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From Pine Cones to Kilns: A Plant Biologist’s Passion for Pottery

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Uchenna Osia

Oct 31, 2025

Uchenna Osia Shares Insights from Her Academic Journey

Uchenna Osia is a Ph.D. candidate in the Center of Geospatial Analytics. She is a GEM Full Fellow and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Program Fellow.
Archaeology students dig in the ground with spades.

Oct 29, 2025

A Deeper Dig

An anthropology graduate student leads an archaeological dig at historic Glencoe Mill Village in Burlington, NC.
female student wearing a dark grey NC State branded t-shirt while outside during a bright sunny day

Oct 27, 2025

Sivana Hamer Receives Google PhD Fellowship

Sivana Hamer, a third-year Ph.D. student in computer science received a . She is the first NC State University student to receive this fellowship.
Shaun Deardorff speaks before a seated audience at a TEDx Raleigh event.

Oct 15, 2025

‘A Talk for Everyone’: MAE Student Gives TEDx Talk on Neurodivergence

It took a serendipitous meeting with a TEDx Raleigh speaker coach to make Shaun Deardorff’s long-time dream of giving a TED talk come true.
Two people working on laptops

Oct 15, 2025

NC State Launches Graduate Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The new NC State Graduate Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship will prepare students to initiate and manage new organizational opportunities and innovative ventures.
Benjamin Clark

Oct 2, 2025

Global One Health Fellow Spotlight – Benjamin Clark

Learn more about Benjamin Clark and how the Global One Health Fellowship helped advance his professional career and support his important research on the environmental movement of pathogens.
Leanna Martin

Sep 15, 2025

My Student Experience: Doctoral Student Leanna Martin Says College of Education Experiences Have ‘Defined My Future’

In her final year in the Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis concentration, doctoral student Leanna Martin reflects on the day she learned she was accepted, the research experiences she’s gained and the support she received earning her degree while working full time.
Poole's newest grad students

Sep 12, 2025

New Faces, Bold Futures: Meet Poole’s Newest Grad Students

Each year, the Jenkins Graduate Programs welcome ambitious students eager to learn, lead and leave their mark. This year, six new students share their stories, goals and what excites them about joining Poole.
a man sits at a desk looking at a computer screen

Sep 12, 2025

From Computer Science to Crop Science

At 70 years old, Steve Amerige is working toward a doctoral degree in crop science using skills from his long career in software programming to develop new tools for precision agriculture.
a tan ceramic mug with a skeleton hand around the body of the mug and a dark brown, tan and light blue accented tiled ceramic mug.

Aug 19, 2025

From Pine Cones to Kilns: A Plant Biologist’s Passion for Pottery

A doctoral student in plant biology, Erin Emott has successfully blended her love of art and the natural world, earning two Visual Artist Awards through Arts NC State.