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2017

Andrea Brandt

Dec 13, 2017

2017: The Year in Review

Look back at all the highlights in NC State graduate education for 2017. 

Dec 6, 2017

Study Shows Need for Adaptive Powered Knee Prosthesis to Assist Amputees

Study by NC State graduate student shows adaptive robotic prosthesis could be helpful to amputees attempting to adapt to real-world situations, like carrying a backpack. 

Dec 6, 2017

His Disease, His Mission

Undeterred by a devastating diagnosis, NC State scientist and Ph.D. alumnus Michael Bereman is taking the battle to ALS. 

Peter Harries by Lake Raleigh

Dec 5, 2017

What’s On My Mind: Graduate Students & Taxes

Interim Graduate Dean Peter Harries shares his thoughts about the federal tax laws that could increase the tax burden on graduate students. 

Dec 5, 2017

More than 1,400 Graduate Students Earn Degrees in December

In December, more than 1,400 graduate degrees will be awarded at NC State University’s graduation exercises, including nearly 1,100 master’s degrees and 330 doctoral degrees. 

Dec 4, 2017

CSI: College of Textiles

One can gather an extraordinary amount of information from a few drops of blood at a crime scene, but when blood stains a textile as opposed to landing on a hard surface, the evidence is more difficult to interpret. 

Nov 30, 2017

Student Spotlight: ‘Plant Research Immediately Impacts People’

After a summer undergraduate research experience with a leading NC State plant scientist, Catherine Doyle was hooked. The Ph.D. student traveled to Tanzania to see the problems posed by cassava mosaic disease. 

Nov 27, 2017

The Economics of Cutting-Edge Ag Technology

The academic journey of Ph.D. student Mike Jones spans Peruvian potato fields and the irrigated deserts of Syria to NC State’s campus, where he investigates the impacts and public perception of cutting-edge agricultural technology. 

Peter Harries by Lake Raleigh

Nov 8, 2017

Harries Named Interim Graduate School Dean

Peter J. Harries, senior associate dean of the Graduate School since 2015, has been named the Graduate School's interim dean. 

Chesnutt and Jones

Nov 6, 2017

Graduate School To Honor Outstanding Faculty Mentors

The Graduate School is asking students to nominate their professors for the Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Awards. Nominations will be accepted until Nov. 30.