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NC State Hosts Big Data’s Big Star

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This image shows a biological expression network analysis of a portion of the "1,000 Genomes" cell lines used for testing the effects of environmental chemicals.

May 1, 2015

Cross-Population Study Links Individuals’ Chemical Sensitivity, Genes

NC State scientists helped lead the first large-scale cell-based screening to test variations in environmental chemical sensitivity across a range of human populations and link those variations to genetic data.
Sciences Dean Dan Solomon

Mar 6, 2015

The People’s Dean

Dean Dan Solomon will step down this summer after 34 years of transformative leadership at NC State.

Feb 12, 2015

Two Sciences Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards

Two faculty in the College of Sciences recently received Faculty Early Career Development Awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The awards are known as NSF CAREER Awards. They are…

Feb 12, 2015

NC State Statistician Receives NSF CAREER Award

Dr. Ana-Maria Staicu, an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics at NC State, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The award,…
Belltower lit up red at night

Feb 3, 2015

Professorships Awarded to Three Sciences Faculty

The College awarded named professorships to three of its faculty thanks to gifts from generous donors.

Aug 21, 2014

Wilson named Principal Investigator of NSA center at NC State

Dr. Alyson Wilson, associate professor of statistics, has been named principal investigator of the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences at NC State. The laboratory was created in 2013 through a partnership…
Marie Davidean

Jul 11, 2014

Your Data, Your Treatment

NC State's Marie Davidian discusses how statistics can help achieve the promise of personalized medicine.

Jul 11, 2014

When is a ball a ball?

Ever wonder why a pitch is called a “strike” against one hitter, and a “ball” against the next? Many baseball fans have long suspected home-plate umpires of bending the rules…

Dec 23, 2013

Show Me the Data

Millions take their dialects seriously. Just ask NC State statistics graduate student Joshua Katz. As a way of examining regional language variation in the continental U.S., Katz produced detailed maps…

Oct 25, 2013

NC State Hosts Big Data’s Big Star

The Department of Statistics hosted author and blogger Nate Silver Oct. 10 for a lecture marking the International Year of Statistics. Before speaking at the Hunt Library auditorium, Silver discussed his advice to aspiring statisticians, his move…