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Distinguished Professorship

Mar 6, 2017

Ligler Being Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame

The Lampe Distinguished Professor in the UNC-NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fran Ligler is one of 15 honorees this year. She is being recognized for her innovative application of emerging technologies in a variety of fields to make optical biosensors smaller, more versatile and more sophisticated - moving them out of the lab and into uses related to food safety, disease diagnosis, pollution control and homeland security. 

Feb 27, 2017

Jere Confrey Named 2017 AERA Fellow

Jere Confrey, the Joseph D. Moore Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics Education, has been named a 2017 AERA Fellow. She is the first faculty member at NC State to receive this highest honor from the American Educational Research Association in recognition of research contributions to education. 

Feb 20, 2017

No Longer 9-to-5

In his regular "Economic Perspective," consumer economist Mike Walden, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, discusses tradeoffs in work schedules and what they mean for employees and employers. 

Feb 20, 2017

Haddad’s Work Recognized

Dr. Nick Haddad, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Applied Ecology, has been named a fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) for his outstanding contributions to the science of ecology. 

a person holds sweet potatoes while wearing an NC State think and do shirt

Feb 20, 2017

Boosting Sweet Potato Research

Dr. G. Craig Yencho, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor and program leader for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' sweet potato and potato breeding and genetics programs, along with fellow researcher Bode Olukolu, has received an Agricultural Greater Good Initiative Award from the genomics company Illumina. 

Feb 9, 2017

Two Named to National Academy of Engineering

NC State faculty members Jay Narayan, the John C. Fan Distinguished Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and nuclear engineering professor Paul Turinsky are among 84 new members and 22 foreign members of the prestigious academy. 

Feb 9, 2017

Mathematical Biologist Lloyd Named Drexel Professor

The College of Sciences has named Alun Lloyd of the Department of Mathematics as a Drexel Professor. The professorship was made possible by a gift from Drexel Enterprises, which is now called Drexel Heritage Furniture. 

Feb 6, 2017

Passing on a Love for Learning

Anne Schout's generous support of the College of Education pays tribute to her alumnus father and recognizes the college's important role in shaping the future. 

Feb 6, 2017

College of Sciences Names the First J. Stuart Hunter Distinguished Professor in Statistics

Marie Davidian, a leading biostatistician who has been on the NC State faculty since 1987, is doing work that largely focuses on precision medicine - tailoring treatment decisions based on patients’ clinical, physiological, demographic and genetic characteristics. 

Feb 6, 2017

College of Sciences Names the First R.A. Fisher Distinguished Professor in Statistics

Leonard “Len” Stefanski, a prominent statistician well-known for his work in measurement error modeling, as well as his contributions in variable selection, biostatistics, gneralized linear models and environmental statistics, joined the NC State faculty in 1986.