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NC State alumnus Jan Wooten on his graduation day in 1973.

Dec 1, 2025

A Gift for Graduate Students

Jan Wooten ’73 has established the College of Sciences’ first endowment for the general support of graduate students.
Caldwell Fellows Mesha Strickland with her mother

Nov 24, 2025

Rooted in Leadership: Mesha Strickland

Caldwell Fellow Mesha Strickland, a human biology major, is growing into a leader who serves through medicine, empathy and self-reflection.

Nov 24, 2025

CSI: Crestaceous. A Reptile Body Farm Is Shedding Light on How Dinosaurs Died.

National Geographic
Decades ago, many scientists assumed soft tissue like blood, muscle, and skin degraded too quickly to be preserved during fossilization. That changed in 2005, when North Carolina State University paleontologist Mary Schweitzer reported the identification of blood vessels in a T. rex fossil.

Lloyd and Genevieve Bostian sitting on their couch

Nov 24, 2025

Loyal Like Lloyd

Lloyd Bostian and his wife Genevieve are NC State’s longest-running consecutive annual donors, with 70 years of support.
Cat's Paw Nebula as shown by Webb Space Telescope

Nov 21, 2025

Announcing the Department of Physics and Astronomy

The name change recognizes our international leadership in astronomy and astrophysics and will benefit student recruitment efforts.

Nov 19, 2025

Thinking Big for a Global Blue Economy

At NC State’s fifth annual Blue Economy workshop, innovators worked together to tackle the challenges facing our coasts.

Nov 18, 2025

Naming Our Way Into the Future

Dellaine Risley has made a gift naming a room in Woodson Hall in honor of her late husband, physics professor John Risley.

Nov 17, 2025

Debate on Dinosaur Colors Persists After 15 Years

The Scientist
Mary Schweitzer, a paleontologist at North Carolina State University, is one of Vinther’s most vocal critics. Schweitzer thinks that the fossilized structures that Vinther believes were melanosomes were actually bacteria.
Four people standing in a building lobby, with one speaking into a microphone.

Nov 13, 2025

Bridging the Art-and-Science Divide

Leah Sobsey, an artist-in-residence at N.C. PSI, is focusing on the common ground art and science share in helping us understand our world.

an orange snow shovel cuts through a pile of snow

Nov 12, 2025

Hourly Weather Data Reveals Climate Trends in U.S.

Studying historical hourly weather data – and the amount of time that temperatures remain above or below certain thresholds – reveals several impacts of U.S. regional climate change trends.