Aug 27, 2009
Dr. Jie Yu, a Sea Grant researcher whose work has focused on the formation of deadly rip currents, won a prestigious Career Award from the National Science Foundation.
Dr. J. Mark Scearce, director of the music department, has been named the recipient of the eighth Raymond and Beverly Sackler Music Composition Prize.
Aug 13, 2009
The North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association honored Dr. Warwick Arden, interim provost and dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, as its Veterinarian of the Year.
Jul 30, 2009
Dr. Sami H. Rizkalla, distinguished professor of civil engineering, has been named a fellow of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute for his contributions to the industry and the institute.
NC State’s alumni magazine won four awards in the 2009 APEX awards competition, a national competition that received more than 3,700 entries this year.
Dr. Roger Narayan, faculty member in the joint department of Biomedical Engineering at NC State and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named a Fellow of the Society for ASM International.
Jul 16, 2009
Dr. Will Hooker, professor in the Department of Horticultural Science, was named the Raleigh News & Observer’s Tar Heel of the Week.
NC State’s Office of Sustainability won a GoTriangle Commute Challenge Award for its outreach during the six-week Smart Commute Challenge.
Dr. Laura Bottomley, director of K-12 engineering outreach programs, won a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.
Four students got to sample the magic this summer as finalists in Disney's ImagiNations Design Competition, winning a 10-day trip to Imagineering's Southern California studios.
Jul 1, 2009
Dr. Tao Xie has been awarded a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award by the National Science Foundation, valued at $425,000.
Five employees who won University Awards for Excellence will represent NC State at the Governor’s Award for Excellence program later this year.
Dr. Tom Ranney, horticultural science professor at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center near Asheville, won the American Horticulture Society’s Marc Cathey Award.
NC State video producer Neal Hutcheson distilled the art of making moonshine into an Emmy-winning documentary.
Jun 18, 2009
NC State’s Women in Engineering Program won a 2009 award from the Women in Engineering ProActive Network.