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Beyond the Bricks: Get to Know N.C. Sea Grant

October 10, 2019 | Staff

We head to the coast for this installment in a series that spotlights NC State people and programs at work outside our Raleigh campus....

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NC State Celebrates Innovation, Entrepreneurship

October 8, 2019 | Matt Simpson

Tom Ranney (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) received the Innovator of the Year award, and Lisa Chang (Poole College of Management) received the Entrepreneur of the Year award....

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12 New Minds on Campus

October 2, 2019 | Staff

A dozen new faculty members share their research, quirks and why they’re proud to be a part of the Wolfpack....

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NC State Postdoc Receives Prestigious NIH Award

October 1, 2019 | Staff

Postdoctoral researcher Zach DeVries garners NIH Director’s Early Independence Award....

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NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill Leverage Respective Strengths to Improve Asthma Care

September 27, 2019 | Matt Simpson

Associate Professor Edgar Lobaton is working with UNC-Chapel Hill researchers to improve wearable health-monitoring devices so that they may one day be able to help asthma patients manage their symptoms better....

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Shining a Light on Foreign Influence

September 23, 2019 | Staff

NC State employees who file conflict of interest forms are asked to report professional activities involving foreign entities. The new scrutiny comes in response to growing concern about undue foreign influence in federally funded research....

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Space Grant Program Paves the Way to the Stars

August 15, 2019 | Staff

The North Carolina Space Grant program is supporting the scientists and astronauts of tomorrow....

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3 Score Presidential Award

August 8, 2019 | Staff

Three NC State researchers are honored with the U.S. government's top award for early-career scientists and engineers....

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Comparative Medicine Institute Receives NIH Grant for Preparing Underrepresented Undergraduates for the Biomedical Sciences

July 16, 2019 | Staff

NC State's Comparative Medicine Institute (CMI) has received a five-year training award, worth over $1 million, from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). ...

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Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Helps Turn NC State Research into Real-World Solutions

July 16, 2019 | Matt Simpson

Six projects will receive support from the Chancellor's Innovation Fund (CIF) this year, a pivotal tool for helping promising NC State research reach its market potential. The work of this year's CIF awardees ranges from a novel technique for infusing coffee into foods to groundbreaking developments in disease treatment....

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New Technique Allows Real-Time Microscopy at High Heat and Loading

July 8, 2019 | Staff

Researchers have demonstrated a technique that allows them to track microscopic changes in metals or other materials in real time even when the materials are exposed to extreme heat and loads for an extended period of time....

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CVM Researcher Awarded Grant for Innovative Disease Work

July 7, 2019 | Staff

Matthew Foley has a singular focus: harnessing the body’s own power to fight off the devastating bacterium Clostridioides difficile. Now he’s getting invaluable help to reach his goal.   Foley, a postdoctoral fellow at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, has received a prestigious National Institutes of Health T32 Training Grant to continue his promising … Continue reading CVM Researcher Awarded Grant for Innovative Disease Work →...

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NC State’s Comparative Medicine Institute Announces Drug Development Partnership with NC Central University

June 24, 2019 | Staff

NC State's Comparative Medicine Institute (CMI) has partnered with NC Central’s Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise (BRITE) to identify drug development leads faster. ...

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Sharks in North Carolina: Reduce Your Risk of an Encounter

June 17, 2019 | Staff

Many people are surprised to learn that “North Carolina is a very sharky place,” notes Chuck Bangley, a researcher with the Smithsonian....

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Sea Grant Employee Spencer Rogers Wins NC State University Award for Excellence

June 14, 2019 | Matt Simpson

Rogers is now a nominee for the North Carolina Governor's Award for Excellence....

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NCICS to Host NOAA Cooperative Institute

May 31, 2019 | Staff

NOAA announced today that NC State University’s North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies (NCICS) will host an anchor location of the Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS)....

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NIRSleep — a startup led by an NC State alumnus, former employee — wins $25,000 in 2019 Lulu eGames

May 29, 2019 | Matt Simpson

Less than four years ago, Casey Boutwell was a licensing associate for the Office of Research Commercialization. Now, he’s the CEO of Bionica Labs....

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NC State faculty member named as 2019-2020 RTI University Scholar

May 6, 2019 | Matt Simpson

Dr. Roger Narayan has been selected as an RTI International University Scholar for the 2019-2020 academic year....

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Saving Our Bacon: A Scientist’s Work to Protect the Pork Industry From Virus Outbreaks

May 6, 2019 | Staff

New effort aims to prepare for the next livestock disease outbreak....

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Design Flaws Create Security Vulnerabilities for ‘Smart Home’ Internet-of-Things Devices

May 2, 2019 | Staff

NC State researchers identify ways to make home security systems and other smart devices more secure....

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