Distinguished Professorship

Feb 11, 2020

A Sweet (Potato) Success Story for North Carolina

If you’ve enjoyed a silky, savory sweet potato during the last 40 years or so, chances are good that it was grown in North Carolina, where roughly 70% of all sweet potatoes in the U.S. are produced. Learn more about this important food and economic driver from NC State's Mike Boyette, Philip Morris Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering. 

Feb 11, 2020

Rob Handfield Provides Expertise on Successful Supply Chain Relationships

Rob Handfield, executive director of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative and Bank of America University Distinguished Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at NC State, recently shared how relationship management and collaboration help build a successful supply chain team. 

Jan 28, 2020

Cross-Laminated Timber Creates Sustainable Buildings, Stronger Communities

Is cross-laminated timber the future of affordable, sustainable construction? Professor Stephen Kelley, the Reuben B. Robertson Professor in the Department of Forest Biomaterials, is leading a study with the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory to find the answer. 

Jan 28, 2020

Two Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Members Named Distinguished Professors

NC State has named two College of Humanities and Social Sciences faculty members as distinguished professors, a title bestowed on scholars who are considered to be at the top of their fields and whose work is known nationally and internationally. Communication professor Joann Keyton and psychology professor Douglas J. Gillan both received the honor. 

Jan 21, 2020

Remembering Tom Banks

H. Thomas Banks, Distinguished University Professor, LeRoy B. Martin Jr. Distinguished Professor and associate director of the Center for Research in Scientific Computation, passed away at the age of 79 on Dec. 31. In addition to his exceptional scientific achievements, including over 550 peer-reviewed publications, a hallmark of Banks' intellectual efforts during his career was the education and training of young mathematicians and scientists. Indeed, more than 50 graduate students and 40 postdoctoral scholars have benefited from his scientific wisdom and mentorship. 

Jan 21, 2020

Wehner Fellowship Endowment Established

Todd and DelMarie Wehner recently created the Wehner Horticulture Fellowship Endowment to assist NC State graduate students interested in horticulture studies. The Wehners said they benefited from university training and careers, and they want to pay those benefits forward to future horticulturists. 

Jan 21, 2020

Fusing Disciplines, Transforming Graduate Education

The Agricultural Biotechnology in Food, Energy and Water Systems program is showing graduate students the full spectrum of issues in biotech and genetic engineering, from the lab, to the field, to the public square. And it’s an approach that could inform how we seek solutions to other grand challenges, explains Jennifer Kuzma, Goodnight-NC GSK Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs and co-director of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center. 

Jan 7, 2020

Two Faculty Named AAAS Fellows

Two NC State faculty members have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science: Carol K. Hall, Camille Dreyfus Distinguished University Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Jacqueline Krim, Distinguished University Professor of Physics. Learn more about their extraordinary contributions to their fields. 

Jan 7, 2020

Fred Gould: My Journey to Interdisciplinary Research

Fred Gould, William Neal Reynolds University Distinguished Professor in NC State’s Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, is well known for his role in helping to create the Genetic Engineering and Society Center as well as leading two groundbreaking interdisciplinary graduate student training programs. He didn’t start his career integrating knowledge from different fields to tackle grand challenges, however. 

Dec 17, 2019

Ade and Barrangou Named Among Top Cited Researchers

Harald Ade, Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Professor in the College of Sciences' Department of Physics, and Rodolphe Barrangou, Todd R. Klaenhammer Distinguished Scholar in Probiotics Research in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, have been named to a list of the world’s most highly cited researchers.