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Howling Success: Ali Barrier

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Dr. Megan Dillon leans against a lab bench, posing with her hands on her hips.

Mar 21, 2025

What Do Chernobyl’s Stray Dogs and ‘Jurassic Park’ Have in Common? Ask This Up-And-Coming Population Geneticist

Through NC State’s Genetics and Genomics Scholars program, Ph.D. candidate Megan Dillon has become a leading expert in the population genetics of stray dogs living around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Isabella Bartels

Mar 5, 2025

Grad Student Profile: Isabella Bartels

Isabella Bartels is a first-year master's student in Public History, focusing on the history of climate change adaptation, science, and its cultural perceptions. Guided by her mentors, her research aims to raise awareness of the lived experiences of climate change in environmentally vulnerable communities.
graduate travel awards

Mar 3, 2025

Accepting Applications for the Fall 2025 Graduate Travel Awards

The Global One Health Academy is proud to offer funding for graduate students to travel domestically or internationally for the Fall 2025 semester through their Graduate Travel Award.
a woman stands next to a series of clear columns in a laboratory

Feb 27, 2025

From Lab to Field: Using Biochar to Clean Watersheds

Liz Riedel, a graduate student in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, is investigating a low-cost biochar filtration solution to improve water quality in rural wastewater systems.
Sabila and Abdullah in Hunt Library

Feb 23, 2025

MSE Couple Celebrates Successful Doctoral Defenses Together

In a special moment for MSE, graduate student couple Abdullah Al Shafe and Sabila Pinky announce their successful doctoral defenses together.
Two people wearing food-service gloves fill a zip-top bag of rice from a large bag or rice. In the background are boxes and shelves.

Feb 19, 2025

Paying for the Pantry

Graduate School alumnus bolsters Feed the Pack food pantry with first endowment.
A group of ten people stand together, smiling and making the Wolves Up hand gesture. They are dressed in business casual attire. A sponsor's logo is partially visible in the background.

Feb 19, 2025

Small College Makes Big Impact at NC State’s 3MT Competition

The 2024 “People’s Choice” Three Minute Thesis winner, and one other finalist, are Wilson College of Textiles graduate students. 
Caitlyn Holt, wearing a denim jacket and blue jeans, rests her folded arms on a stack of folded blue jeans.

Feb 19, 2025

Good Jeans

At Cone Denim, Caitlyn Holt ’12, ’13 MR has helped solve the denim dilemma — from comfort to sustainability.
Yi Chen

Feb 6, 2025

Grad Student Profile: Yi Chen

Yi Chen, a Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering, is currently researching battery-less RF energy harvesting sensor platforms and hopes to overcome the form factor and reliability issues posed by batteries in wearable devices.
Ali Barrier proudly displays her Howling Success banner in her office in Owen Hall.

Feb 5, 2025

Howling Success: Ali Barrier

Our first Howling Success of 2025 is a graduate assistant in the Exploratory Studies Village helping incoming students find their way on campus and preparing for a student affairs career in the College Counseling and Student Development Program.