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Apr 16, 2014

Prof Honored With System’s Top Award

The UNC Board of Governors has awarded the prestigious O. Max Gardner Award to Jay Narayan. Read about the researcher's groundbreaking work in materials science. 

Mar 12, 2014

Three Elected to Inventors Academy

Three NC State faculty members have been elected fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, a nonprofit organization that encourages academic innovation. 

Mar 11, 2014

CED, Jenkins Soar in Rankings

Graduate programs in business and education post huge gains in reputation on the U.S. News list of top graduate schools. See where they rank. 

Feb 6, 2014

Carbonell Elected to NAE

Ruben Carbonell's work in multiphase reactor design, high-pressure thin-film coating and novel bioseparation processes has earned him membership in the prestigious National Academy of Engineering. 

Jan 29, 2014

Q&A With Freeman Hrabowski

Influential educator Freeman Hrabowski led his university to prize chess over football. In an exclusive interview, he discusses his philosophy for sparking a culture change in higher education. Don't miss his lecture on campus Thursday afternoon. 

Dec 5, 2013

Baliga Receives IEEE Medal of Honor

One of the world's top scientific organizations has bestowed its Medal of Honor on an NC State professor who pioneered an energy-saving semiconductor switch that controls the flow of power from an electrical energy source to any application that needs energy. 

Nov 22, 2013

New Supply Chain Degree Offered

Students get a boost in the job market thanks to a new graduate program in supply chain management that combines NC State expertise in both engineering and business. 

Nov 5, 2013

Smarter Searching

A new technique developed at NC State helps search engines return personalized results. 

Sep 12, 2013

Student Wows Washington

Ph.D. student Andy Smith caught the eye of the White House for his work with elementary school children, picking up a prestigious Presidential Service Award for Volunteerism. 

Sep 5, 2013

Shanghai Ranking Boosts Engineering

Engineering gained ground on a prestigious international measure of top universities. Learn more about the Shanghai ranking. 

Jul 17, 2013

A STEM Leader

NC State is feeding the economy's fastest-growing fields better than any other land-grant university. A recent US News & World Report study NC State produces a higher percentage of science, technology, engineering and math grads than any other land-grant. 

Jun 24, 2013

New Master’s in Nanoengineering

To help meet the growing demand for workers who can keep pace with an important emerging technology, NC State is launching a master’s degree program in nanoengineering. 

Jun 20, 2013

Heads Up, Isaac Newton

How do you throw a 100-pound ball of Silly Putty off the top of an 11-story building? Just use the scientific method and let gravity do the rest. Catch this year's Silly Putty Drop. 

May 31, 2013

Kuznetsov Wins Humboldt Award

Andrey V. Kuznetsov, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, joins an elite group of international academics honored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. 

May 8, 2013

Up, Up and Away

Astronaut Scholarship gives chemical engineering senior Andrew Santos a head-start on his next chapter.