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The Belltower, lit red in honor of an ACC basketball win.

Jan 16, 2023

3 College of Education Students Selected to Join Inaugural Goodnight Doctoral Fellowship Cohort

In December 2022, NC State announced the creation of the Goodnight Doctoral Fellowship to provide funding support for graduate students whose research focuses on STEM or education. Meet the three College of Education students who are part of the inaugural cohort.
The NC State team cares for Rusty the Corn Snake during his cancer treatments.

Jan 16, 2023

Extraordinary Cancer Care for Long-Lived Companion Rusty the Corn Snake

A corn snake probably isn’t the first animal that comes to mind when most people think of getting a long-term pet companion, but Carter Lewis wouldn’t trade the 26 years she had with her Rusty for anything. The Petco Love and Blue Buffalo Cancer Treatment Fund helped Lewis get the best care possible for her companion.
Forrest Hentz at the blackboard in Dabney 222 in the 1960s.

Jan 16, 2023

Hentz Made Chemistry Make Sense

Longtime NC State chemistry professor and inaugural recipient of the Holladay Medal Forrest C. Hentz died in December at the age of 89. The College of Sciences established the Forrest C. Hentz Jr. Scholarship Endowment following his retirement on June 30, 2002, and the family requests all memorials be directed to that or in the planting of a tree or flower in his memory.
A mural of women athletes by Katie Miller

Jan 16, 2023

The Women’s Movement

A half-century after Title IX became law, female student-athletes at NC State are thriving — and athletics scholarships are helping.
a photo of Wolf Plaza by Becky Kirkland

Jan 16, 2023

Park Enrichment Grants Awarded for Spring 2023

Park Enrichment Grants provide support for Park Scholars engaged in professional and personal enrichment experiences in the United States and abroad. The Park Enrichment Grant Committee made the following awards to Park Scholars who submitted proposals by the November 2022 deadline.
Baseball legend Babe Ruth poses with other spectators with a winning greyhound Racing Ramp at the Derby Lane Greyhound Track in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1925.

Jan 16, 2023

The Derby Lane Greyhound Track Collection Comes to the Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center

Through a lifetime of work, Louise Weaver built and maintained a collection of Derby Lane’s photographs, scrapbooks, racing programs, artifacts and much more. She has now donated this collection to the NC State University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center, where this unparalleled record will become accessible to researchers interested in the history of animals in society and American culture.
Koji Sode. Photo by Katie Costanza.

Jan 9, 2023

BME Professor Awarded Project Grant From JDRF-Helmsley Charitable Trust

Koji Sode, a William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, is a lead investigator on an $800,000 grant from JDRF International and The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust for a two-year project. The project will center around improving outcomes for patients living with type 1 diabetes by developing novel ketone monitoring methods to prevent diabetic ketoacidosis DKA.
Wolf Plaza

Jan 9, 2023

Park Scholarships Program Names Class of 2027 Semifinalists

The Park Scholarships program recently selected 450 semifinalists for its class of 2027. Candidates were selected from an exceptionally talented pool of more than 3,400, with the Final Selection Activities to be held Feb. 17-18.
Jack the dog

Jan 9, 2023

With the Help of Petco and NC State, Laid-Back Jack is Wagging His Tail Again

Liz Massey’s Lab mix, Jack, benefitted from advanced veterinary technology and clinical expertise at NC State Veterinary Hospital with help from the Petco Love and Blue Buffalo Cancer Treatment Fund. Through a generous grant to NC State, the fund helps clients defray the cost of cancer treatment for animal companions with the hope that every case, regardless of the outcome, will lead researchers closer to a cure.
NC State students examine the “Wolfpack Baby” fourdrinier, a machine used for the evaluation of a number of furnishes and process conditions for papermaking. Photo by Becky Kirkland

Jan 9, 2023

Nicholson Scholarship Supports First-Generation Paper Science Students

The Bart and Pam Nicholson Endowed Scholarship, established by its namesakes in 2021, provides financial support for first-generation students in the paper science and engineering program who have completed their first year in the College of Natural Resources and who belong to historically underserved or marginalized populations.