Tag: diversity

Apr 6, 2017

NC State Launches Bias Incident Response Team

NC State launches response team to acknowledge, address and report bias incidents on campus. 

Mar 16, 2017

Engineering Ranks High in Diverse Grads

NC State was recognized in a recent issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education with two national rankings for degrees awarded to African-American graduate and undergraduate students. 

Jan 31, 2017

Event Counters Anti-Muslim Bias

NC State hosts an event to encourage understanding of Muslim culture and challenge anti-Muslim sentiments. 

Nov 16, 2016

Business, Biotech Leader Rothblatt at Hunt Library

Martine Rothblatt, one of the nation’s most innovative business and biotechnology leaders and a leading voice on transgender rights, will speak at Hunt Library on Friday, Nov. 18, at 5:30 p.m. 

Oct 14, 2016

Navigating the Road Ahead

Diversity Education Week is an opportunity NC State to re-examine the progress we've made on issues of equity and diversity — and to redouble our efforts. 

Oct 14, 2016

A Healthy Start for All

Natural resources researchers team up on a national project to end childhood obesity and its racial disparities. 

Oct 13, 2016

Creating a Campus Culture Free of Slights and Slurs

Whether we realize it or not, the careless and insensitive things we say to others can leave them feeling marginalized and invalidated. Learn how to recognize and address microaggressions. 

Oct 12, 2016

Diversity Education Week Begins Monday

Monday is the first day of Diversity Education Week, with a full slate of activities slated every day around NC State's campus. Come out and join the mix all week long. 

Sep 27, 2016

NSF-funded Afterschool Program Powering Up in Durham

Middle school students in Durham will have time to explore electrical engineering and computer science as part of a 3-year, National Science Foundation project NC State is leading. 

Sep 14, 2016

Researchers Eye Gaming As Tool for Boosting Computer Science Skills, Diversity in Middle Schools

An interdisciplinary team of researchers is launching an initiative that will use a custom-designed video game to boost computational thinking in middle school science classrooms and foster diversity in the sciences. 

Aug 23, 2016

A Matter of Respect

Nearly 100 events take place during Wolfpack Welcome Week, but few carry the weight of Respect The Pack. Participants in the annual event come together to share a message of diversity and inclusivity that organizers hope will resonate with the campus community. 

May 10, 2016

McCabe Smith Named Vice Provost

Linda McCabe Smith, associate chancellor for institutional diversity at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, has been named vice provost for institutional equity and diversity at NC State, effective Aug. 1. 

Mar 21, 2016

Pomp and Pride at Lavender Graduation

LGBT students graduating this year are invited to register for NC State's 2016 Lavender Graduation, scheduled for April 19 in the Talley Student Union. 

Mar 2, 2016

National Initiative Seeks Researchers to Study Women and Girls of Color

NC State is recruiting researchers from all disciplines to participate in a national initiative aimed at increasing research that focuses on women and girls of color. The recruitment comes in advance of a conference on the issue that will be held at Wake Forest University. 

Feb 11, 2016

5 Questions on Diversity in Higher Ed

Robert Jones, president of the University at Albany, shares his perspectives on the nature of leadership and the importance of confronting issues of race and racism. Jones delivers the 2016 Humanities and Social Sciences Diversity Lecture Feb. 17.