A new one-year, dual-degree graduate study option developed jointly by North Carolina State University’s Poole College of Management and SKEMA Business School is designed to prepare the next generation of managers for the growing global luxury goods and services market. SKEMA is a French business school with a number of campuses worldwide – including in Raleigh, N.C., and [...]
A vaccine that prevents Salmonella, coatings that protect fabrics from ultraviolet (UV) rays, bandages that release medication to improve wound healing, and better bed bug bait – these four technological breakthroughs are one step closer to becoming reality. The North Carolina State University researchers behind these inventions are the first recipients of NC State’s Chancellor’s [...]
North Carolina State University has been awarded a $1.3 million grant to guide the continuing participation of the Raleigh postsecondary partnership in a three-year demonstration funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Partners for Postsecondary Success initiative is part of the Gates Foundation’s postsecondary strategy to double the number of young adults (aged [...]
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and MDC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding opportunity and reducing poverty, today announced that Raleigh has been selected as one of four cities to participate in the Partners for Postsecondary Success (PPS) initiative as part of a Gates-funded national effort to improve postsecondary completion rates among low-income young [...]
The colleges and universities that comprise the University of North Carolina system make a positive difference in the lives of North Carolinians. Dr. James Zuiches, vice chancellor of extension, engagement and economic development at North Carolina State University, will present an overview of UNC system outreach efforts at the National Outreach Scholarship Conference (NOSC) on [...]