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College Celebrates Awards for Excellence, Daley Kindness Award Winners

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Student presents on a TEDxNCState stage, with a plant image projected behind her.

Jul 27, 2026

NC State Grad Student Takes 3D Printed Plants to Center Stage

Stephanie Stewart, a Ph.D. student in biomathematics, shares fresh perspectives from the frontlines of research to advance 3D bioprinting of plants.
a mosquito rests on someone's skin

Jul 17, 2026

Backyard Mosquito Sprays May Be Fueling Insecticide Resistance

The choices people make to control mosquitoes in their own backyards may be helping some of those mosquitoes survive the very insecticides meant to kill them.
Black and white photo of students leaving Withers Hall circa 1950-1959

Jul 7, 2026

William A. Withers Endowment: Shaping Chemistry’s Next Generation

Alumna Mary W. Richardson’s planned gift honored her father William A. Withers’ work in the Department of Chemistry. Years later, their legacy is still shaping the next generation of scientists.
Spirostomum ambiguum

Jun 26, 2026

This Tiny Organism Contracts 200 Times Faster Than We Can Blink. Here’s How.

A tiny, single-celled organism’s superfast contraction could lead to faster artificial muscles.
hand holding test tube with blood sample

Jun 18, 2026

Researchers Find Rare Mutation Doesn’t Always Result in Blood Cancer

A genetic mutation associated with a rare group of blood cancers does not always result in development of the disease.
Delftia culture

Jun 4, 2026

Tiny Microbe, Huge Potential – Why Scientists are Studying a Microbe They Found in a Sink

Scientists commonly use bacteria as tiny factories that can produce molecules for uses ranging from drug development to pollution remediation.
Xingcheng Lin

Jun 3, 2026

Physicist Xingcheng Lin Wins NSF CAREER Award

The award is one of the highest honors NSF gives to young faculty in the sciences.
Chris Osburn

Jun 3, 2026

Marine Science Professor Osburn Named Goodnight Distinguished Chair in Sustainability

The professorship reflects NC State’s priority to recruit and retain outstanding senior faculty.
The moon covering the sun, creating a solar eclipse.

May 27, 2026

Study Finds Awe-Inspiring Nature Helps People Connect to Science

When people engage in science activities that involve awe-inspiring natural phenomena they more closely identify with science and feel a greater sense of belonging.
About two dozen College of Sciences employees

May 22, 2026

College Celebrates Awards for Excellence, Daley Kindness Award Winners

The college celebrated its outstanding faculty and staff on April 23 when it named winners of its Awards for Excellence and Wilma Jean Daley Award for Kindness