May 2016

May 3, 2016

Sustainability Fund Gives 15 Grants for 2016

The NC State Sustainability Fund gives 15 grants totaling $161,000 for campus sustainability projects. 

May 3, 2016

May the Fourth Be With You

While characters like Luke Skywalker and Rey use the Force to get things done, NC State uses its Think and Do spirit to create economic, societal and intellectual prosperity. Check out some of the sci-fi research taking place on our campus — including a few ideas straight out of the movies. 

May 3, 2016

NC State Selects 40 Park Scholars for Class of 2020

Forty outstanding students in the Class of 2020 receive Park Scholarships. 

May 3, 2016

Check Out Changes to PRRs

NC State has updated more than a dozen policies since the start of the fiscal year. The general counsel’s office has a helpful summary of the latest changes to the university’s policies, regulations and rules. 

May 3, 2016

NC State to Tighten Password Security

The Office of Information Technology is upgrading several services May 11 so campus users will get more timely reminders to change their passwords. The goal is to make your data more secure. 

May 3, 2016

Spellings Praises NC State’s ‘Pragmatic Creativity’

Fresh off her tour of NC State’s expansive campus, UNC system President Margaret Spellings shares her thoughts on the university’s “big culture" of interdisciplinary innovation, where the liberal arts and STEM disciplines intersect to solve society’s grand challenges. Plus, Howling Cow. 

May 2, 2016

Study Looks at Climate Change Concern in Adolescents

Personal beliefs and conversations with family and friends influence North Carolina middle schoolers' concern about climate change -- but not necessarily the way you'd expect. 

May 2, 2016

NC State Goodnight Scholars Named

STEM and STEM-education programs get a boost with 50 high-achieving Goodnight Scholars. 

May 2, 2016

New Tech Uses Hardware, Software to Train Dogs More Efficiently

NC State researchers have developed and used a customized suite of technologies that allows a computer to train a dog autonomously, with the computer effectively responding to the dog based on the dog’s body language.