight the value of free and open access to information. NCSU Libraries is hosting an event to bring attention to banned books week, and we spoke with some of the participants. Have a listen.

We have an interview brought to us by our contributor Sara featuring research done by some professors here at NC State. According to their study, it turns out the concept of the family meal might do more harm than good.

We have an interview brought to us by our contributor Dave through his work in Raleigh’s NeighorWoods program. Spoiler alert, they’re giving away trees.