College of Sciences

May 21, 2018

His Disease, His Mission

May is ALS Awareness Month. NC State scientist Michael Bereman was diagnosed with ALS two years ago, and, undeterred by his diagnosis, he is researching a cure to eradicate the disease for future generations. 

May 15, 2018

Empowering People

Ashley Lawson, a Park Scholar and math education and mathematics major, plans to spend her life empowering people -- especially school-aged children -- to look beyond their circumstances when setting goals for the future. Lawson was recently named NC State's 10th Truman Scholar. 

May 8, 2018

Four Faculty Members Receive Holladay Medal

Four faculty members recently received the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence, the highest academic honor bestowed by NC State and the university’s Board of Trustees: Harald Ade, Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics; Barry Goodwin, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics; Behnam Pourdeyhimi, William A. Klopman Distinguished Professor in Textiles, Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science, associate dean for Industry Research and Extension, College of Textiles and director, Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center; and Abdel-Fattah Seyam, department head, Charles A. Cannon Professor of Textiles, Department of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management. 

Apr 17, 2018

Davidian Wins American Statistical Association Founders Award

The College of Sciences' Marie Davidian, J. Stuart Hunter Distinguished Professor in Statistics, has received the Founders Award from the American Statistical Association (ASA). The award is one of ASA’s highest honors and recognizes members who have rendered distinguished service to the organization. 

Mar 13, 2018

College of Sciences: What Matters to Us

The college – under the leadership of its new dean, Chris McGahan, and about to mark its fifth anniversary – has ambitious goals, including preparing a new generation of well-rounded NC State scientists to make extraordinary contributions that impact the world. Read about how donor support is helping change the face of science. 

Mar 6, 2018

$4.5 Million Bequest to Benefit NC State’s Applied Math Program

An anonymous couple has made a $4.5 million bequest to the College of Sciences Foundation to benefit students and faculty in applied mathematics. The gift commitment, one of the largest ever received by the college, will endow a distinguished faculty chair, an undergraduate scholarship fund and a graduate fellowship in the Department of Mathematics. 

Jan 30, 2018

Building a Better Hair Dye

NC State researchers have created the largest publicly available chemical database of hair dye substances as a resource for developing a new generation of hair color products that are safer for consumers, stylists and the environment. The work is boosted by the Max A. Weaver Dye Library, a collection of thousands of dye and fabric samples that the Eastman Chemical Company uniquely gifted to the university. 

Jan 15, 2018

Stefanski Named Head of Statistics

Leonard “Len” Stefanski, a longtime NC State professor and prominent statistician, has been named the new head of the university’s Department of Statistics. In this role, Stefanski, the R.A. Fisher Distinguished Professor of Statistics, oversees academic, administrative and budgetary matters for around 400 students and 42 faculty. 

Dec 18, 2017

Faculty Inventors Honored

Two faculty members at NC State are being named fellows by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI): Donald L. Bitzer, Distinguished University Research Professor of Computer Science, and William Ditto, professor of physics. 

Dec 12, 2017

NC State Physicist Elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

John Thomas, the John S. Risley Distinguished Professor in NC State's Department of Physics, received one of the nation’s most prestigious scientific honors “for groundbreaking contributions to the study of ultra-cold atomic Fermi gases, in particular measurements of the equation of state and of transport properties." He is among 396 scientists to be honored this year by AAAS.