Alumni

Aug 19, 2016

Artist Greg Lindquist Focuses On Environmental Paintings

A portion of the walls in the North Carolina Museum of Art feature artist NC State graduate Greg Lindquist’s interpretation of the coal ash pollution on the Dan River near Eden, NC, and Danville, VA.

Aug 17, 2016

Sustainability Project Lifts Resource Burden for Low-Income Students

What if a program existed to connect under-resourced students with lightly used home furnishings that would otherwise go to local landfills? Introducing Pack2Pack.

Aug 9, 2016

Ines Palacios is in the business of getting everyone to play

The foundation for a sustainable, healthy life is created in childhood, which this NC State graduate is striving to make more active through inclusive play spaces.

Jul 8, 2016

Antonieta Falconi helps launch socially conscious businesses

Aluma helps supports new business ventures that create jobs and address social challenges such as access to healthy food or prenatal care.

Jun 30, 2016

Ty Wamsley helps others weather the storms

Engineering grad Ty Wamsley leads a team of engineers and scientists in research around areas of storm and flood risk reduction, sediment management and groundwater management.

Jun 28, 2016

Ph.D. Alumni Andrade, Mwanga Win World Food Prize

For breeding a biofortified version of sweet potato that now grows in sub-Saharan Africa, two horticulture grads have been awarded one of agriculture's highest honors.

Jun 20, 2016

Richard Ezike Shifts Gears from Engineering to Policy

Alum and former Park Scholar Richard “Memie” Ezike ‘05 can trace his interests in environmentalism and the public good back to a specific moment in his childhood.

Jun 9, 2016

Andrew Bell is forecasting the future for Chicago’s trees

What impact will a changing climate have on a major urban area's trees? NC State alum Andrew Bell conducts a landmark study.

May 18, 2016

Brent Sipes uses research to help farmers in poor communities

Brent Sipes is working to boost crop production in poor communities in Asia and India, where food can be scarce.

Apr 6, 2016

Haritha Malladi Hits the Road, After Studying Roads

An epic road trip -- that's how Haritha Malladi culminated her Ph.D. research, which studied strategies on recycling old asphalt into new roads.