Program Support

Aug 20, 2019

Eastman Expands Partnership with NC State

Since 2012, support from Eastman Chemical Company has spanned 11 academic departments and funded 86 research projects that benefit NC State students and faculty while advancing innovation. The company, which also has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in graduate student recruitment, undergraduate ambassadors, student organizations, events and lectures, is renewing its commitment to the university. 

Aug 20, 2019

Incoming Female Engineering Students Create “Moon” Landings

On July 19, the day before the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, 50 incoming NC State female first-year engineers took on their own mission — launch and land an astronaut on the moon, or in this case, the Court of Carolina. They were participants in the annual ESCape Camp, a summer bridge program that helps students build a network before starting at NC State. The camp is among offerings of the College of Engineering's Women and Minority Engineering Programs, which benefit from donor and volunteer support. 

Aug 20, 2019

Campus at the Coast

About 150 miles from Raleigh, NC State's Center for Marine Sciences and Technology is offering students unique experiences and furthering the university's research and outreach mission. 

Aug 13, 2019

The Impact of Mentorship During a Summer Research Experience with Nithin Gupta

Nithin Gupta, a senior majoring in genetics, is spending his summer on a research project focused on developing organoids that could revolutionize how we approach dealing with potential side-effects in medical treatments. His mentors include Jorge Piedrahita, professor of translational medicine and director of the Comparative Medicine Institute (CMI), and Kathryn Polkoff, a second-year Ph.D. student and graduate research assistant at the CMI. The University's Greatest Needs Fund helps support extraordinary undergraduate research experiences like Gupta's. 

Aug 13, 2019

Using Virtual Reality to Create New Tech for First Responders

Emerging technologies could allow first responders to call up all sorts of information when responding to an emergency. A team in NC State's Center for Educational Informatics, led by James Lester, Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science, is working to determine what information is most useful and how first responders might be able to control what information they see - and when. 

Aug 5, 2019

A Passion for Producing Beneficial Reactions

NC State alumna Natalie Sherwood makes a connection between her love for theater and her love of polymer and color chemistry – with a little boost from philanthropy. 

Aug 5, 2019

Corn Maze Offers Look at Agricultural History

Do you know where the corn on your plate comes from? A quarter-acre corn maze opening next week at the North Carolina Museum of Art will help answer that question. The maze, From Teosinte to Tomorrow, is a conceptual walk back through agricultural history designed by NC State University Libraries exhibit designer Molly Renda and architect William Dodge. Included in a multisite exhibition with coordinating programs designed to raise awareness and discussion about biotechnologies and their consequences in our society, the maze is partially supported by the NC State University Libraries’ Goodnight Educational Foundation Endowment for Special Collections. 

Aug 5, 2019

GES Center Awarded Half-Million Dollar Grant to Study Responsible Innovation of Food Nanotechnology

NC State's Genetic Engineering and Society Center has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to study responsible innovation of food nanotechnology. The two-year study will be led by GES Center Director Jennifer Kuzma, Goodnight-North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs. 

Aug 5, 2019

Libraries Receives NC State University Foundation Grant

The NC State University Foundation has granted the Libraries $20,000 to enhance Hunt Library's new Dataspace. The award will support the creation of a specialized, securable workstation, allowing students in all disciplines to work with large data sets that cannot be managed on public lab computers. 

Jul 30, 2019

Exceptional Care for an Endlessly Supportive Friend

Sarah Blume's Labrador retriever mix Amelia has been a member of the family since she was a puppy. When Amelia was diagnosed with lymphoma, Blume was faced with the difficulty of affording treatment and travel on her disability income. Generous support from the Petco Foundation and Blue Buffalo Cancer Treatment Fund has helped alleviate the cost of treatment for Blume and other clients at NC State Veterinary Hospital.