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Record Gifts Received for Integrative Sciences Building on NC State’s 2024 Day of Giving

Integrative Sciences Initiative and Woodson Hall

A render of the proposed NC State Integrative Sciences Building, situated on the Brickyard.

Feb 6, 2025

Mathew Steadman Named Integrative Sciences Initiative Director of Operations

Mathew Steadman has been named director of operations of the Integrative Sciences Initiative in the Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs, effective January 27. 
Woodson Hall rendering

Jan 8, 2025

Elevating a Legacy in Woodson Hall

A new naming gift from Board of Trustees member Timothy Humphrey ’96 celebrates NC State’s transformation. 
A rendering of the entrance to Woodson Hall

Dec 9, 2024

Woodson Hall: Transforming the Sciences and the Brickyard

NC State is building a state-of-the-art hub for scientific innovation and collaboration, with the help of alumni and friends. 
A render of the proposed NC State Integrative Sciences Building, situated on the Brickyard.

Oct 15, 2024

Integrative Sciences Initiative Directors and Woodson Hall Occupants Announced

Two new directors of NC State’s Integrative Sciences Initiative (ISI) and the first occupants of Woodson Hall, the heart of the ISI, have been announced. Milad Abolhasani and Melanie Simpson were named director of accelerated technologies and director of research, respectively, effective October 1. 
Center for Advanced Photocatalysis logo

Sep 17, 2024

NC State Receives NSF Grant to Establish the Center for Accelerated Photocatalysis

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that North Carolina State University will direct a center that deploys self-driving labs to accelerate discovery for reactions which use light as a catalyst in challenging chemical transformations. The NSF Center for Accelerated Photocatalysis is supported by an NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation Program Phase I grant. 
Former North Carolina State University Foundation Board Chair Trent Ragland and Chancellor Randy Woodson with Jim and Kathrine Owens at the 2017 Menscer Cup celebration.

Sep 12, 2024

James and Kathrine Owens Celebrate Transformation With New Gift

A $2 million commitment from Board of Trustees chair Dr. James Owens and his wife, Kathrine, to the Celebrating Transformation Initiative will benefit three areas at NC State. 
A render of the proposed NC State Integrative Sciences Building, situated on the Brickyard.

Sep 6, 2024

New Building Will Take Familiar Name

North Carolina State University’s Integrative Sciences Building, currently under construction and scheduled to open on the Brickyard in 2026, will be known as Woodson Hall in honor of Chancellor Randy Woodson, the university’s Board of Trustees announced on Sept. 6.. 
the summer sun shines over the Memorial Belltower

Aug 1, 2024

BOT Chair Leads Philanthropic Effort to Honor Woodson

Chair of the Board of Trustees Ed Weisiger Jr. ’82 alum and his wife Betsy Fleming have made two lead gifts to launch a philanthropic effort honoring NC State’s transformation under Chancellor Randy Woodson. A longtime donor to NC State, Weisiger Jr.’s latest commitments support the Integrative Sciences Building and the Chancellor’s Transformational Endowment. 
final beam of Integrative Sciences Building

Jun 12, 2024

Ceremony Showcases Integrative Sciences Building’s Progress

A crowd of onlookers cheered the placing of the steel beam completing the bones of NC State’s Integrative Sciences Building during a topping out ceremony on May 22. 
Fireworks behind the Memorial Belltower

Apr 8, 2024

Record Gifts Received for Integrative Sciences Building on NC State’s 2024 Day of Giving

Donors contributed more than $2 million to support the new Integrative Sciences Building, including major gifts from Chair of the Board of Trustees Ed Weisiger Jr. ’82 and his wife Betsy Fleming and former Board of Trustees member and three-time alumnus Jim Owens and his wife Katie.