2017

Jan 26, 2017

Suggs Awarded Order of Long Leaf Pine

Alumni Association executive director Benny Suggs, a 1969 graduate of NC State and native of Columbus County, was presented with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, one of the most prestigious awards given to a citizen of the state. 

Jan 26, 2017

Cooper Wins Churchill Scholarship

Senior Christopher Cooper, a chemical engineering and economics major at NC State, will spend the 2017-18 academic year at the University of Cambridge, earning a master's degree on a prestigious Churchill Scholarship. 

Jan 26, 2017

Check Out Data Privacy Month

During Data Privacy Month, Jan. 28 to Feb. 28, the Office of Information Technology sponsors "Protect the Pack! Protect Your Data!" to empower you with tools to protect your privacy and control your digital footprint. 

Jan 26, 2017

Design Grads to Pitch Housing Solution at SXSW

Two NC State grads are finalists in the upcoming SXSW Accelerator competition in Austin, Texas. Their ideas for incremental housing are based on a post-graduation trip to South America, funded by a 2014 Duda Travel Fellowship. 

Jan 25, 2017

Entrepreneurship Clinic Receives Exemplary Nod

The NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic, based in the Poole College of Management, was presented with the Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Program award by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The recognition was announced at the association's annual conference held in in Philadelphia in January. 

Jan 25, 2017

Foreign Affairs Expert Offers Insight On Impact of U.S. Withdrawal From TPP

Reporters interested in learning more about what the TPP withdrawal may mean for international trade or U.S. foreign policy in Asia can contact Jessica C. Liao. 

Jan 24, 2017

Barrangou Wins NAS Award

CRISPR pioneer Rodolphe Barrangou garners another prestigious award for his work on the system that uses a molecular scalpel to edit genes. 

Jan 23, 2017

Fresh Material

In the past eighteen months, no fewer than six startups have sprung from groundbreaking discoveries in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Those six companies join more than a dozen other big names founded on the department’s research. 

Jan 23, 2017

80-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Collagen Confirmed

Researchers have isolated additional collagen peptides from an 80-million-year-old Brachylophosaurus. 

Jan 19, 2017

Manganese Oxides in Treatment System Could Be Mixed Blessing

Bad news or good news? Black sludge grows in water-treatment plant, but can it be used to clean up metal pollutants? 

Jan 19, 2017

Phytotron Stands Test of Time

Built in 1968, NC State's Phytotron in Gardner Hall remains one of the world's largest plant research centers. 

Jan 19, 2017

Encore Presentation About Eastern Coyotes

Roland Kays, head of the Biodiversity Research Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science and an NC State research associate professor, will reprise his presentation about Easter coyotes tonight at the Hunt Library auditorium. 

Jan 19, 2017

Veteran Golf Coach Sykes to Retire

After 46 years at NC State, Hall of Fame golf coach and four-time ACC Coach of the Year Richard Sykes will step down at the end of the 2017 season. Sykes, an NC State alum, is the longest serving member of the athletics department. 

Jan 19, 2017

Maintenance to Impact IT System Feb. 4-5

A number of network services will be offline the weekend of Feb. 4 and 5 while the Office of Information Technology performs data center improvements and other system maintenance. 

Jan 19, 2017

Sexual Minorities at Greater Risk of Suicidal Behavior, Being Victims of Violence

Sexual minorities are more likely than heterosexuals to be victims of physical violence and to exhibit suicidal behavior, according to a recently published study.