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New Certificate Prepares Grad Students to Engage Public in Research

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Jun 2, 2025

5 Tips to Stay Safe Outdoors in Extreme Heat

Prolonged exposure to extreme heat can pose serious health risks for people engaging in outdoor activities. 
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May 21, 2025

Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Backs Six Budding Inventions

This year’s CIF awardees are exploring how to ensure endpoint cybersecurity in the era of quantum computing; make veterinary eye surgeries safer; replace plastic foam with a biodegradable alternative; help farmers grow more crops with less fertilizer; and enhance a cutting-edge gene-editing technique that uses electrical pulses to deliver DNA into cells. 
Dr. Tal Ben-Horin relocates a set of oyster bags from CMAST to Core Sound as part of a study into the disease resistance of different genetic lines of oyster.

May 15, 2025

GOHA Affiliate Member Tal Ben-Horin Gets State Grant to Study How to Make Oysters Hardier

The NC Department of Environmental Quality has awarded Dr. Tal Ben-Horin, an assistant professor of shellfish pathology at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, a $200,000 grant to continue studying whether the genetic lines of farmed oysters that survive mass casualty events can be used to breed more resilient oysters. The popular delicacies have… 
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May 7, 2025

GOHA Affiliate Member Bill Rand One of Four Winners the 2025 Outstanding Research Award

Felix N. Castellano, Bill Rand, Melanie Simpson and Ross Sozzani won the 2025 Outstanding Research Award — the university’s top honor recognizing faculty who lead in their fields, commit to mentoring their fellow NC State faculty and advance a multidisciplinary research community. The four award winners will be inducted into the Research Leadership Academy. 
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May 6, 2025

GOHA Affiliate Member Nathalie Lavoine Wins NSF CAREER Award

Lavoine will use the five-year, nearly $750,000 grant to advance her research on cellulose nanocrystals for the creation of sustainable colors and materials for various products. 

Apr 29, 2025

Two GOHA Affiliates Honored for Advancing Global Engagement at NC State

On April 16, 2025, NC State Global hosted its annual Global Engagement Honors & Awards event to recognize recipients of the Outstanding Global Engagement Award, Jackson Rigney International Service Award… 

Apr 10, 2025

A Look Back At The 2025 UPGN Conference at NC State

The University Global Partnership Network (UGPN) is a global platform for academics and students from world-leading universities to work together to address sustainability challenges across diverse global regions and communities.… 
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Apr 2, 2025

‘A Wicked Success’: Award-Winning NC State Experience Celebrates Five Years of Impact

As Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions marks five years of challenging incoming students to Think and Do, it’s also earning national recognition, including winning the Online Learning Consortium Award of Excellence in Digital Learning Innovation at OLC Innovate 2025. 
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Mar 17, 2025

Researchers Demonstrate New Technique for Boosting Plant Growth with Bacteria

The work paves the way for crop applications that make use of these beneficial bacteria in conjunction with agrochemicals. 
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Oct 23, 2024

New Certificate Prepares Grad Students to Engage Public in Research

The 12-credit certificate covers the fundamentals of participatory sciences and provides experiential learning opportunities for students.