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Fireworks go off over Carter-Finley Stadium prior to a nighttime football game

Aug 21, 2025

What’s New at Carter-Finley Stadium for 2025?

The fans spoke — and the Wolfpack listened. When NC State football fans visit Carter-Finley Stadium during the 2025 season, they’ll enjoy a combination of traditional favorites and some new enhancements to the stadium and its offerings.  As always, NC State Athletics made many of these updates as a direct result of fans sharing their suggestions and… 
Cute piglet on straw

Aug 18, 2025

Model Reroutes Livestock Trucks to Reduce Risk of Infection

Truck rerouting model shows at least 42% reduction in infection exposure between pig farms. 
A mother applies bug spray to a child's arm.

Jul 31, 2025

Basic Research Leads to Market’s First All-Natural, EPA-Registered Insect Repellent

NC State entomology professor Michael Roe’s early-stage research is behind the groundbreaking new line of DEET-free repellents. 
A green-metallic New World screwworm fly on a branch

Jul 31, 2025

What To Know About the New World Screwworm

NC State University entomologist Maxwell Scott discusses efforts to eradicate the New World screwworm and new genetic approaches under development for controlling the parasite, which feeds on living tissue in livestock and other mammals. 
An informational sign on campus about the Power Forward project

Jul 30, 2025

Looking Back at Power Forward

NC State’s four-year project to revamp and update its electrical distribution system has finished its installation and will be completed early in the fall semester. 
Graduate student Taynara Possebom walks a visitor through her research poster display at the Graduate Student Research Symposium.

Jul 30, 2025

Soundbites of Graduate Student Research

The annual Graduate Student Research Symposium provides a bird's eye view of the diversity and quality of research being conducted at NC State. Six graduate student presenters share the societal challenges that motivate them to Think and Do. 
a man stands behind a white fence wearing a dark blue sports jacket and blue and white checked shirt.

Jul 18, 2025

Monks Named Associate Dean and Director of NC State Extension

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has named David Monks, a respected CALS administrator, researcher and longtime Extension advocate, as associate dean and director of NC State Extension, effective Aug. 1. 

Jul 7, 2025

‘Ice in a Volcano’ Reveals Age of Gas Cloud at Milky Way’s Center

Researchers find clouds of cold gas embedded deep within larger, superheated gas clouds – or Fermi bubbles – at the Milky Way’s center. 
The Feed the Pack team inspect and organize donations of baked goods.

Jun 30, 2025

Meeting the Wolfpack’s Essential Needs

Pack Essentials responds dynamically and thoughtfully to students facing hardship. The program operates the Feed the Pack Food Pantry and other essential services, so that students don't have to choose between their academic careers or providing for their basic needs. 
Ten of the 12 2025 Award for Excellence winners posed for a picture after a June 3 awards ceremony. They are (front row left to right): Adam Bensley, Taylor Reynolds, LaShawn McLamb, Kathie Dello, Deidre Hartley and Holly Jordan; (back row left to right) Douglas Rowe, Jamie Pendergrass, Jesse Proctor and Ricky Hilburn.

Jun 19, 2025

Meet the 2025 Award for Excellence Winners

NC State announced the 2025 Award for Excellence winners at a June 3 awards ceremony. 
Students and faculty hold up five red wolf puppies

Jun 18, 2025

Red Wolf Pack Welcomes 5 Puppies

NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine has welcomed five new puppies into its red wolf pack. They arrived in May, much to the delight of students and faculty members in the Carnivore Conservation Crew, which is part of a nationwide effort to save red wolves — the world’s most endangered wolf species — from extinction. “We… 
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Jun 5, 2025

What Comes First: The Chicken or the Housing for a Cage-Free Egg?

For suppliers looking to help meet the rising demand for cage-free eggs, the solution may not be simply to do away with conventional hen houses. New research from NC State University suggests that not all hen breeds thrive in cage-free environments. 
Stock image of a highly enmeshed neural network of data points connected in an elaborate grid.

May 29, 2025

Exploring Deep Learning AI for Cancer Treatment

Winners of the TraCS Clinical and Translational Science Pilot award program, NC State researchers are harnessing AI to create deep neural networks of genetic and medication data. Emphasizing a cost-effective precision medicine approach, the research holds the potential for tailoring anti-cancer drugs to patients’ DNA. 

May 28, 2025

Huge sea-urchin populations are overwhelming Hawaii’s coral reefs

As coral reefs struggle to adapt to warming waters, high levels of pollution and sea-level rise, ballooning sea-urchin populations are threatening to push some reefs in Hawaii past the point of recovery. The phenomenon is described in a new study that uses on-site field work and airborne imagery to track the health of the reef… 
horse fly against a white background

May 27, 2025

How Do Horse Flies Bite? And Are They Dangerous?

Learn why horse flies bite humans, what attracts them, and if their bites carry health risks — as well as effective tips for preventing horse fly bites.