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October 2017

Filing folder featuring health benefits tab

Oct 5, 2017

Open Enrollment Is Underway

It's that time of the year again: open enrollment for all employees. Learn more here about new benefits and some fewer choices from the State Health Plan. 

Oct 5, 2017

How to Navigate Game-Night Parking

Heading to tonight's NC State-Louisville football game at Carter-Finley Stadium? Plan your parking strategies before you go. 

Oct 5, 2017

Look for the NC State Label

NC State Licensing and Trademarks encourages all NC State fans, faculty and staff to purchase officially licensed products, which help fund four scholarship programs at the university. 

Oct 5, 2017

Finalists Chosen for ‘Three Minute Thesis’

Ten graduate student finalists representing five NC State colleges will compete in the Graduate School’s third annual Three Minute Thesis competition on Oct. 31 at the Hunt Library. 

Oct 5, 2017

TIP, CED Establish Teaching Scholars Program

An innovative program will create a pipeline of teachers for rural and semi-rural areas in North Carolina. 

Oct 5, 2017

Poole College of Management at 25

Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Poole College of Management is known as the place that pairs data-driven thinking with creative problem-solving. 

Alumni Gateway near sunset.

Oct 5, 2017

View Webcast on Endowment Fund

Tune in to a webcast with information about the university’s endowment fund on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Learn more about this important source of funds for NC State and how it is invested to support faculty, students and programs across campus. 

Dancers leap in the air.

Oct 4, 2017

‘Straight Outta’ Philly’ at Stewart Oct. 18

Two of the country's premiere dance companies join forces for a timely fusion of hip-hop and contemporary dance. Don’t miss Philadanco! and Rennie Harris Puremovement in Stewart Theatre. 

Oct 3, 2017

Designer Biosensor Can Detect Antibiotic Production by Microbes

Researchers engineer designer biosensors that can detect antibiotic molecules 

Oct 3, 2017

Neuroscientists Find ‘Gatekeeper’ in Itching Sensations Plays No Role in Pain Transmission

NC State research sheds light on how pain and itching sensations travel from the skin to the brain. 

Oct 2, 2017

Recluse or Not? Scientists Use Twitter to Tackle Spider Questions

Don't panic! Scientists want to use social media to help folks learn more about brown recluses (and their lookalike spider kin). 

Oct 2, 2017

Stranded Cetacean? There’s an App for That

Introducing WhaleScale, the cetacean weight calculating app for iPhone.