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Chancellor Kevin Howell and three-time alum Christina Koch

A New Name at Home

NASA astronaut Christina Koch returned to the campus where she earned three degrees, welcomed by a cheering crowd, a renamed building with her name on it and a limited-edition taste of her own Howling Cow ice cream.

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NC State’s wellness strategy is designed to build a thriving Pack at all levels of the university. With a focus on programs and services, fostering community, academics and awareness, we work to transform wellness within the Wolfpack. Developed by the Wellness Advisory Committee in 2020, our six-element strategy is rooted in socioecological health models as well as organizational and higher education literature.

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Kelly van Woesik

August 04, 2026

Global One Health Fellow Spotlight – Kelly van Woesik

Learn more about Ph.D. student Kelly van Woesik and how the Global One Health Fellowship helped support her important research on the impacts of sea-level rise on environmental and public health in the U.S. Southeast.
A group of students volunteering and doing research at a fishing tournament.

August 03, 2026

Research on All Creatures, Great and Small

It’s been a busy summer at the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology, where students have studied fish bigger than a grand piano and frogs that weigh less than a quarter.
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July 24, 2026

NC State Grad Student Takes 3D Printed Plants to Center Stage

Stephanie Stewart, a Ph.D. student in biomathematics, shares fresh perspectives from the frontlines of research to advance 3D bioprinting of plants.
Jennifer Macko and Jamie Pearson

July 20, 2026

Doctoral Student Jennifer Macko ’20MAT Receives Organization for Autism Research Graduate Research Grant

Jennifer Macko, an NC State College of Education doctoral student earning a Ph.D. in the Teacher Education and Learning Sciences educational psychology concentration, has been selected as one of 12 graduate students worldwide to receive an Organization for Autism Research (OAR) Graduate Research Grant.

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Sumedh Beknalkar

Sumedh Beknalkar

Sumedh Beknalkar, a Ph.D. candidate in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at NC State’s College of Engineering, is also the president and co-founder of SLA Robotics.

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