college of sciences

Oct 11, 2016

Finalists Named for 3 Minute Thesis 2016

Ten finalists for the Graduate School’s second annual 3 Minute Thesis® competition, Oct. 25, will demonstrate who is most capable of describing their Ph.D. research in just three minutes and with only one slide.

Sep 22, 2016

Revealing the Past at Oberlin Cemetery

Ph.D. student John Wall helps map unmarked graves at historic African-American cemetery in Raleigh. Story by Tracey Peake

Nov 30, 2015

IMSD Scholars Win Top Honors at National Conference

Four NC State students participating in the Initiative Maximizing Student Diversity were among the winners selected for poster and oral presentations at a national conference in Seattle.

Oct 12, 2015

Be Aware of Chemicals in Personal Products

Is your nail polish safe? What about other items in your cosmetics drawer? If in doubt, read labels more closely.

Jul 24, 2015

Centuries-Old Shipwreck Discovered Off North Carolina Coast

Marine scientists from North Carolina State University, Duke University and the University of Oregon discovered the wreck on July 12 during a research expedition aboard the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) research ship Atlantis.

Jun 12, 2015

Moa Proteins, Moa Information

Tim Cleland, a postdoc in biomedical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and NC State Ph.D. alumnus, is exploring how an extinct, flightless bird -- the moa -- can shed light on how proteins preserve and degrade in fossils.

Jun 4, 2015

Doctoral Alumna to Lead Shaw University

At 34, Tashni Dubroy recognizes that she is young to be named the president of Raleigh's Shaw University. Dubroy, who earned a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at NC State in 2007, will lead the historically black university beginning Aug. 1.

Jun 4, 2015