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Age, Burial Environment Don’t Hinder Soft Tissue Preservation in Dinosaurs

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Chemistry Professor Emeritus and scholarship donor Carl Bumgardner with family and friends

Mar 4, 2025

Legendary Chemistry Professor Bumgardner Passes Away at 100

Chemistry Professor Emeritus Carl Bumgardner was a favorite among his students and established a scholarship to benefit them.

Mar 4, 2025

AI Versus the Brain and the Race for General Intelligence

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“I think that’s a big distinction, this idea of generalizability,” echoed neuroscientist Christa Baker of NC State University. “You can learn how to analyze logic in one sphere, but if you come to a new circumstance, it’s not like now you’re an idiot.”

Mar 4, 2025

Eggshells Point to Diverse Dino Ecosystem in North America

Lindsay Zanno explains what fossilized eggshells can tell us about life in the Late Cretaceous period.
Three people walk through Oberlin Cemetery.

Feb 28, 2025

Oberlin Village: A Living Lab for NC State Students

NC State psychology faculty and students partnered with Friends of Oberlin Village, building on the work of other NC State units, including the College of Sciences.

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Feb 21, 2025

NC State Faculty Visit Partner Schools and Alumni in Vietnam and Thailand

As part of a trip to Asia, College of Sciences Dean Lewis Owen and several faculty members from NC State visited Wolfpack alumni and partner schools.
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Feb 18, 2025

Catherine Davis Named Sloan Research Fellow

Davis’ work focuses on the long-term effects of global climate on oceanographic environments.
NC State Memorial Belltower

Feb 17, 2025

2024-25 University Faculty Scholars Named

Wei-chei Chang, LORD Corporation Distinguished Scholar in Chemistry, was named a University Faculty Scholar.

Bonnie Hurwitz

Feb 12, 2025

Computational Biologist Bonnie Hurwitz Named Director of Bioinformatics Research Center

Bonnie Hurwitz, associate professor of biosystems engineering at the University of Arizona, has been named as the new director of NC State's Bioinformatics Research Center.
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.

Feb 11, 2025

Age, Burial Environment Don’t Hinder Soft Tissue Preservation in Dinosaurs

Soft tissue preservation in fossils does not seem to depend upon the species, age or burial environment of the fossils.