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Feb 3, 2025

Make-A-Thon Celebrates its 10th Anniversary with Success

This year Innovation and Entrepreneurship celebrated the 10th anniversary of NC State’s sustainability competition, Make-A-Thon. The Albright Entrepreneurship Garage partnered with NC State’s Department of Sustainability and the University Libraries to host… 
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Jan 22, 2025

Envisioning “Charlanta”

As the population of the Southeastern U.S. continues to grow and urbanize, it is projected that sprawl could create a continuous urban landscape stretching from Charlotte to Atlanta and beyond, dubbed “Charlanta.” In anticipation of such a megacity, the “Envisioning Urban Futures: Charlanta” symposium was held this past November. 
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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. 
Genetics and Genomics Academy

Dec 11, 2024

Five Questions with Jeff Yoder, Executive Director of the Genetics and Genomics Academy

Academies at NC State facilitate faculty, student and staff connections and contributions to NC State’s areas of interdisciplinary strength. The Genetics and Genomics Academy (GGA) promotes and supports collaborations across all research, training and outreach activities at the university. 
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Dec 5, 2024

NC State Announces Launch of Universitywide Climate and Sustainability Academy

Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Warwick Arden and Senior Vice Provost for University Interdisciplinary Programs Rob Dunn today officially announced the launch of the Climate and Sustainability Academy. 
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. 
Bronze wolf sculptures near the free expression tunnel

Sep 25, 2024

New Fellows Program Invites Students to Envision Sustainable Futures

A new program at NC State will engage student teams to work toward a more sustainable future. 
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Sep 17, 2024

NC State’s Data Science Academy Is Now the Data Science and AI Academy

NC State’s Data Science Academy will now be known as the Data Science and AI Academy (DSA), to better reflect its focus on and national leadership in AI. The DSA was established in 2021 as a universitywide interdisciplinary effort to enhance a historic strength of the university and meet the growing needs of data science research,… 
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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. 
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..