Staff

Jun 9, 2021

Students Helping Students

Two biology students are among the work study students with the NC State Juntos Program who motivate and inspire Latinx high schoolers around the state, keeping them on track to go to college.

Jun 8, 2021

Michael Evans – Co-Founder and CFO, 2x Statistics Graduate and Miller Fellow

Michael Evans knew a statistics major would give him highly sought-after transferable skills, but little did he know it would also open a door to the world of entrepreneurship.

Jun 3, 2021

Earthlings, Rejoice: We’re Visiting Venus Again. Twice.

Mashable
“Instead of one big leap forward, we now take three, because these missions together will be more than the sum of their parts,” says Paul Byrne, a professor of planetary science at North Carolina State University.

Jun 3, 2021

NASA Picks 2 Missions to Explore Venus, the First in Decades

Scientific American
The fact that both missions were chosen shows that NASA is not content with giving the world a cursory glance, says Paul Byrne, a planetary scientist and vocal Venus advocate at North Carolina State University.

Jun 3, 2021

NASA Will Head to Venus for First Time in Over 30 Years

National Geographic
“We have an Earth-size planet next door that is nothing like Earth—why? That’s a pretty important thing to figure out,” says Paul Byrne, a planetary scientist at North Carolina State University.

Jun 2, 2021

NASA Is Sending Two Missions to Venus for the First Time in Decades

New Scientist
“VERITAS and DAVINCI+ will not answer all our outstanding Venus questions, but they will enable us to take a massive step forward in understanding why our planetary sibling isn’t our twin,” says Paul Byrne at North Carolina State University.

Jun 2, 2021

NASA Just Broke the ‘Venus Curse’: Here’s What It Took

Scientific American
“It is the best planet, no question,” says a smirking Paul Byrne, a planetary scientist at North Carolina State University. This is an unsurprising answer from Byrne, an unabashed Venusian zealot. To him, the planet’s terrors are all part of its intrigue. Something unleashed them all long ago. Byrne wants to find out what opened Pandora’s box.

Jun 1, 2021

A Burp or a Blast? Seismic Signals Reveal the Volcanic Eruption to Come

Quanta Magazine
Most volcanoes are more complicated: They harbor a diverse array of magma types that need to force their way out of the volcano. That means they produce eruptions that “change a lot as they happen,” said Arianna Soldati, a volcanologist at North Carolina State University.

May 25, 2021

If Aliens Are Out There, They’re Way Out There

The Atlantic
“It’s a little complicated and distant,” says Katie Mack, an astrophysicist at North Carolina State University who has been bombarded with questions about UFOs and aliens. “It doesn’t make us feel special and selected, and doesn’t give us any immediate connection with other beings.”

May 20, 2021

Online Graduate Found a New Career in a Familiar Place

The online Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics and Data Management is helping Kelsey Piper excel in a new career.