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2020 Hurricane Season Will Be Active, NC State Researchers Predict

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Apr 23, 2020

Sciences Faculty and Staff Receive 2019-20 University Honors

Six members of the College of Sciences community were recently recognized with 2019-20 NC State teaching and excellence awards.
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Apr 22, 2020

Experimenting in the Universe’s Laboratory

Noah Wolfe, a 2020 Goldwater Scholar, studies supernovas to expand our knowledge of physics.
James McConnell sits at a large desk talking with a group of faculty members.

Apr 22, 2020

DELTA Faculty Fellows Support NC State Peers in Academic Continuity

Current DELTA Faculty Fellows in the College of Sciences are sharing their expertise in teaching with technology to help other NC State instructors.
Solar array on the roof of the Keystone Science Center on Centennial Campus

Apr 22, 2020

Odyssey of an Inquisitive Mind

2020 Goldwater Scholar and chemistry major Jonathan Palmer is tackling the global energy crisis by doing research to make solar power more cost-effective.
Student Mariah Wilder works on schoolwork at her home desk.

Apr 21, 2020

Adjusting to a New Normal

Junior Mariah Wilder describes in her own words what it's like to be an NC State student in the time of COVID-19.
MacrolactoneDB

Apr 21, 2020

New Macrolactone Database Could Aid Drug Discovery, Research

A new, free-to-use database of macrolactones fills a knowledge gap and could aid drug development.
Alex Rojas holding a door for another student

Apr 21, 2020

No Limits

Alex Rojas is applying his leadership skills to an internship at BioMedomics, where he leads a team assembling and shipping out boxes of rapid COVID-19 tests.

Apr 19, 2020

Can the Air Stay Clean After COVID-19? New Numbers Are Promising, but the Public Must Act

The News & Observer
It’s an illustration that clean air is not some Utopian fantasy of climate change activists. It’s very attainable. But is there any way to conquer this virus without surrendering this cleaner air when normal economic activity resumes? Viney Aneja, an air quality professor in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences was able to answer this question. “This is a teaching moment,” he said. “We should learn from it. We should promote behavior that will allow air quality to be as good as it is outside right now.” Anej is the recipient of the 2007 North Carolina Science Award and developed one of the nation’s leading air-quality and climate research programs at NC State.

Apr 17, 2020

NC State Researchers Predict Up to 22 Named Storms During 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season

WNCN
Lian Xie, professor of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, anticipate this hurricane season will see 18 to 22 named storms, which is above both long- and short-term averages.
Hurricane Dorian, 2019

Apr 17, 2020

2020 Hurricane Season Will Be Active, NC State Researchers Predict

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season will be an active one, with 18 to 22 storms forming in the Atlantic basin.