Professorships

Mar 20, 2018

Ligler to Receive Honorary Degree

Frances Ligler, Lampe Distinguished Professor in the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, will be awarded an honorary doctorate from Furman University at the university’s commencement ceremony May 5. Ligler received a B.S. in biology and chemistry from Furman in 1972. She went on to earn a D. Phil. in biochemistry, and a higher doctorate, the D.Sc., for her contributions to the field of biosensors, both from Oxford University. 

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. 

Mar 6, 2018

NC State Researchers Discover Bed Bug Histamines Are Substantial, Persistent in Infested Homes

A new study from from NC State postdoctoral researcher Zachary DeVries and colleagues shows much higher histamine levels in homes infested by bed bugs than in pest-free homes – and that these histamine levels persist for months, even if the bugs have been eliminated. Coby Schal, Blanton J. Whitmire Professor of Entomology, co-authored the paper along with research specialist Richard Santangelo. 

Feb 20, 2018

Research Collaborations Lead to Air Quality Solutions

Dr. H. Christopher Frey, the Glenn E Futrell Distinguished University Professor in NC State's Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, continues to collaborate on innovative air quality research and education with several Ph.D. students whom he has advised. 

Jan 30, 2018

Honoring a Legacy of Dedication

The College of Design's first funded faculty award endowment honors Gene Bressler, influential professor of landscape architecture. The Gene Bressler Landscape Architecture Faculty Award Endowment will provide funds to ensure extraordinary research, teaching and outreach, opportunities for travel and academic enrichment for 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. 

Dec 5, 2017

His Disease, His Mission

Undeterred by a devastating diagnosis, NC State scientist Michael Bereman is taking the battle to ALS. 

Dec 4, 2017

Narayan Effort Recognized through R&D 100 Awards

Dr. Jagdish Narayan, John C.C. Fan Distinguished Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at NC State, and the company spun out from his invention Q-carbon, Q-Carbon LLC, were honored by the prestigious science and technology innovation awards program.