graduate school

Jul 27, 2017

The Linguistics Behind Dialects

Grad student Jessica Hatcher educates high school students about sociolinguistics to promote inclusion and empathy. 

Jul 13, 2017

Geology Graduate Student Wins NASA Fellowship

Graduate student Corbin Kling recently won a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship for his planetary geology research. 

Jun 1, 2017

$1 Million NSF Grant Launches Unique Master’s Program

A $1 million National Science Foundation grant will enable the college to create a new interdisciplinary master’s program for students from underrepresented groups. 

May 24, 2017

Students Share Value of Graduate Education With Legislators

In visits at the General Assembly, NC State students describe the importance of student research, the need for more graduate degree recipients in the workforce and the importance of student funding. 

Mar 23, 2017

Engineering Jumps in Graduate Rankings

The NC State College of Engineering jumped to No. 25 overall and No. 13 among public engineering schools in graduate engineering programs, up two spots from last year's rankings by U.S. News & World Report. 

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. 

Mar 15, 2017

Celebrate Graduate Research

More than 200 graduate students will participate in NC State’s Graduate Student Research Symposium on March 22 from 1:30-4 p.m. at the McKimmon Center. It will be the signature event of NC State’s Graduate Education Week, which is slated for March 20-24. 

Feb 13, 2017

Picture This: Announcing NC State’s Second Annual Research Image Contest

NC State's research image contest is open to faculty, staff, graduate students and postdocs. Show us what makes your work amazing! 

Dec 14, 2016

Grad School Staff Takes Third in Wellness

A team of graduate school employees recently placed third in the state’s eight-week Miles for Wellness competition, “Super Hare” division. They were the only NC State team to place in the statewide competition, which involved more than 3,800 state employees who completed the challenge. 

Nov 2, 2016

Grad Student Builds Campus Pollinator Garden

Graduate student Melissa Tinling used a grant from the NC State Sustainability Fund to build a pollinator garden on Centennial Campus, a project that helps manage stormwater and provides a habitat for native pollinators like bees, moths and butterflies. 

Oct 19, 2016

Celebrate All Things NC State During Red and White Week

The annual Red and White Week leading up to next Saturday's Homecoming football game against Boston College at Carter-Finley will have a slew of activities, from Chancellor Randy Woodson's annual fall address next Friday afternoon to food and beer presentations to free Howling Cow ice cream on Stafford Commons for students. 

Oct 12, 2016

Many Paths to Making Family

Award-winning author Belle Boggs, a professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences' creative writing program, recently published The Art of Waiting: On Fertility, Medicine and Motherhood about the journeys that she and others have traveled from infertility to family building. 

Aug 1, 2016

Space, Bees and Cancer: Announcing the Research Image Winners

Simulating the aftermath of an exploding star. Capturing a bee in mid-flight. Tracking how cancer cells move through the blood stream. These are the images that captured first place in NC State’s first Research Image Contest. 

Jul 26, 2016

Fellowship Eases Financial Burden

The impact of fellowships and scholarships is made possible through the generosity of others. Ask Knightdale High School math teacher Nick Koberstein, recipient of a 2015 Moshakos Family Teacher Education Graduate Fellowship. 

Jul 14, 2016

Study Suggests Trend Towards Research Article Dissertations

A new study by NC State's Graduate School finds that most doctoral dissertations at STEM institutions are more likely to be research article based. The findings will presented at the Council of Writing Program Administrators in Raleigh this week.