COVID-19

Apr 19, 2020

Can the Air Stay Clean After COVID-19? New Numbers Are Promising, but the Public Must Act

The News & Observer
It’s an illustration that clean air is not some Utopian fantasy of climate change activists. It’s very attainable. But is there any way to conquer this virus without surrendering this cleaner air when normal economic activity resumes? Viney Aneja, an air quality professor in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences was able to answer this question. “This is a teaching moment,” he said. “We should learn from it. We should promote behavior that will allow air quality to be as good as it is outside right now.” Anej is the recipient of the 2007 North Carolina Science Award and developed one of the nation’s leading air-quality and climate research programs at NC State.

Apr 17, 2020

The Science House Comes to Your House

Learn how to get new K-12 science activities and resources every week from NC State's The Science House.

Apr 9, 2020

Shielding Health Care Workers From COVID-19

Learn how MEAS graduate student Corbin Kling is using a research tool to build protective equipment for at-risk workers.

Apr 2, 2020

Pack Essentials Aids Students During Financial Hardships

During the COVID-19 crisis, students are benefiting from donations to the university's Student Emergency Fund.

Mar 27, 2020

Sciences Joins NC State in Collecting Protective Gear for Hospitals

Sciences faculty and staff were among many across campus who stepped up to donate dozens of boxes of personal protective equipment to area hospitals.

Mar 23, 2020

Even With Increased Testing, Predicting the Spread of Coronavirus Remains a Challenge

The News & Observer
Figuring out how much expanded testing has contributed to the increase in COVID-19 cases is difficult, said mathematical biologist Alun Lloyd. “In order to be able to properly interpret the number of cases, you really need to know the number of tests being performed,” he continued.

Mar 18, 2020

Tips for Students to Prepare for Online Learning

Two faculty in Biological Sciences offer tips for students adapting to a new online learning environment.

Mar 16, 2020

A Year Without Conferences? How the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Change Research

Nature
“If anything, the talk quality was easier to see,” says physicist Karen Daniels. “Nobody’s head was blocking your way.” Daniels, who spearheaded the effort to move the soft-matter-physics talks online, says that after some minor hiccups in reformatting the meeting, everything went very smoothly. One of the sessions she organized had about 100 virtual attendees.

Mar 13, 2020

Tips From Faculty for Quickly Preparing to Teach Online

Three Sciences faculty share tips for quickly preparing to teach online.

Mar 12, 2020

2020 North Carolina and National Science Olympiads Canceled

The tournaments, scheduled to be held at NC State in spring 2020, have been canceled because of concerns surrounding the spread of COVID-19.