News

Aug 12, 2015

Professor Channels Passions into Financial Support

For three decades, Dr. Chris Gould has channeled his passions into financial support of the university. 

Jan 14, 2025

Gifts to Park Scholarships To Be Matched in Partnership With Stamps Scholars Program

The partnership unites two merit-based scholarship communities and creates an opportunity for donor support to have an even greater impact. 

Jan 14, 2025

Goodnight Spotlight: Caleb Hill

Transfer student Caleb Hill reflects on the community he has built and opportunities he has enjoyed thanks to the Goodnight Scholars program. 

Jan 14, 2025

A ‘Dream Come True’ Supported by Day of Giving

Meredith Martinez left NC State in 2017 as a proud alumna of the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (CCEE), but she always knew she wasn’t saying goodbye forever. Martinez, who is now an assistant teaching professor and the coordinator of undergraduate advising for CCEE, was hired last year thanks to gifts made on Day of Giving. 

Jan 14, 2025

Cutting-Edge Flex Factory to Honor Textile Titan W. Duke Kimbrell ’49

Textile innovation and entrepreneurship at NC State’s Wilson College of Textiles will reach new heights with the newly named W. Duke Kimbrell Flex Factory. 

Jan 14, 2025

Endangered Cockatoo Rises Anew, Thanks to NC State Cancer Experts

Facing treatment-resistant squamous cell carcinoma, a dedicated owner and resourceful veterinarians collaborate to test an innovative topical treatment with support from Petco Love and the Blue Buffalo Cancer Treatment Fund. 

Jan 14, 2025

Chornobyl Dogs’ Genetic Differences Not Due to Mutation

Radiation-induced mutation is unlikely to have induced genetic differences between dog populations in Chornobyl City and the nearby Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, according to a new study in PLOS ONE from NC State and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Matthew Breen, Oscar J. Fletcher Distinguished Professor of Comparative Oncology Genetics at NC State, is one of the study’s authors. 

Jan 14, 2025

Park Scholarships Names Semifinalists for the Park Class of 2029

Candidates were selected from an exceptionally talented pool of more than 2,553 based on their outstanding accomplishments and potential in scholarship, leadership, service and character. Video interviews will be conducted with the semifinalists on Jan. 18, with semifinalists to be notified of their status in late January. 

Jan 14, 2025

James Buzzard Leadership Development Program Finds Success in Its Inaugural Year

The College of Natural Resources strives to train the leaders of tomorrow, and this has been exemplified through one of its newest initiatives: the James Buzzard Leadership Development Program. The program was established through a gift to the college by the late James “Jim” Buzzard, a 1976 pulp and paper technology alumnus and the former executive vice president of MeadWestvaco Corporation. 

Jan 14, 2025

Crop and Soil Sciences Celebrates a Century of Innovation

In 2024, the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences proudly marked its 100th anniversary, celebrating a century of groundbreaking achievements in agriculture and environmental sciences. Private support has played an important role in that successful century, all while setting the department up for the next extraordinary 100 years. 

Jan 7, 2025

Elevating a Legacy in Woodson Hall

A new naming gift from Board of Trustees member Timothy Humphrey ’96 celebrates NC State’s transformation.