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From first lab notes to final critiques, four first-year grad students tell us how curiosity, community and grit shaped a standout fall at NC State.

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Dr. Kimberly Hallowell with short brown hair and glasses wears a white lab coat and stands in a lab.

December 18, 2025

NC State Equine Researcher Wins Young Investigator Grant for Steroid Studies

The Foundation for the Horse has awarded Dr. Kimberly Hallowell, a Ph.D. student in NC State’s Comparative Biomedical Sciences Program, a 2025 Young Investigator Grant to support her research into using metabolic indicators to predict which horses are at risk of developing laminitis after receiving steroid injections.
Matt McCabe

December 16, 2025

Matt McCabe, Graduate Student-Athlete

A former NC State student-athlete and current graduate student balancing Division I football with intensive analytics training, Matt McCabe is combining his love for sports with financial modeling to help athletes plan for their futures – both on and off the field.
Master of Statistics graduate Elle Whitlock holds up her graduation cap in front of the Memorial Belltower

December 15, 2025

Advancing Into a Statistics Career

As Elle Whitlock prepares to graduate from NC State for the second time, she recounts how she fell in love with the university’s campus and people.
Lauren Pharr stands in front of a grey concrete wall, dressed in red and black graduation robes.

December 09, 2025

Advancing Conservation Through Research and Advocacy: Lauren Pharr’s Journey

Lauren Pharr is an avian ecologist and science communicator dedicated to wildlife conservation and supporting underrepresented voices in science.

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Thursday

New International Student Orientation
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Sunday5:00 PM

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Graduate student Spotlight

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David Nguyen

Meet first-year Ph.D. student David Nguyen. David’s first semester in the Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media program has been about building community and relationships to ensure his success.

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