2020

Apr 21, 2020

Belk Center Supports Community College Educators During COVID-19 Outbreak

With community college campuses across North Carolina closed to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, the NC State College of Education’s Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research is providing critical support to help ease the transition to remote learning. The center is offering webinars, one-on-one support through virtual office hours and more.

Apr 21, 2020

Privette Earns Inaugural Employee Award

Josh Privette, associate director of development for the Division of Academic and Student Affairs, is the recipient of the first-ever NC State Employee of the Year Award from the Hillsborough Street Community Service Corporation. The award recognizes exemplary leadership within the university and continued efforts to make Hillsborough Street a distinct Raleigh destination.

Apr 21, 2020

Alum on Front Line of Pandemic: ‘Stay Home’

Chris Arbonies, a New Orleans physician and Park Scholar who helped create the Krispy Kreme Challenge, recently returned to work after recovering from COVID-19 at home. He urges others to follow CDC guidelines for reducing the spread of novel coronavirus.

Apr 21, 2020

Custom Clotting Particles Could Help Heal Chronic Wounds

New technology could transform the way doctors treat chronic wounds, which affect more than 6 million people in the U.S. each year. Chronic wounds, such as diabetic ulcers or deep-tissue burns, heal slowly or not at all and are thus prone to infection -- which can lead to severe consequences. Ashley Brown, the leader of NC State’s Advanced Wound Healing Lab, has teamed up with Fran Ligler, the Lampe Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at NC State, on the patent-pending technology to address this challenge.

Apr 21, 2020

What We Know – And Don’t – About Food Safety and COVID-19

As the world grapples with COVID-19, people have a lot of questions about how to best protect themselves. Many of those questions have to do with food. NC State experts Lee-Ann Jaykus, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, food science, and Ben Chapman, professor and food safety Extension specialist, address common questions.

Apr 14, 2020

Achieving Major Goals

Financial support has allowed first-generation student Thomas Peters to pursue his love for music as drum major for NC State’s marching band and his goal of a career in information technology.

Apr 14, 2020

A New Chapter to Honor the Memory of an Entrepreneur

Ragini and Ishwar Murarka have created the Sameer Murarka Entrepreneurship Award Endowment at NC State in memory of their son's passion for innovation and entrepreneurial spirit.

Apr 13, 2020

Feed the Pack Food Pantry Rallies to Stay Open

Thanks to a massive campuswide effort in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, NC State’s food pantry continues to serve the students, faculty and staff who need it most.

Apr 13, 2020

Visualization Tool Tracks COVID-19

Christopher Healey, NC State professor of computer science and Goodnight Distinguished Professor at the university’s Institute for Advanced Analytics, and Susan Simmons, teaching professor, have created a visualization dashboard that shows comparisons and predictions for COVID-19 cases and fatalities across regions.

Apr 13, 2020

Stories of Ingenuity and Compassion

NC State people and programs are going the extra mile during the COVID-19 crisis. Park Scholars, for example, exemplify the meaning of the word community through a mutual-aid system that includes support for grocery shopping and other errands.