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Leazar Hall's architecture of arched windows and brick facade against a blue sky.

Aug 26, 2025

Engineering Faculty Among Earners of Research Awards Through Global Partnership

NC State faculty members recently received recognition through two international seed funding programs, securing support for nine innovative research projects with partners in Japan, Brazil and the United Kingdom.

Aug 26, 2025

Building More Than Structures: A Caldwell Fellow’s Summer in Construction

For Kaitlyn Gainey, Caldwell Class of 2026, this summer has been about more than learning the technical aspects of construction engineering. As a Project Engineer Intern with DPR Construction at…
a robot inspects a collection of rainbow-colored test tubes

Aug 26, 2025

Meet Rainbow: The Multi-Robot Lab Racing to Discover the Next Quantum Dots

Rainbow autonomously discovers nanoparticles critical for next-generation displays, solar cells, LEDs and quantum-engineering technologies.
The NC State Belltower at dusk and night.

Aug 25, 2025

Liu Wins NSF CAREER Award

The NSF CAREER award supports early-career faculty who serve as role models in both research and education. Liu’s continuing grant will support his project, “Robust Machine Learning in the Realistic Open World.”
NC State metal gateway sculpture silhouetted against the sky

Aug 21, 2025

Researchers Demonstrate New Technique for Controlling Phase Boundaries in Thin Films

The technique allows researchers to engineer new energy storage materials that do not rely on toxic elements.

Aug 21, 2025

Bridging the Gap: Rural Works! Internship Program Creates Student Success Across North Carolina

What started in 2018 as a small initiative to connect NC State students with meaningful internship opportunities in North Carolina’s rural communities, has since grown into a driving force for student career development and rural economic engagement.
A young child scared of getting a shot from a doctor with a needle.

Aug 21, 2025

How Dental Floss Could One Day Deliver Vaccines

Recent research findings show that dental floss could be an effective way to administer vaccines and immunizations instead of shots. 
Campus gateway sign reading NC State University

Aug 21, 2025

Researchers Make Better Magnets – at a Lower Cost

The new technique for manufacturing strong magnetic materials improves the quality of the magnets, produces the magnets quickly, uses less energy and is less expensive.
artistic rendering of plants with white and purple flowers

Aug 20, 2025

Plants in Focus

Art and science come together in a series of fall NC State events that invite us to think anew about plants and the role they play in our daily lives.