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Jun 5, 2024

New Aquatic Conservation Laboratory Opens at Yates Mill

The environment just got a little more hospitable for some threatened and endangered aquatic species in North Carolina thanks to the grand opening of the Yates Mill Aquatic Conservation Laboratory.

Jun 4, 2024

NC Clean Energy Technology Center gets $2 million grant for community projects

As part of the current presidential administration’s Investing in America initiative, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is giving $22 million to various institutions to improve efficiency in large-scale renewable energy and energy storage. This includes $2 million to a team led by NC State’s North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC).

May 22, 2024

Sustainable Ways to Commemorate Memorial Day

Discover sustainable ways to commemorate Memorial Day

May 17, 2024

NC State Earns Gold-Level Recognition for Employee Well-Being Initiatives

NC State has earned gold-level status on the American Heart Association’s Well-being Works Better Scorecard.

May 17, 2024

Wellness Champions Named Faculty/Staff Well-being Program of the Year

The NC State Wellness Champions program is the Butler University Institute for Well-being 2024 Faculty/Staff Well-being Program of the Year.

May 16, 2024

BAE Educational Garden Opens to the Community

Graduate student Jasmine Gibson led the design and construction of a new campus garden, highlighting education and sustainable farming practices.

May 14, 2024

Study Explores Role of Epigenetics, Environment in Differing Alzheimer’s Risk Between Black and White Communities

Environmentally caused alterations to genes can affect Alzheimer’s risk.

May 9, 2024

North Carolina schools have lost significant progress in racial integration

A study of North Carolina public schools finds that even as enrollment becomes more racially diverse, schools are more segregated now than they were in the late 1980s. The report, “Can Our Schools Capture the Educational Gains of Diversity? North Carolina School Segregation, Alternatives, and Possible Gains,” found that racial diversity gains in North Carolina…

May 8, 2024

A Different Kind of Student Loan

Staff Senate’s Computer Loan Program grants free computers to eligible employees to help them with professional development and other technological needs.

May 7, 2024

Business-Focused Anti-Poverty Initiatives Can Have Unintended Consequences

A new study of small businesses created to address poverty found the entrepreneurial model could create social discontent in communities.