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Jan 4, 2022

Forensic Researchers Call for Proactive Efforts to Address Racism

Forensic researchers are calling for the research community to address systemic racism in the sciences.

Dec 18, 2021

When Humans Are Gone, What Animals Might Evolve to Have Our Smarts and Skills?

Live Science
With modern gene-sequencing technology and our understanding of evolution, “we’re pretty good at making short term predictions,” Martha Reiskind, a molecular ecologist at North Carolina State University, told Live Science. For example, we can predict that if humans were to suddenly go extinct tomorrow, climate change would continue to drive many species toward drought resiliency in order to survive. Cold-specialized species will continue to struggle as well, meaning that, sadly, polar bears and penguins are unlikely to thrive in the millennia after humans are gone.

Dec 17, 2021

Featherstone Receives Richard L. Blanton Outstanding Capstone Award

Physics major Jack Featherstone won the fall 2021 Richard L. Blanton Outstanding Capstone Award.

Dec 16, 2021

Climate Change Intervention Will Be Hit by ‘Lag Time,’ NCSU Researchers Warn

WRAL Tech Wire
“Broadly speaking, this is a simple energy balance model that allows you to analyze various emission reduction and carbon capture strategies and their effect on climate over time,” says Mohammad Farazmand, assistant professor of mathematics at North Carolina State University and corresponding author of the work. “Fully resolved climate models are too complex to do this sort of analytic work on.”

Dec 15, 2021

Time Lag Between Intervention and Actual CO2 Decrease Could Still Lead to Climate Tipping Point

Science Daily
“Broadly speaking, this is a simple energy balance model that allows you to analyze various emission reduction and carbon capture strategies and their effect on climate over time,” says Mohammad Farazmand, assistant professor of mathematics at North Carolina State University and corresponding author of the work. “Fully resolved climate models are too complex to do this sort of analytic work on.”

Dec 13, 2021

Mother-Daughter Duo Share Graduation Day

Biology major Lauren Muir is sharing a graduation day with her mother, Michelle, who is getting her MBA.

Dec 10, 2021

Master the How and Why of Statistics

The online Master of Statistics degree gives students access to world-renowned faculty and sought-after statistical methods and applications.

Nov 27, 2021

What We Will Never Know

Gizmodo
"I think there's a pretty broad consensus that inflation probably occurred," said Katie Mack, theoretical astrophysicist at North Carolina State University. "There's very little consensus as to how or why it occurred, what caused it, or what physics it obeyed when it happened."

Nov 24, 2021

Passionate About the Power of Higher Education

Megan Pryor, a mathematics and math education major, participated in the Marian Drane Graham Scholars program.

Nov 24, 2021

Goodnight Spotlight: Hailey Hammonds

Chemistry major and Goodnight Scholar Hailey Hammonds discusses her experience at NC State.