COVID-19

Feb 10, 2021

Bidirectional Contact Tracing Could Have a Dramatic Impact on COVID-19 Infection Numbers

NC State mathematician Alun Lloyd recently co-authored a study that found bidirectional contact tracing is twice as effective as forward tracing, the contact tracing method currently in use.

Feb 4, 2021

In Era of COVID-19, Virtual Thesis Defenders Make the Most of It

NC State graduate students are taking advantage of the pandemic-necessitated virtual format to invite family and friends to attend their thesis and dissertation defenses.

Feb 1, 2021

Teaching the Pack: Maria Gallardo-Williams

Maria Gallardo-Williams of the Department of Chemistry is innovating with technology to bring the lab experience to students, wherever they are.

Jan 26, 2021

Looking Back and Moving Forward: What 2020 Taught Us

NC State faculty, staff and students, including Laura Sremaniak of the Department of Chemistry and Emily Reed of the Department of Biological Sciences, reflect on the lessons of 2020.

Nov 17, 2020

NC State Researchers Take On COVID-19

Toxicologist Jane Hoppin is among the NC State researchers who have pivoted to use their work to study aspects of this deadly disease.

Jul 20, 2020

Wicked Awesome: Creating an Innovative Online Experience

Several Sciences faculty helped create a new online course that gives first-year students across the university an extraordinary opportunity to learn and connect.

Jul 13, 2020

Research Suggests Link Between PFAS Contamination and the Coronavirus

North Carolina Health News
Researchers at N.C. State took tap water samples and drew blood from Wolfe and 344 other people living in the Lower Cape Fear River Basin.

Jun 9, 2020

Lockdowns May Have Averted 531 Million Coronavirus Infections

Science News
The new findings suggest that “these control measures have worked,” says Alun Lloyd, a mathematical epidemiologist at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, who was not involved in either study. Lockdowns “have saved or delayed many infections and deaths.”

May 27, 2020

Statistics and COVID-19: Forecasting the Spread

Michael DeWitt, a 2019 graduate of the Master of Statistics online program, is helping Cone Health forecast the spread of the pandemic in North Carolina.

May 22, 2020

Chinese American Community Organizations Fight Virus, Discrimination With Philanthropy

WUNC
Outside of CAFA, individuals have gotten involved as well. Lian Xie, a professor at North Carolina State University, facilitated communications between North Carolina and Hunan, China - the state's sister province. Through this partnership, Xie said the state has received $100,000 worth of PPE.