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Feb 10, 2016

Swartzel Elected to National Academy of Engineering

An NC State researcher responsible for major advances in food science and technology has earned one of the engineering profession's highest accolades. 

Jan 28, 2016

A Primer on Political Activities

With two major projects included in the upcoming Connect NC Bond, NC State has a vested interest this legislative initiative. However, university employees are limited in what they can do to advocate for any political cause. Here are some guidelines from the Office of General Counsel. 

Jan 27, 2016

Alumna Astronaut Appears at Stewart

NC State alumna Christina Hammock Koch will speak at Stewart Theatre on Monday at 3 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. 

Jan 21, 2016

Alum Pitches People Mover

Marshall Brain envisions a creative solution for moving students, faculty and staff around NC State’s expansive campus. 

Jan 5, 2016

State Leaders Promote Proposed Bond

North Carolina voters will vote on a $2 billion bond package during the state's March 15 primary. The proposed bond includes $160 million for two buildings on NC State's Centennial Campus, the Engineering Oval and the Plant Science Initiative. 

Dec 31, 2015

DeSimone to Receive National Medal of Technology and Innovation

The White House announced on Tuesday, Dec. 22 the latest recipients of the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation – our nation’s highest honors for achievement and leadership in advancing the fields of science and technology. Awardees include Dr. Joseph DeSimone, William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical and… 

Dec 17, 2015

A Researcher’s Journey

Heba Al-Mohsin wanted one thing as she pursued her doctorate: the opportunity to do her own research in the laboratory. Follow her remarkable journey from Saudi Arabia to the University of Washington to NC State, which will conclude at Friday's commencement exercises. 

Nov 16, 2015

Prime Mover

Computer science graduate Xavier Primus was accepted into MIT, Georgetown and Duke — and then went to NC State instead. Learn why we’re increasingly the first choice of elite students. 

Nov 16, 2015

2015-16 Faculty Scholars Named

Chancellor Randy Woodson announces this year’s University Faculty Scholars, high-performing faculty members recognized for their significant achievements in scholarship, teaching and service. 

Nov 5, 2015

Hassan’s Giving Takes Flight

Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Hassan A. Hassan has spent most of his career at NC State and recently established the Hassan Family Fellowship to provide two-year stipends for master’s candidates and four-year stipends for Ph.D. candidates in the College of Engineering. 

Oct 27, 2015

Homecoming Is Family Reunion

Five generations of original North Carolina School for Agriculture and Mechanic Arts valedictorian C.B. Williams have attended NC State, including three of his great-great-grandchildren. Two of them, Megan and Katie Owens, are current NC State students. 

Oct 22, 2015

NC State Big Part of Bond Package

North Carolina voters will decide on the $2 billion Connect NC Bonds Act next March during the state's primary election. Two of the biggest projects are on NC State's Centennial Campus, the Engineering Oval and the Plant Sciences Research Complex. 

Oct 21, 2015

DeSimone Captures Big Nanoscience Prize

Acclaimed chemical and biomolecular engineer Joseph DeSimone scores the inaugural Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine for innovations leading to new cancer treatments, inhalable therapeutics for pulmonary diseases and next-generation vaccines. 

Oct 13, 2015

Researchers Use ‘Avatar’ Experiments to Get Leg Up on Locomotion

Simple mechanical descriptions of the way people and animals walk, run, jump and hop liken whole leg behavior to a spring or pogo stick. But until now, no one has mapped the body’s complex physiology – which in locomotion includes multiple leg muscle-tendons crossing the hip, knee and ankle joints, the weight of a body,… 

Sep 29, 2015

Brilliant Innovators

Two of the brightest young researchers within NC State’s College of Engineering have been producing outstanding work for years. Now they’ve won the acclaim of two of the world’s most influential technology magazines.