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two workers in a biomanufacturing facility

Dec 16, 2020

Vaccine Q&A: How Long Does It Take to Make Vaccines?

Manufacturing vaccines is more complicated than many people think. 
drawing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Dec 16, 2020

Vaccine Q&A: Returning to Normal and Planning for the Future

How do we prevent this from happening again? 
man receiving vaccination

Dec 16, 2020

Vaccine Q&A: Safety, Skepticism and How Long Protection Will Last

We also explain the difference between preventing infection and preventing sickness. 
bottles of vaccine

Dec 16, 2020

Vaccine Q&A: Vaccines 101, mRNA and Adenoviruses

Here's how vaccines work and what mRNA and adenovirus vaccines are. 
two women standing next to car packed with food donations

Dec 9, 2020

Standout Staff

NC State employees continue to go the extra mile during the COVID-19 pandemic, making a big difference for others along the way. 
tablet and cell phone on a table

Dec 7, 2020

Study Highlights What Makes COVID Misinformation So Tough to Stop on Social Media

One culprit? A false sense of superiority. 
Photo of muscadine grapes on the vine.

Nov 30, 2020

Chemical Compounds in Foods Can Inhibit a Key SARS-CoV-2 Enzyme

Green tea, muscadine grape and dark chocolate chemical compounds inhibit an important SARS-CoV-2 enzyme. 
NWI is dedicating its meltblown and spunbond nonwoven making facilities and expertise to produce specially designed fabrics that can be delivered to USA manufacturers to assemble facemasks.

Nov 20, 2020

Nonwovens Institute Awarded Grant to Study Mask Material Improvements

A grant awarded to researchers at NC State's Nonwovens Institute will allow them to study improving properties of mask and respirator materials. 
nurses stand with newly-delivered boxes of PPE

Nov 12, 2020

The Strategic Stockpile Failed; Experts Propose New Approach to Emergency Preparedness

Academic and military experts are calling for a new approach to national emergency preparedness. 
campus gateway at sunrise

Nov 11, 2020

Rapid Response

On a Thursday morning in late May, the machine shop in Engineering Building III on NC State’s Centennial Campus is quiet for the first time in a long time. 
An illustration by the CDC shows ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses.

Nov 10, 2020

NC State Researchers Take On COVID-19

While COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, has brought much of the world to a standstill, it hasn’t stopped research at NC State. Faculty and the staff at the university have pivoted from their customary research to study COVID-19, using their expertise in battling the pandemic. Their research has covered a large scope, from how the… 
person holds head in hands

Nov 9, 2020

New Software Focuses On Better Targeting Mental Health Resources

The tool would help make the most of limited mental health resources. 
masked and gloved woman working at COVID testing tent on NC State's campus

Oct 28, 2020

Taking Care of the Pack in a Pandemic

Student Health Services leads the way in keeping the Wolfpack healthy — especially when a novel pathogen turns life upside down. 

Oct 28, 2020

New Director of Instructional Design Guides Faculty Through COVID-Related Changes

Even before Beth Shepherd became Poole College of Management’s new director of instructional design in June, she was hard at work supporting faculty through the changes taking place due to COVID-19. 
Classroom

Oct 26, 2020

Technology with Heart

This summer, as the Wolfpack looked forward to first-of-its-kind face-to-face learning and comprehensive changes to campus operations, Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA) and the Office of Information Technology (OIT) collaborated to fit classrooms with recording technology.