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Dhuru Patel portrait in graduation gown

May 4, 2021

A Healthy Pursuit

With scholarship support, College of Sciences senior Dhuru Patel embraced a range of academic, extracurricular and service opportunities that cemented his decision to pursue a medical career and his determination to give back.

A tablet displaying a 3-D molecular model on the screen

May 3, 2021

They’ve Got Chemistry: A Popular App Impacts Student Learning Across Lab Sections

A difficult topic in an organic chemistry lab got a high-tech, pandemic-proof makeover through an exploratory DELTA grant.

A female student holds a COVID-19 test bag in front of a Mr. Wuf head sign that reads "Mask the Pack Up"

Apr 5, 2021

Protectors of the Pack

More than 220 students, including several in biological sciences, have volunteered to assist with NC State’s robust COVID-19 testing and surveillance program this spring.

microscopy image of SARS-CoV-2 viruses

Feb 15, 2021

Researchers Demonstrate Self-Sterilizing Polymers Work Against SARS-CoV-2

Researchers have demonstrated a family of self-sterilizing polymers are effective at inactivating the virus that causes COVID-19.

Memorial Belltower

Jan 26, 2021

Looking Back and Moving Forward: What 2020 Taught Us

NC State faculty, staff and students, including Laura Sremaniak of the Department of Chemistry and Emily Reed of the Department of Biological Sciences, reflect on the lessons of 2020.

COVID-19 molecule

Nov 17, 2020

NC State Researchers Take On COVID-19

Toxicologist Jane Hoppin is among the NC State researchers who have pivoted to use their work to study aspects of this deadly disease.

Jane Lubischer filming a segment of the Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions online course

Jul 20, 2020

Wicked Awesome: Creating an Innovative Online Experience

Several Sciences faculty helped create a new online course that gives first-year students across the university an extraordinary opportunity to learn and connect.

Jul 13, 2020

Research Suggests Link Between PFAS Contamination and the Coronavirus

North Carolina Health News
Researchers at N.C. State took tap water samples and drew blood from Wolfe and 344 other people living in the Lower Cape Fear River Basin.

A line graph showing predictions for the estimated COVID-19 reproduction number in North Carolina

May 27, 2020

Statistics and COVID-19: Forecasting the Spread

Michael DeWitt, a 2019 graduate of the Master of Statistics online program, is helping Cone Health forecast the spread of the pandemic in North Carolina.

May 22, 2020

Chinese American Community Organizations Fight Virus, Discrimination With Philanthropy

WUNC
Outside of CAFA, individuals have gotten involved as well. Lian Xie, a professor at North Carolina State University, facilitated communications between North Carolina and Hunan, China - the state's sister province. Through this partnership, Xie said the state has received $100,000 worth of PPE.