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Meet Bryn Fleming, NC State’s Newest NOAA Hollings Scholar

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A person standing in a desert area with a tornado behind her

Aug 28, 2025

A Summer of Storm Chasing

Sciences associate dean Jamila Simpson spent more than two weeks pursuing tornadoes on the Great Plains.
A headshot of Kathie Dello

Aug 27, 2025

State Climatologist Dello Wins North Carolina’s Highest Civilian Award

State Climatologist Kathie Dello is among the recipients of the 2025 North Carolina Award.

artistic rendering of plants with white and purple flowers

Aug 19, 2025

Plants in Focus

Art and science come together in a series of fall NC State events that invite us to think anew about plants and the role they play in our daily lives.
Cooper howling wolf sculpture near greenery and benches

Aug 13, 2025

Sparking Student Entrepreneurism

Mabel Barreiro Carpio, who is pursuing a doctorate in chemistry, was one of two recipients of a new N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative Award.

Fall sunshine beams down on some leaves on a tree near the Court of North Carolina on main campus.

Aug 12, 2025

Meet Our Newest Faculty

Welcome the newest scientists joining the College of Sciences this fall.

Aug 12, 2025

This New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands With the Same Side Up

Wired
At first, it might seem obvious that this should work. “After all, this is how roly-poly toys work: Just put a heavy weight in the bottom,” said Dávid Papp of North Carolina State University. But “this only works with shapes that are smooth or round or both.” When it comes to polyhedra, with their sharp edges and flat faces, it’s not clear how to design something that will always flip to the same side.
Barb Prillaman

Aug 11, 2025

Leaving a Legacy of Philanthropy

Barb Prillaman ’86 has established the first legacy endowment for NC State’s Data Science and AI Academy.

Aug 8, 2025

From Backyard Bugs to Museum Halls: Tanith Huggins Sets Course for NC State

The Coastland Times
After years of wrangling insects, galloping around show rings, and immersing herself in the prehistoric past, Tanith Huggins is ready for her next chapter. The Beaufort County Early College High School graduate recently completed both her high school diploma and an Associate in Arts and Associate in Science from Beaufort County Community College. She’ll head to North Carolina State University this spring to major in zoology with minors in entomology and paleontology.

Aug 6, 2025

The Peer-Review Process: How To Fix an Overloaded System

Nature
One issue is that editors naturally gravitate towards asking reviewers who they think do a good job and send reports on time. By expanding their pool of reviewers, they might end up with reviews that are of lower quality or less accurate — a point made by biologist Carl Bergstrom at the University of Washington in Seattle and statistician Kevin Gross at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, in an analysis of the pressures on peer review. Their work was posted as a preprint in July.

Aug 4, 2025

Meet Bryn Fleming, NC State’s Newest NOAA Hollings Scholar

Rising junior Bryn Fleming, who studies chemistry and chemical oceanography, is NC State's latest recipient of the prestigious national scholarship.