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Nov 13, 2025

Recognizing Our 2025 Promoted and Tenured Faculty

Promotion and tenure mark major milestones in the academic lives of NC State faculty. Promoted faculty have met rigorous standards in their realms of responsibility, and tenured faculty have made a significant impact in their discipline. This year, we recognize 143 faculty for these achievements.
Alan Porch and Jameco McKenzie

Nov 5, 2025

Porch, McKenzie To Lead UNC System Staff Assembly

NC State employees will serve as both the chair and the parliamentarian for the advisory body for all UNC System staff.
Chancellor Kevin Howell walks through his office.

Oct 27, 2025

A Man on the Move

Chancellor Kevin Howell ’88 is already a familiar face around NC State’s campus.
Hollday Hall on a sunny summer day

Sep 19, 2025

Search Committee Appointed to Select NC State’s Next Provost

The university will conduct a national search to replace Provost Warwick Arden.
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Sep 17, 2025

NC State’s Chief Audit Officer Retires

On Aug. 31, Chancellor Kevin Howell announced the retirement of Cecile Hinson, chief audit officer and director of NC State’s Internal Audit Division. “Cecile made an indelible impact on NC State and its internal audit program,” Howell said. “She served as a trusted adviser to the university community, fostering a culture of accountability, transparency and…
Members of the Staff Senate and Wellness Champions pose with donated toys and school supplies

Aug 27, 2025

Keeping Up the Good Work

A group of employees recently spent a weekend donating school supplies and assisting in the ongoing cleanup efforts at a children’s home in western North Carolina. 
Professor Jack Edwards standing in front of an airplane on Centennial Campus. Photo by Marc Hall

Aug 21, 2025

Faculty Funding Leads to Faster Flight

Jack Edwards, a three-time NC State alumnus and a member of the College of Engineering’s faculty, is revolutionizing how the Department of Defense, NASA and other aerospace organizations achieve hypersonic flight. A distinguished professorship made possible by the Steve and Lori Angel family helps fuel this sound barrier-breaking research.
Barb Prillaman

Aug 21, 2025

Leaving a Legacy of Philanthropy

Barb Prillaman ’86 has established the first legacy endowment for NC State’s Data Science and AI Academy.
A portrait-style photograph of Vice Chancellor Krista Walton standing underneath the portico between Hunt Library and the Wilson College of Textiles

Aug 21, 2025

Get to Know Krista Walton, NC State’s New Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation

Vice Chancellor Walton shares how her upbringing on a rural farm helped shape who she is today; what she wanted to be when she grew up; and her favorite part of campus so far. 
Dr. Eric Brooks, wearing white coat and glasses, stands in his lab.

Aug 21, 2025

NC State Scientist Develops Map of How Cells Work Together to Become a Brain

By Bethany Brookshire Studying the process of brain formation illuminates just how much of development is a series of tiny miracles. Only a few weeks after a human egg is fertilized, a sheet of cells called the neural plate widens, stretches and rolls up to create a tube. This delicate dance of cells forms what…
Dr. Reberg-Horton kneels to inspect plants outside of the Plant Sciences Building.

Aug 12, 2025

Putting Precision Farming Back on the Table

Dr. Reberg-Horton, NC State’s Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation/W.K. Kellogg Distinguished Professor in Sustainable Community-Based Food Systems, is using artificial intelligence to help farmers harness precision farming techniques, combatting labor shortages and environmental challenges.
Dr. Nanette Nascone-Yoder in white labcoat stands with her arms crossed in her lab on the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine campus.

Jul 31, 2025

NIH Awards $2.8 Million Grant to NC State Developmental Biologist for Work Investigating Organ Formation

Dr. Nanette Nascone-Yoder, a professor in the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, has been awarded a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for her research investigating how cellular mechanisms guide left-right asymmetric organ formation. Abnormal left-right asymmetry underlies some of our most common and severe birth…
a man stands behind a white fence wearing a dark blue sports jacket and blue and white checked shirt.

Jul 18, 2025

Monks Named Associate Dean and Director of NC State Extension

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has named David Monks, a respected CALS administrator, researcher and longtime Extension advocate, as associate dean and director of NC State Extension, effective Aug. 1.
The strolling professor statue, a well-known campus landmark in NC State’s Gardner Arboretum.

Jul 16, 2025

Four Faculty Members Named 2025-26 Fulbright Scholars

This year’s cohort will conduct engineering and horticultural research as well as teach courses at institutions in Italy, Turkey and India.
Ten of the 12 2025 Award for Excellence winners posed for a picture after a June 3 awards ceremony. They are (front row left to right): Adam Bensley, Taylor Reynolds, LaShawn McLamb, Kathie Dello, Deidre Hartley and Holly Jordan; (back row left to right) Douglas Rowe, Jamie Pendergrass, Jesse Proctor and Ricky Hilburn.

Jun 19, 2025

Meet the 2025 Award for Excellence Winners

NC State announced the 2025 Award for Excellence winners at a June 3 awards ceremony.