November 2017

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. 

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. 

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. 

Nov 6, 2017

Three Chosen as Winners for Three Minute Thesis

Three Ph.D. students representing different NC State University colleges were chosen from 10 finalists as winners in the Graduate School's 2018 Three Minute Thesis. 

Nov 1, 2017

Graduate School Staffer Stars in Play About Lavender Scare

The Graduate School's Benoit Sabourin stars in a local production of “Perfect Arrangement,” the story of how gays and lesbians were outed and fired from federal government jobs in the 1950s and 60s.