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Engineering a New Mosquito

Alastair Hadden

With the Wolfpack men's and women's basketball teams scoring major 2024 NCAA Championships wins, crowds of fans gather to celebrate at the Memorial Belltower.

Apr 3, 2024

Final Fours: Join the Wolfpack for an Unforgettable Weekend

The NC State community holds its breath as men's and women's basketball continue their storybook run in the NCAA tournament. 

Aug 29, 2023

NC State Names New Faculty and Staff Ombuds

Bradley Davis has been named the new faculty and staff ombuds for NC State, effective August 28. In his role, he will offer independent and confidential support for faculty and staff as they navigate workplace concerns or conflicts. 
The new NC State website displayed on a laptop next to a cup of coffee.

Feb 24, 2022

Relaunching the NC State Website

Learn about the latest version of the NC State core website — ncsu.edu — and how to navigate its new menus and layout. 
The Belltower against colorful clouds at sunset.

Oct 21, 2021

2020-21 Awards and Honors

NC State faculty, staff, students and alumni garnered significant recognition for their accomplishments over the past year. Here are a few highlights. 
Randy Woodson delivers the annual fall address during Red and White week in 2019 in the Talley Student Union.

Oct 11, 2021

2021 Chancellor’s Fall Address

To kick off Red and White Week, Chancellor Woodson delivered the annual "state of NC State" speech live and in person from the atrium of Talley Student Union. 

Feb 14, 2019

Black History Month 2019: Meet Elan Hope and Blair Kelley

February is Black History Month, a vital opportunity to honor black legacies, histories and accomplishments. It's also a chance to amplify ongoing research into the black experience. 
North Carolina historical marker for Dr. Martin Luther King's speech given in Rocky Mount.

Jan 15, 2019

Describing the Dream: Studying Martin Luther King Jr. at NC State

Researchers, digital humanities experts and musicians at NC State keep finding new ways to explore King's life and legacy. 
A student model in the 2016 edition of the African America Textiles Society's Fashion Exposé show.

Apr 4, 2017

Fashion Exposé

For two decades, the annual Fashion Exposé runway show has given College of Textiles students — and the wider Triangle design community — a spotlight for their talent and tenacity. 
Two Catalyst program students work on soldering a circuit.

Feb 21, 2017

Learners, Leaders

One in every eight students in North Carolina public schools has a disability. That’s nearly 170,000 people who need the expert support of the state’s educators. But those students are also a potential wellspring of talent for the state’s STEM industries. 
Randy Ramsey with Mr. and Ms. Wuf and NC State basketball legend David Thompson.

Dec 21, 2016

Game-Changing Impact

Generous gifts from Randy and Tiffany Ramsey bolstered the university's programs for men's basketball and equine sports medicine. 
Drs. Dennis Brown and Raquel Hernandez of the Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry.

Nov 21, 2016

A Vaccine for Zika

A husband-wife team of biochemists at NC State is testing a one-shot vaccine that could grant lifetime immunity against the widely feared Zika virus. 

Nov 16, 2016

NC State Fighting Zika on Multiple Fronts

NC State is fighting the worldwide outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus Zika by designing innovative, mosquito-proof fabrics; developing mathematical models that describe and predict the spread of infections; genetically engineering mosquitos to suppress their transmission of disease; and drawing attention to missed opportunities for better biotechnology regulation. 
Mosquitoes clinging to the inside of a transparent drum.

Nov 14, 2016

A Fashionable Response to Zika Protection

As part of a five-year collaboration between NC State’s College of Natural Resources, College of Textiles and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, researchers are aggressively looking to find solutions to protect people living and working in locations infected with mosquito-borne illnesses. 
A portrait of Alun Lloyd, NC State mathematics professor.

Nov 14, 2016

Let’s Subtract Zika

Alun Lloyd, professor of mathematics and director of the Center for Quantitative Sciences in Biomedicine and the Biomathematics Graduate Program at NC State, is developing mathematical models to describe the spread of infections. 
NC State Ph.D. student Sophia Webster at work in her entomology lab.

Nov 14, 2016

Engineering a New Mosquito

NC State entomologists are developing genetic systems that could replace mosquito populations with strains that have a reduced capacity for transmitting disease.