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University Communications

Mar 23, 2009

New Inhaler System Could Be Breakthrough for Disease Treatment

Two North Carolina State University engineers have developed a new inhaler system that could improve treatments for a host of diseases by targeting drugs onto diseased tissue without affecting healthy areas of the throat and lungs. 

Mar 19, 2009

Engineering Rewards Excellence

The College of Engineering has recognized the winners of the 2009 Awards for Excellence. 

Mar 19, 2009

Grant to Boost Diversity

NC State has received a two-year, $987,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to encourage underrepresented minority students to enter graduate school in engineering, science and related fields. 

Mar 19, 2009

McGlothlin Joins IIE Board

Tim McGlothlin has joined the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) board of trustees. 

Mar 19, 2009

Spafford and Kraus Publish Book

Two teachers have published a book titled, "Rain Gardening in the South: Ecologically Designed Gardens for Drought, Deluge, and Everything In Between." 

Mar 19, 2009

NC State Team Wins Grant

A team of NC State faculty and staff was recently awarded a grant to design, implement, evaluate, and disseminate an innovative faculty development program to advance community-engaged scholarship on campus and nationally. 

Mar 19, 2009

Rice Honored

Art Rice received the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Fellows medal. 

Mar 19, 2009

Hobbs to Lead International Programs

Dr. Heidi Hobbs has been named director of international programs in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. 

Mar 19, 2009

Braden Named Dean of CHASS

Dr. Jeffery P. Braden has been chosen to serve as the next dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. 

Mar 18, 2009

Economist Dennis Gartman to Discuss Financial Meltdown at NC State’s Millennium Series Seminar

Dennis Gartman, publisher of The Gartman Letter, a daily commentary on the global capital markets, will speak at North Carolina State University’s Millennium Seminar Series with a presentation to students, faculty, staff and the general public at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, in Stewart Theatre on campus. His remarks will focus on the global… 

Mar 12, 2009

Park Scholars Named

North Carolina State University has named 55 students as Park Scholars for the Class of 2013. 

Mar 12, 2009

Sustainability Effort Launched

NC State is kicking off a series of spring events that highlight the university's commitment to sustainability. 

Mar 12, 2009

Chancellor Rallies Campus

During his second-annual State of NC State address, Chancellor James L. Oblinger celebrated a year’s worth of accomplishments. 

Mar 12, 2009

Teaching with FIZZ

FIZZ – which is being used in 35 K-12 schools over seven North Carolina counties – allows teachers to implement safe Web 2.0 environments in the classroom. 

Mar 11, 2009

Carolina “Clean” Coal: NC State Researchers Work to Make Wood a New Energy Source

Is wood the new coal? Researchers at North Carolina State University think so, and they are part of a team working to turn woodchips into a substitute for coal by using a process called torrefaction that is greener, cleaner and more efficient than traditional coal burning. Environmental organizations have raised concerns for decades about the…