Professorships

Dec 17, 2024

Professor Ellie Jin Receives Highest Award From International Organization

Albert Myers Distinguished Professor Ellie Jin is receiving the highest award given by the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) by being recognized as an ITAA Fellow for her outstanding contributions to the field of textiles and clothing. 

Dec 10, 2024

NC State Announces Launch of Universitywide Climate and Sustainability Academy

This academy will be the fourth academy at NC State and represents a universitywide, interdisciplinary effort to build upon previous grassroots climate and sustainability efforts and initiatives. Erin Seekamp, Goodnight Distinguished Professor of Coastal Resilience and Sustainability in the College of Natural Resources, has been appointed as executive director. 

Nov 25, 2024

40th RJ Reynolds Award Recipient Francis de los Reyes Conducts Research at the Interfaces

Francis de los Reyes, Glenn E. and Phyllis J. Futrell Distinguished Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, was honored with the 2024 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension on Nov. 11. He is the 40th recipient of this award, which is supported by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company through the NC State Engineering Foundation. 

Nov 13, 2024

Future-Proofing Food and Agriculture: NC State’s Genome Editing Center

Rodolphe Barrangou, a pioneer in CRISPR technology, Todd R. Klaenhammer Distinguished Professor in probiotics research and leader of the CRISPR lab in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, discusses the potential and applications of genome editing that are being made possible through the new Genome Editing Center for Sustainable Agriculture based in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. 

Oct 28, 2024

Francis de los Reyes III Awarded Camp Applied Research Award by WEF

Francis de los Reyes III, Glenn E. and Phyllis J. Futrell Distinguished Professor, was awarded the Camp Applied Research Award by the Water Environment Federation (WEF) earlier this month. The award recognizes a WEF member who demonstrates a unique application of basic research or fundamental principles through the design or development of a wastewater collection or treatment system. 

Oct 28, 2024

Samulski Supports ‘Next Wave’ Genome Editing Technology at NC State

To accelerate the improvement of plant genome editing, Jude Samulski has contributed $3 million to advance plant sciences research — providing significant benefits to the food supply. Samulski’s gift will create the Roberts and Mikhail Distinguished Chair in Plant Genome Editing, an endowed position that will serve as director of the Genome Editing Center for Sustainable Agriculture at NC State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. 

Oct 28, 2024

Finding Could Help Turn Trees Into Affordable, Greener Industrial Chemicals

Robert Kelly, Alcoa Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the director of NC State’s Biotechnology Program, is a corresponding author of a paper in the journal Science Advances detailing the discovery of ways to use trees as sustainable, environmentally benign alternatives to producing industrial chemicals from petroleum. 

Oct 21, 2024

NC State Breaks Ground on New Apiculture Research Facility

The future for bees — and the food supply ​​— is brighter with the recent groundbreaking of NC State’s new 5,000-square-foot apiculture research facility. The new facility is the result of a years-long effort to allocate and raise funds, including $4 million in funding from the state of North Carolina for construction of the building as well as fundraising by the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association for an endowed professorship. 

Oct 21, 2024

Ofelia García Shares Importance of Translanguaging Pedagogies

Ofelia García shared the benefits of translanguaging pedagogies as the keynote speaker at the latest event in the Linguistic Diversity Speaker Series, developed by NC State College of Education Goodnight Distinguished Professor in Educational Equity Maria Coady. 

Oct 15, 2024

New Tool Can Assess Elderly Dogs’ Frailty

Researchers including Natasha Olby, Dr. Kady M. Gjessing and Rahna M. Davidson Distinguished Chair in Gerontology at NC State, have developed a tool that can aid owners and veterinarians in assessing an elderly dog’s frailty.