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Photo of NC State Goodnight Scholar Jordan Paldino of the class of 2021.

Sep 30, 2020

A Changing Passion for Mathematics

Goodnight Scholar and math major Jordan Paldino writes about keeping his passion for math alive.
Thomas Theis and his lab group

Sep 30, 2020

Chemistry Lab Receives Exploratory Grant From the National Institutes of Health

The Theis Hyperpolarization Lab received an exploratory grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study metabolic pathways in the brain.
NC State gateway at sunset

Sep 29, 2020

Vitamin D Deficiency Leads to Obesity, Stunted Growth in Zebrafish

A zebrafish study shows that lack of Vitamin D in early development can lead to obesity and stunted growth.
Jonina Wrenn in front of mountains in Peru

Sep 29, 2020

Park Profile: Jonina Wrenn

Learn about 2020 biological sciences graduate and Park scholar Jonina Wrenn's experience at NC State.
Photograph of Goodnight Scholar Ednah Sangaka from the transfer class of 2022 in front of Hunt Library on NC State Centennial Campus.

Sep 29, 2020

Meet Goodnight Scholar Ednah Sangaka

For math major Ednah Sangaka, “pay it forward” is a mantra that guides her every choice and action.

Sep 23, 2020

NC State Graduate and Astronaut Christina Koch Makes Time Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People

TIME
Every year, Time Magazine creates a list of the top 100 most influential people across the globe. This year, NC State graduate Christina Koch made that list for participating in the first all-female spacewalk.

Sep 23, 2020

Did Volcanoes Turn Venus into a ‘Hellish’ Planet?

Futurity
“There are generally two explanations for tesserae—either they are made of volcanic rocks, or they are counterparts of Earth’s continental crust,” says lead author Paul Byrne, associate professor of planetary science at North Carolina State University. “But the layering we find on some of the tessera isn’t consistent with the continental crust explanation.”

Sep 21, 2020

Low-Energy Light Invigorates Polymer Object Production Process

Photonics
“We used ZnTPP because it allows you to see light emission from two different excited states, and we could differentiate between lower energy S1 and higher energy S2 states,” said Felix Castellano, corresponding author of the article describing the process and Goodnight Innovation Chair of Chemistry at North Carolina State University. North Carolina State University graduate student Nancy Awwad is the study’s first author.
Venus

Sep 18, 2020

Why Phosphine in Venus’ Clouds Is a Big Deal

In The Conversation, Paul Byrne explains why finding phosphine gas on Venus is important and where we go from here.
Holladay Hall at NC State

Sep 18, 2020

Meet the 2020-21 Provost’s Faculty Fellows: Laura Sremaniak

Laura Sremaniak of the Department of Chemistry has been selected for the second cohort of the Provost’s Faculty Fellows Program.