Centennial Campus

VVIRAL lab header image showing a closeup image of beakers and clear glass laboratory containers.

Jul 14, 2022

New engineering lab to improve viral vector processes and technologies

Viral vectors are viruses that have been modified to deliver genetic material into cells for treatment or research. Because viruses already naturally know how to deliver their genomes into cells they want to infect, scientists can use non-pathogenic viruses as a vehicle to introduce what they need directly into a cell.

Andrew Farkas plays the piano located on The Oval at NC State's Centennial Campus.

Jul 7, 2022

Old Piano, New Purpose

Check out our video to learn the story of how an ancient piano breathed new life into Centennial Campus when people needed it most.

Aerial view of The Oval and surrounding Engineering buildings and Hunt Library on NC State's Centennial Campus.

May 19, 2022

NC State ranked one of nation’s elite technology transfer universities

NC State ranks second among all U.S. public universities in research technology transfer and commercialization according to a comprehensive analysis.

Mar 21, 2022

Spotit opens first U.S. location on Centennial Campus

Spotit, a Belgium-based company that offers a portfolio of cybersecurity technologies and services, has opened its first U.S. office on NC State’s Centennial Campus.

From left to right, Sami Rizkalla, Paul Zia, Michael Creed, David Johnston and Don Kline.

Oct 28, 2021

Friendships helped forge successful career for alumnus Michael Creed

Reflecting on where he is today, Michael Creed, civil engineering ’73, is struck by the serendipity of some of the events that led him to NC State. Creed co-founded McKim & Creed, is a long-time supporter of the College of Engineering and Fitts-Woolard Hall, and remains close with civil engineering students and faculty members he met…

Oct 28, 2021

Seeing stars — and atoms, and everything in between

Every day, we are surrounded by things we can’t see — our individual cells, their molecules, the atoms making up those molecules. Then there are planets and stars, which are too far away for us to grasp just how large they really are. Understanding the relative size of things too big or small for people…

African American researcher dressed in full protective gear working in the lab.

Oct 28, 2021

Return on investment

A subsidiary of Fujifilm Corporation, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Holly Springs site will bring a planned 725 new highly skilled positions to North Carolina’s Research Triangle region by 2028 and represents a $2 billion investment in the state. It was a significant win for North Carolina economic developers, but is one of many notable biopharma announcements…

View from within rows of corn in a Rowan County field.

Oct 28, 2021

Steps toward sustainability

Faculty members in the College of Engineering and across NC State will lead a national research effort to reduce both dependence on mined phosphates and the amount of phosphorus that leaches into soils and water. The research, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), will focus on issues relevant to both food security and environmental quality.…

May 5, 2021

Buttigieg, Emhoff visit NC State

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S. second gentleman Doug Emhoff recently toured Centennial Campus labs and spoke with NC State researchers about the university’s infrastructure-related research and innovation.