faculty and staff

Mar 5, 2025

Some Parting Words From Chancellor Woodson

As his tenure as NC State’s 14th leader winds down, Chancellor Randy Woodson offered some parting words to the Faculty and Staff senates in a joint session at Witherspoon Student Center on Tuesday. 

Feb 26, 2025

Faculty Senate, Staff Senate To Host ‘A Candid Conversation With Chancellor Woodson’

All NC State faculty and staff are invited to submit questions and attend the event on Tuesday, March 4. 

Feb 18, 2025

Catherine Davis Named Sloan Research Fellow

Davis’ work focuses on the long-term effects of global climate on oceanographic environments. 

Feb 17, 2025

That’s a Wrap on Red Chair Chats

With Chancellor Woodson set to retire, we closed out his video interview series, Red Chair Chats, by flipping the script and having the guests interview him. Take a look back at the full series and watch the latest episode. 

Jan 22, 2025

Meet the Finalists for NC State’s Next Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation

The university community is invited to attend open forums with the candidates, followed by Q&A sessions. 

Jan 15, 2025

The Wild Ride of Preparing for Wildfires

Over the past week, Southern California wildfires have created an eerily similar natural disaster to the floods caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina in September. 

Jan 8, 2025

Top 10 Things To Do at Centennial Campus This Spring

From concerts to outdoor activities to networking events, there is something for everyone to enjoy. 

Dec 20, 2024

Fostering Small Business Success in North Carolina and Beyond

Byron Hicks’ entrepreneurial journey sparked early — selling Christmas cards and flower seeds door-to-door. At thirteen, he took on a newspaper route, learning the basics of business: managing deliveries, collecting payments, building relationships, and stretching the supplies he’d purchased from the Winston-Salem Journal. “It taught me the importance of understanding customer needs,” he reflects. “Back… 

Dec 4, 2024

Survey Results: Employees Report Pride in Their Jobs 

In the 2024 Employee Engagement Survey, employees said they were satisfied with their work and their supervisors, but they were less happy with issues of performance management and communication. 

Dec 2, 2024

Appealing to the Senses

Whether you prefer a bustling coffee shop or a quiet, private room, NC State University Libraries’ sensory-friendly maps can help you find the perfect place to study or get work done. 

Dec 2, 2024

NC State Announces 2024-25 Goodnight Early Career Innovators

NC State announced its 2024-25 class of Goodnight Early Career Innovators today. This program recognizes and rewards promising NC State early-career faculty whose scholarship is in STEM or STEM education. The 25 faculty selected will receive $22,000 ­for each of the next three years to support their scholarship and research endeavors. 

Nov 20, 2024

40th RJ Reynolds Award Recipient Francis de los Reyes Conducts Research at the Interfaces

Francis de los Reyes, Glenn E. and Phyllis J. Futrell Distinguished Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, was honored with the 2024 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension on Nov. 11. 

Nov 20, 2024

Anatomy of an Exceptional and Life-Changing Professor

Occipital, parietal, temporal are words the first-year veterinary students will hear a lot over the next three hours as they examine the animal skulls on the lab tables in front of them, but first their anatomy professor offers these: “massive transition,” “right on track,” “very OK.” The possibly disappointing results of the first big test… 

Nov 12, 2024

Spotlight on Deaf/Hard of Hearing/DeafBlind Services

In January 2024, Taylor Ofori, a certified sign language interpreter, became the inaugural coordinator of deaf, hard of hearing and deaf/blind services. Learn more about how she supports students, faculty and staff at NC State. 

Nov 12, 2024

Future-proofing Food and Agriculture: NC State’s Genome Editing Center

How will genome editing benefit food and agriculture? We asked CRISPR expert Rodolphe Barrangou, an NC State faculty member and co-founder of five companies.