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2015

This image shows a biological expression network analysis of a portion of the "1,000 Genomes" cell lines used for testing the effects of environmental chemicals.

May 1, 2015

Cross-Population Study Links Individuals’ Chemical Sensitivity, Genes

NC State scientists helped lead the first large-scale cell-based screening to test variations in environmental chemical sensitivity across a range of human populations and link those variations to genetic data.

Abstract architecture at entrance to NC State University

Apr 29, 2015

NC State Receives $6.5 Million from NIEHS to Study Effect of Environment on Human Health

The Center for Human Health and the Environment has received a $6.5 million NIEHS grant to investigate the effects of environmental factors on human health.

Apr 6, 2015

Hearing the Call

Alumna Nell Cant, an auditory system researcher, has named the College of Sciences Foundation as the primary beneficiary of a significant portion of her retirement accounts.

Joe Palca discusses the relationship between science and news at NC State

Apr 3, 2015

Talking to Joe

The veteran NPR science reporter discusses the relationship between science and news.

Boats on shore of Lake Victoria in Africa

Mar 26, 2015

Preparing East Africa for a Population Surge

Dr. Fred Semazzi leads an international effort to pair climate research with real economic-development planning in the Lake Victoria region.

Professor and student talking in lab

Mar 17, 2015

The Science of a Startup

How an NC State chemist is winning the battle against drug resistance.

Sciences Dean Dan Solomon

Mar 6, 2015

The People’s Dean

Dean Dan Solomon will step down this summer after 34 years of transformative leadership at NC State.

Mar 6, 2015

Solomon Honored for Lifetime Achievement by Council on the Status of Women

Dr. Daniel Solomon, dean of the College of Sciences, has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by NC State’s Council on the Status of Women for his work to increase the presence of female students, faculty and staff in STEM fields and academic leadership at the university. The award was presented on Feb. 23 at the Council’s annual…

Students working in lab

Mar 6, 2015

Creating Tomorrow’s Scientists

A new gift reduces tuition to Imhotep Academy for hundreds of underrepresented middle-school students.

Mar 3, 2015

My Story: Jamal Moss

No one in Jamal Moss’s family had ever gone to college. A university education seemed like a dream for Jamal — something out of reach. His high school grades were average, and he barely participated in class. But after a guidance counselor at his Charlotte, N.C. high school impressed upon him the importance of higher…