2024

Dec 20, 2024

Your 2024 in Review

In 12 short months, NC State racked up new records, shone on the national basketball stage and celebrated one very big — and bittersweet — retirement announcement. Here's to 2024. 

Dec 20, 2024

Fostering Small Business Success in North Carolina and Beyond

Byron Hicks’ entrepreneurial journey sparked early — selling Christmas cards and flower seeds door-to-door. At thirteen, he took on a newspaper route, learning the basics of business: managing deliveries, collecting payments, building relationships, and stretching the supplies he’d purchased from the Winston-Salem Journal. “It taught me the importance of understanding customer needs,” he reflects. “Back… 

Dec 18, 2024

Home for the Holidays

Catering staff and Chancellor's Aides share what it's like working with Randy and Susan Woodson at their home for the annual Holiday Open House and other events. 

Dec 18, 2024

Celebrating 40 Years of Centennial Campus

Created to mark NC State's second century, the campus has grown to become a national hub for research, innovation, partnership and community. 

Dec 18, 2024

The Intersection of Tech and Arts: Chancellor Woodson Talks Innovation with Apple COO Jeff Williams

Chancellor Randy Woodson visits the Bay Area for a conversation with NC State alum and Apple COO Jeff Williams. 

Dec 17, 2024

Memories of Reynolds

A Philharmonic Roadtrip I had an opportunity to see the New York Philharmonic back in 1970 and jumped at the chance to go. The only problem was the concert was in Raleigh and I was in Boone. I was a high school sophomore with a love for classical music but had no driver’s license …… 

Dec 13, 2024

The World’s Fastest Swimming Robot

Drawing inspiration from manta rays, NC State researchers have engineered a soft robot that can swim even faster than its record-breaking predecessor. 

Dec 12, 2024

Machine learning and satellite imagery could help protect the world’s most important crops

A new North Carolina State University study combines satellite imagery with machine learning technology to help model rice crop productivity faster and more accurately. The tool could help decision-makers around the world better assess how and where to plant rice, which is the primary source of energy for more than half of the world’s population.… 

Dec 12, 2024

Innovations of Ultrasound

Sound waves power medical breakthroughs. NC State engineers Jiang, Muller, Shirwaiker and their research teams are leading the charge in ultrasound innovation. 

Dec 12, 2024

The Fall Class of 2024, By The Numbers

Thousands of bright minds will earn the coveted status of NC State alumni during the university’s fall commencement ceremony on Dec. 14. 

Dec 12, 2024

Chancellor’s Leadership Profile Now Available

The digital brochure details what NC State has to offer and what it is looking for in its next leader. 

Dec 12, 2024

Researchers Demonstrate New Technique for Stealing AI Models

Researchers have demonstrated the ability to steal an AI model without hacking into the device where the model was running. 

Dec 11, 2024

An Open Book With an Open Throttle

Lance Fenderson’s racing career came to a halt his junior year of high school. Now, however, as he prepares to graduate from NC State with his degree in mechanical engineering, he’s going wide open on professional racetracks. 

Dec 11, 2024

How “thirsty” trees may make forests more vulnerable to climate change

A new study suggests that increased maple populations may leave forests in western North Carolina more vulnerable to extreme weather conditions like flooding and drought.   The southern Appalachian Mountains feature large, intact forests with frequent precipitation. This kind of area would not typically be a place to look for the effects of climate change, but… 

Dec 11, 2024

NC State Announces Launch of Universitywide Climate and Sustainability Academy

Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Warwick Arden and Senior Vice Provost for University Interdisciplinary Programs Rob Dunn today officially announced the launch of the Climate and Sustainability Academy.