March 2026

Mar 17, 2026

How You Can Help on Day of Giving

Every gift, no matter how big or small, can help you make your mark on NC State this Day of Giving, March 25. But did you know you can also make a difference with a single social media post? 

Mar 17, 2026

New Model Uses Team Interactions to Predict Next Steps in Collaborative Work

Finding the right information at the right time is critical for solving complex problems. A new tool draws on teamwork to help find the right information more efficiently. 

Mar 16, 2026

Reevaluating Reaction Rates to Better Understand the Stars

Richard Longland talks about why reevaluating thermonuclear reaction rates will help us better understand the universe. 

Mar 13, 2026

Clark Inducted Into Order of the Long Leaf Pine

Jim Clark, an English professor emeritus, member of the national 4-H Hall of Fame and recipient of the Caldwell Award for the Humanities, has earned the state’s highest honor for service. 

Mar 12, 2026

USDA Awards Avian-Flu-Fighting Challenge Grants to NC State Researchers

Two groups of top researchers at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine have won challenge grants from the US Department of Agriculture to complete projects aimed at combating the nation’s four-year-long outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza. In North Carolina, where poultry is the No. 1 commodity, HPAI led to the loss of more… 

Mar 12, 2026

NC State Engineering Leads the Nation in DOE Nuclear Energy Awards

NC State has earned more awards than any other institution in the latest funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy. 

Mar 12, 2026

Giving Voice to Staff

For 30 years, NC State’s Staff Senate has worked to improve employee benefits, foster a strong workplace culture and ensure that staff perspectives are included by university leaders. 

Mar 11, 2026

Accelerating NC State’s Research Position

NC State faculty are conducting groundbreaking research that makes an impact throughout our state, across the nation and around the world. In an effort to better compete for large-scale proposals, advance research and support growth, the university will leverage the Office of Research and Innovation’s (ORI) infrastructure and resources in order to strategically align efforts at… 

Mar 11, 2026

Female Resistance, Not Just Choice, Drives Mosquitofish Diversity

Female mosquitofish drive population isolation both by preferring native males and aggressively resisting outsiders. 

Mar 11, 2026

How a New System Could Help the Remote Drivers Who Operate ‘Driverless’ Cars

How do you ensure remote operators stay alert? And what happens when they are asked to monitor multiple vehicles at once? 

Mar 9, 2026

Researchers Make Probiotic Safer for Immunocompromised Patients

An international team of researchers has modified a probiotic yeast to make it safer for use by immunocompromised people, older adults and infants. 

Mar 9, 2026

Study Finds Correlation Between Public Health, Tax Policies

The more a state’s budget relied on sales tax revenue, the more likely it was to shorten stay-at-home orders during the early stages of the COVID pandemic. 

Mar 5, 2026

Holtz’s Happiest Days Were at NC State

Former NC State football coach Lou Holtz, who led the Wolfpack to four consecutive bowl games and a 33-12-3 record in four years, died on Wednesday at the age of 89. 

Mar 5, 2026

When Populist Rhetoric is High, Entrepreneurs Are More Likely to Dodge Taxes

A new study finds that the greater the amount of populist rhetoric in a nation, the less likely entrepreneurs are to register their businesses – dodging both taxes and government regulations. 

Mar 4, 2026

Pullen’s Planted Seed Continues To Grow

In celebration of March 7, the anniversary of NC State University's founding, and the upcoming Day of Giving on March 25, we celebrate Richard Stanhope Pullen, the institution’s first benefactor.