awards and recognition

Apr 21, 2016

Green Bricks Honor Sustainability Efforts

The annual Green Brick Awards were given on April 15, honoring the top sustainability efforts on campus. 

Apr 21, 2016

NCSU Libraries Wins Top Service Award

NC State’s innovative library system wins the nation’s highest honor for extraordinary public service. Vice Provost and Director of Libraries Susan Nutter will receive the medal at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. this summer. 

Apr 14, 2016

Cheer Team Wins NCA Championship

NC State's cheerleaders brought home multiple national awards from its trip to the NCA College Nationals in Daytona Beach, Fla., including an overall win in the Small Coed Cheer Division. It is the fifth national cheer championship in school history. A replay of the finals airs nationally on CBS Sports Network May 1 and May 8. 

Apr 13, 2016

Admiral to Give Spring Commencement Speech

NC State graduates will hear inspiring words from a four-star admiral who's achieved many firsts, and meet an anthropologist focused on global health and a museum director with vision. 

Apr 6, 2016

Dining No. 31 on National List

NC State's University Dining landed the No. 31 spot on College Rank's Top 50 overall dining experiences, thanks in part to its commitment to sustainability through waste reduction, special events at the dining halls and nutrition program initiatives. 

Apr 6, 2016

Talley’s Design Wins Award

The Association of College Unions International honored NC State's Talley Student Union with its 2016 Facility Design Award. 

Apr 1, 2016

The Right Chemistry: Au+H2O Times 2

Two NC State juniors win the highly competitive Goldwater Scholarship for 2016, an award that requires a strong track record of undergraduate research and recognizes some of the nation’s top college students in science, math and engineering. 

Mar 31, 2016

32 Students Score NSF Fellowships

NC State students earn a record number of NSF Graduate Research Fellowships this year. Meet the students who help make NC State a research powerhouse. 

Mar 23, 2016

Evans Groth Recognized for Libraries Work

NCSU LIbraries Jason Evans Groth is a "Mover & Shaker," according to Library Journal, for his innovative work with digital technologies. 

Mar 23, 2016

NC State’s Barrangou Wins Canada Gairdner Award

Rodolphe Barrangou wins prestigious Gairdner Award for pioneering the gene-editing system known as CRISPR. 

Mar 18, 2016

Recreating the Web of Blood Vessels That Keep Human Tissue Alive

For years, one of the largest obstacles facing the field of regenerative medicine was the need to create a circulatory system to support new tissues and organs as they grew. Now two researchers are being recognized for creating technology to make the customized blood vessels necessary to support tissue generation. 

Mar 16, 2016

Wolfpack Wrestling’s Garden Party

NC State's wrestling team, led by two-time heavyweight champion Nick Gwiazdowski, heads to New York's Madison Square Garden for the NCAA Wrestling Championships, beginning on Thursday. Live coverage is available on ESPN and full details are on www.GoPack.com. 

Mar 10, 2016

Worsley, Mulkey Awarded Watauga Medal

Barbara H. Mulkey and George L. Worsley Jr. received NC State University’s highest nonacademic honor Monday evening, March 7, during the annual Founders’ Day observance. 

Mar 9, 2016

Mulholland Named Burkhardt Fellow

English professor James Mulholland’s work in anglophone literature in colonial India earns him a Burkhardt fellowship for the 2016-17 academic year. 

Mar 9, 2016

Barrangou Wins Warren Alpert Foundation Prize

Rodolphe Barrangou shares prestigious award for his pioneering work on the revolutionary gene-editing system known as CRISPR.