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Veteran NASA Astronaut Tony Antonelli presents College of Sciences student Josh Ott with an Astronaut Scholarship award at NC State's Talley Student Union

Feb 11, 2025

Sciences Student Josh Ott Presented With Astronaut Scholar Award

The scholarship is among the largest merit-based monetary scholarships awarded to STEM students.

A group of NC State leaders in hard hats "break ground" on the new Integrative Sciences Building.

Sep 21, 2023

NC State Hosts Groundbreaking for Integrative Sciences Building

The Integrative Sciences Initiative and Building will shape the way science is done at NC State. After the recent groundbreaking for the Integrative Sciences Building, the university moves one step closer to achieving that goal.
An architectural rendering showing people walking around the exterior of Woodson Hall, home of the Integrative Sciences Initiative.

Sep 1, 2023

Integrative Sciences Building Headlines Campus Construction Projects

The biggest campus construction project for the next half-decade began over the summer, with site preparation for the home for the ISB, an interdisciplinary showplace for innovation and education in the old footprint of Harrelson Hall.
Catalyst students at NASA's Mission Control Center

May 11, 2023

Catalyst Program Goes to NASA

A group of high students with disabilities visited NASA’s facilities to learn more about STEM opportunities.

An NC State faculty member helps Catalyst students with a lab activity

Jan 6, 2023

Creating STEM Opportunities: Catalyst Program in Photos

Through programs like Catalyst, the college is working toward a more diverse, inclusive STEM workforce.

NC State Belltower

Jun 15, 2022

Time Magazine Recognizes Catalyst’s Joann Blumenfeld as a 2022 Innovative Teacher

Joann Blumenfeld, program director for Catalyst and Connecting Students with Autism to Geographic Information Systems, has been recognized as one of Time magazine’s 2022 Innovative Teachers.

Andrea Duhon

May 5, 2022

Alumna Andrea Duhon Is Making Marginalized Students Feel Seen and Heard by Giving Back

Andrea Duhon '05 is working to make sure underrepresented students feel seen in the classroom.

Memorial Belltower

Apr 25, 2022

2 College Faculty Members Named 2021-22 Goodnight Early Career Innovators

Two College of Sciences faculty members were among the 25 selected to the 2021-22 class of Goodnight Early Career Innovators.
NC State Belltower

Mar 7, 2022

College Co-Hosts Third Diversity in STEM Symposium

The symposium featured nine sessions exploring this year's theme, "Your Role in Inclusion."

A Catalyst student poses with a professor.

Jan 19, 2022

Creating an Inclusive STEM Workforce: Q&A About Catalyst’s Internship Program

Joann Blumenfeld shares how Catalyst creates opportunities in STEM for students with disabilities through hands-on learning and support.