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Found 6 events matching "1970s 1970s"

2014
University Center for Earth Observation renamed

The University Center for Earth Observation was renamed the Center for Geospatial Analytics. The Center began as a computing cooperative in the 1970s.

9/17/1954
College Union Building opened

The College Union Building was officially opened. The building later became the Erdahl-Cloyd Wing of the D. H. Hill Jr. Library in the 1970s. It was built by T.A. Loving and Co.

7/1972-7/1972
Card catalog utilized

D. H. Hill Jr. Library utilized document card catalogs in the early 1970s. By 1975, the Libraries had adopted the computerized cataloging of book collections, which led to the development of the online catalog.

Included in: Academics; Libraries
2009
"Howling Cow" ice cream trademarked

Ice cream produced at the dairy processing facilities on campus by the Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences became known as "Howling Cow" after NC State applied for trademark status in June 2009. NC State ice cream has been a State Fair tradition for visitors since the 1970s.

1964
Doretha Blalock hired at Libraries

Doretha Blalock was hired as a "Typist II" for the library in 1964. She was later the first African American woman employed above the clerk level in a technical position processing books and was promoted to supervisor of the Collections Management Department. She also worked on the Affirmative Action Committee which oversaw hiring of African Americans in the 1970s.

1973
Byssinosis research conducted

Prior to studies in the 1970s, textile mill workers exhibited lung damage symptoms similar to those of coal minors. The condition was diagnosed as byssinosis, which was a pulmonary disease associated with inhalation of cotton processing dust. Beginning in 1973, research to solve this problem became the largest integrated research program in the School of Textiles. This research led to measurable reductions in airborne lint and finer particulates and to a decrease in byssinosis among textile mill workers.