2021

Jan 11, 2021

Donation Expands Students’ Experiences Through Virtual Reality

When the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the Science Olympiad National Tournament to be hosted by NC State last spring, officials had to pivot. One creative outcome that's making a difference? They worked with Lenovo to distribute nearly $1 million in donated virtual reality headsets, meant for event competitors, to students across North Carolina.

Jan 5, 2021

A Sacred Event in a Shining New Shrine Room

Renovations to the Memorial Belltower made last December’s ROTC gold bar ceremony one of the program’s most memorable.

Jan 5, 2021

Vaccine Q&A: The Logistics of Distribution

There are many logistical challenges associated with distributing different COVID-19 vaccines to millions of people, from urban centers to sparsely populated rural counties. Julie Swann, the department head and A. Doug Allison Distinguished Professor of the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, as well as a systems engineer with expertise in vaccine distribution, addresses some of these questions.

Jan 5, 2021

2 Carbon Electronics Cluster Faculty Named Among Top-Cited Researchers

Harald Ade, Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics, and Aram Amassian, associate professor of materials science and engineering, have been named to a list of the world’s most highly cited researchers.

Jan 5, 2021

Meet the College of Natural Resources’ 2020-2021 Global Change Fellows

The Global Change Graduate Fellows Program provides support for NC State graduate students interested in multidisciplinary research. This year, four students in the College of Natural Resources were named Global Change Fellows. From hydrology to policy, they are helping address a variety of issues.

Jan 5, 2021

Dallas Herring Lecture Explores the Insights Learned from COVID-19 Impact at Community Colleges

Pam Eddinger, Ph.D., president of Bunker Hill Community College in Massachusetts, delivered the 2020 Dallas Herring Lecture, virtually hosted by the NC State College of Education’s Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research. Eddinger’s lecture focused on how the COVID-19 pandemic underscored the ways in which the community college system is deeply entangled and interdependent with social, racial and economic forces.

Jan 5, 2021

A Life Lived: John C. Henry

The Gregg Museum of Art & Design remembers John C. Henry, whose donation of an extraordinary collection of international puppets has enhanced the museum’s collections.

Jan 5, 2021

NC State Ranks Top Undergraduate and Graduate School for Entrepreneurship Studies for 2021

Extraordinary experiences, bolstered by private support, have helped NC State’s entrepreneurship program gain national recognition. NC State is one of eight universities in the nation to be in the top 20 for both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Jan 5, 2021

Couple’s Gift Supports Students in Engineering, Education

Ron Hairr can remember taking out student loans in the 1970s to fund his way through the civil engineering program at NC State while being married, working and going to school. Now, he and his wife, Cathy Faircloth Hairr, a 1979 graduate of the College of Education, have established a gift in their estate to be shared equally between the College of Education and College of Engineering and provide full cost-of-attendance scholarships every year for two students in need.

Jan 5, 2021

3 Students Receive the Shawcroft Drawing Prize

The Brian Shawcroft Prize is awarded every year to an architecture student at NC State’s College of Design nominated by a faculty member for their excellent hand-drawing skills. While the competition is traditionally held on campus, students were still able to showcase their work virtually in 2020. The prize is funded thanks to the generosity of Brian Shawcroft, architect and former faculty member.