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2017

Therese Anne Fowler

Jul 10, 2017

Therese Anne Fowler

After graduating from NC State's MFA program, Therese Fowler experienced the publication of many successful works--including Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, recently adapted as an Amazon original series. 

Shahnee Haire

Jul 10, 2017

Shahnee Haire

Graduate student Shahnee Haire says that her certificate program helped prepare her for assisting those in her county who lost everything after Hurricane Matthew. 

Chandler Maness

Jul 10, 2017

Chandler Maness

Chandler Maness, a master's student in textiles, wants to make firefighters safer by developing materials and gear designs that protect them from particulates in smoke. 

Sayed Mashaheet

Jul 10, 2017

Sayed Mashaheet

Sayed Mashaheet, PhD alumnus and postdoc, is developing wheat varieties that are tolerant to ozone and resistant to wheat rust, a devastating disease that could destroy the world's wheat crop. 

Sophia Webster

Jul 10, 2017

Sophia Webster

Graduate student Sophia Webster is trying to fight Zika by engineering mosquitoes that won't spread the disease. 

Andrea Brandt

Jul 10, 2017

Andrea Brandt

PhD student Andrea Brandt is seeking a prosthesis that can adapt to an amputee's movement, rather than amputees having to adapt to their prostheses. 

Brianna Hess Massie

Jul 10, 2017

Brianna Hess Massie

Brianna Massie Hess is looking for simple solutions to help hog producers deal with lagoon waste. 

Jun 29, 2017

Hot Cities Spell Bad News for Bees

Graduate alumna April Hamblin is co-author of a new study finds that common wild bee species decline as urban temperatures increase. 

Jacob Krause

Jun 13, 2017

Spotlight on Jacob Krause

Ph.D. student Jacob Krause is exploring reasons for the decline of weakfish over the past 10 years. 

Group standing on stairs

Jun 12, 2017

Science Behind Bars

A research team of forensic psychologists -- including a graduate student and graduate alumna -- are investigating the incidence of mental illness in the Wake County Jail population.