Jan 31, 2013
Nominations are being accepted for the 2013 Norman E. Borlaug Service to Society and Environment Award.
How does a mountain range maintain its youthful, rugged appearance after 200 million years without tectonic activity? Try a geological facelift – courtesy of the earth’s mantle. Researchers from North Carolina State University noticed that a portion of the Appalachian Mountains in western North Carolina near the Cullasaja River basin was topographically quite different from…
Laura Taylor is one of just 20 environmental researchers in North America to receive the prestigious Leopold Leadership Fellowship for 2013.
Jan 30, 2013
NC State sets an all-time record for giving with its Wolfpack Gives Back effort, the 2012 State Employees Combined Campaign. See how we did it.
"In the Garden with Bryce Lane" strikes Emmy gold for the second time, bringing home the iconic award last week for the best informational program in the region.
Visit some of NC State's hallowed places, from the Belltower to the Brickyard.
Jan 29, 2013
For her first novel, "A Different Sun," English Professor Elaine Orr draws inspiration from her parents, her Nigerian homeland and a 160-year-old diary of a Baptist missionary.
Jan 28, 2013
There are nearly 450 buildings on the NC State campus, but only nine hallowed places. Learn about the Wolfpack's most revered sites.
Two NC State faculty members have been honored for their efforts to protect soybean growers from Asian soybean rust. The disease caused soybean losses of up to 80 percent in South America before spreading to the United States.
NC State will sell Hofmann Forest, the largest forest in eastern North Carolina, to support programs in the College of Natural Resources. Dean Mary Watzin announces the decision by the Natural Resources Foundation.
Meet exhibiting artist Alistair McClymont 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at CAM Raleigh.
An Abstract reader recently sent me this question: “Why doesn’t plastic dry in the dishwasher? Or why doesn’t it dry as quickly/easily as glass? This drives me totally nuts.” Good question! That phenomenon drives me nuts too. The answer appears to have a lot to do with the amount of energy (in the form of…
Enjoy a wine reception especially for faculty and staff to celebrate the last two exhibits in the Gregg Museum before its move to a new historic space on Hillsborough Street.
Jan 25, 2013
Watch a cool time-lapse video of the construction of the Emerging Issues Commons in the new Hunt Library.
A major figure in the international debate over the U.S. policy of using torture on its “war-on-terror” detainees will speak at NC State on Feb. 1.