Awards and Honors

Sep 1, 2022

Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Awards Support to Six Promising Projects

The Chancellor's Innovation Fund is supporting research to improve wireless EKGs, prevent and remove ice using a coating and make faster COVID-19 antibody tests. It's supporting additional discoveries that could revolutionize human healthcare.

Professor Griffin sits in front of his computer monitor in his office at NC State.

Aug 24, 2022

SPIA’s Griffin Named Fulbright Distinguished Chair

The prestigious award gives Clifford Griffin the opportunity to conduct research on the challenges to democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Abby Lampe in an English pub holding up the cheese wheel she won.

Jul 14, 2022

Cheese-Rolling Champ Returns in Triumph to Packapalooza, Prize in Hand

Abby Lampe is cutting short a post-graduation European trip to appear on the main stage at Packapalooza Aug. 27, along with a 9-pound cheese wheel she captured in a daring English competition that dates back to the Middle Ages.

Jun 3, 2022

Fulbrights ‘Think and Do’ Globally

NC State innovation spans the globe, thanks to this year's Fulbright Scholars. From pioneering textile technologies in Sweden to the next generation of forest fire forecasting in India, our Fulbrights cover a lot of ground.

The Technology Tower is reflected in the side windows of the Talley Student Center.

May 3, 2022

National Inventors Hall of Fame Honors 3 With Ties to NC State

Three innovators who have served on NC State's faculty are inducted into the prestigious organization at a two-day event in Washington, D.C.

Apr 25, 2022

NC State Announces 2021-22 Goodnight Early Career Innovators

The program recognizes and rewards promising NC State early-career faculty whose scholarship is in STEM or STEM education.

Eduardo C. Corral and the cover of his second book, guillotine, published by Graywolf Press. Photo by Nicholas Nichols.

Apr 13, 2022

Cutting Through the Noise

NC State poet and professor Eduardo C. Corral untangles the chaos of everyday life — and earns a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship for his efforts.

Apr 12, 2022

Laura Clarke Wins UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching

The NC State physics professor has received the university system’s most prestigious teaching award for her extraordinary teaching contributions.

Apr 12, 2022

Lisa Bullard Receives Inaugural Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

Lisa Bullard, a teaching professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was honored for being a nationally-recognized teacher and advisor in engineering education.

The NC State Belltower at dusk and night. Photo by Marc Hall

Mar 30, 2022

Graduate Programs Rise in Rankings

This year's U.S. News rankings bring good news for graduate programs across the university. Three programs place in the top 10 nationwide while numerous other graduate programs advance.

The Alexander Quarles Holladay medal for excellence

Mar 21, 2022

5 Faculty Win Holladay Medal

Meet the faculty members who received the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by NC State and the university’s Board of Trustees.

In this photo, the top of the Belltower is framed by fall foliage.

Mar 17, 2022

NC State Honors 10 Faculty Members with Outstanding Research Award, Induction into Research Leadership Academy

Get to know the newest recipients of the university's top award for research and mentorship.

Feb 25, 2022

NC State’s Jane Hoppin Wins Holshouser Award

For her work examining the impact of environmental exposures on human health, Hoppin is one of two UNC System employees to be honored.

NC State's Memorial Belltower and North Carolina state flag

Feb 21, 2022

NC State Named Best Large Employer in North Carolina

Forbes surveyed 60,000 Americans to find the best places to work across the nation. In North Carolina, the top choice is NC State.

Jan 31, 2022

2021-22 University Faculty Scholars Named

NC State’s 2021-22 class of University Faculty Scholars was announced today. These 23 early- and mid-career faculty receive this designation in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements and contributions to NC State through their teaching, scholarship and service to the university and beyond.