PAMS Focus - July 2009

PAMS Focus is the bi-monthly electronic newsletter for alumni and friends of the NC State University College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (PAMS). If you have any suggestions or comments, please share them with us by e-mailing pams_info@ncsu.edu.

NCSU AND NOAA TO ESTABLISH CLIMATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN ASHEVILLE

PAMS will play a lead role in a new climate research partnership focused on creating accurate long-term climate change forecasts. The Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS) will have sites in Asheville, NC, and College Park, Maryland. The North Carolina site is expected to generate up to 20 new jobs during the first year of the program, and will provide NC State with potential funding of up to $32 million over the next five years. For more information, please click here.

 

STEFANSKI NAMED DREXEL PROFESSOR

Leonard (Len) Stefanski has been named Drexel Professor of Statistics. Stefanski, who came to NC State in 1986, is known internationally for his work in measurement error models. For more information on Stefanski or the Drexel Professorship, please click here. For more information on establishing a professorship, please contact the PAMS Advancement Office at 919.515.3462 or pams-dev@ncsu.edu.

CONTRIBUTE YOUR MEMORIES TO PAMS' 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

As part of the College's upcoming 50th anniversary celebration, PAMS is looking for contributions from our alumni that will help us tell the "story" of the PAMS student throughout the years. We are especially interested in your old letters to home or photos you may have of NC State dorms, classrooms or laboratories. A collection of these materials will be used in a special exhibit to be created at D.H. Hill Library in honor of PAMS' golden anniversary. If you have materials you'd be interested in sharing, please contact Steve Townsend, PAMS Director of Communications, at 919.513.0300 or pams_info@ncsu.edu.

US-KOREA CONFERENCE COMES TO RALEIGH

The new Raleigh Convention Center will serve as host to the 2009 US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship, which will be held July 16-19. NC State will have a large presence at this year's conference. Chueng Ji, professor of physics and president-elect of the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) will serve as conference chair, and other members of the university community are helping organize the event or serving as presenters. For more on the US-Korea Conference, please click here.

DON'T FORGET TO JOIN US ON THE WEB

Join the growing number of friends and alumni who are connecting with PAMS via social networking sites Facebook and LinkedIn. And don't forget you can always check out the PAMS Web site for the latest news and information from around the College.