September 2019

Sep 10, 2019

Teaching Public History: Interactive Program Paves The Way For Lebanese Teachers

A two-week program hosted by NC State’s Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies and funded in part by a grant from the NC State University Foundation is transforming the way Lebanese teachers educate students about their country’s history. 

Sep 10, 2019

Donor Spotlight: Dewayne Washington

Dewayne Washington made his mark on the football field, both at NC State and in the NFL. Now, along with his wife Adama, he's making his mark on the university as a donor and volunteer. 

Sep 10, 2019

Dickey Named a Distinguished Professor

Professor Beth Dickey holds a lot of titles in NC State's Department of Materials Science and Engineering: associate department head, director of the Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics, and director of the NSF Research Traineeship on Data-Enabled Science and Engineering of Atomic Structure. She now carries one more: distinguished professor. 

Sep 10, 2019

Spotlight on our Students: Computer Science in Silicon Valley

Lauren Siegal, a fourth-year University Scholar from Raleigh, found that her summer internship with Apple helped her connect the classification techniques she learned in a machine learning course with real-world projects used by the company. 

Sep 10, 2019

NC State’s New Entrepreneurship Garage: Primed for Innovation

NC State’s commitment to supporting entrepreneurs has led to the establishment of a new co-working and prototyping space. The Entrepreneurship Garage, previously tucked away in the Wolf Ridge Apartments, has moved into a space specifically designed for students to work side-by-side with real-world entrepreneurs in HQ Raleigh’s Centennial Campus location. Funded in part by private donations, the Entrepreneurship Initiative is helping the next generation of thinkers and doers turn their ideas into reality. 

Sep 10, 2019

You Decide: How is North Carolina’s Economy Doing?

William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor and Extension Economist Mike Walden writes about the uncertainty recently swirling around the national economy. Trade tensions, stock market ups and downs and movements in interest rates have all captured headlines and editorials — but what do they mean? 

Sep 10, 2019

Inside NC State’s Leading-Edge 3D Printing Hub

Deep inside Daniels Hall, activity at the Center for Additive Manufacturing and Logistics (CAMAL) is pushing the boundaries of 3D printing — and helping faculty and industry take their work to the next level. The multidisciplinary hub brings together students, industry partners and faculty like Ola Harrysson, Edward P. Fitts Distinguished Professor in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and co-director of the CAMAL, to solve complex problems. What may seem like a relatively new technology has been around for more than three decades, and NC State has been a long-standing leader in the space. 

Sep 3, 2019

NC State’s Strong Fundraising Momentum Continues

After another outstanding year of fundraising, NC State is closing in on the $1.6 billion goal of its Think and Do the Extraordinary Campaign. Students, faculty, programs and facilities across the university will benefit from $220 million in gifts and new pledges received during the 2018-19 fiscal year that ended June 30. 

Sep 3, 2019

Constructing More than Buildings

Min Liu, associate professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, educates students and leads conversations about construction project management locally and internationally, with support from the Edward I. Weisiger Distinguished Scholar endowed faculty position. 

Sep 3, 2019

Newest Members of the Sciences Pack

Meet three of the more than 750 extraordinary new students joining NC State's College of Sciences this fall, including a Goodnight Scholar and a Solomon Scholar.