![he outdoor space of Wood Residence Hall has been transformed into a student sanctuary thanks to students in the Landscape Architecture Design Build Studio (LAR 506) class.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Wood-Hall-Design-Build-2023-360x216.png)
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![he outdoor space of Wood Residence Hall has been transformed into a student sanctuary thanks to students in the Landscape Architecture Design Build Studio (LAR 506) class.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Wood-Hall-Design-Build-2023-360x216.png)
![Jyotsna Gopinath stands on the stairs next to Hunt Library with the Wilson College of Textiles and bright green trees visible in the background.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img2690-360x216.jpg)
Jyotsna Gopinath ’21 Connects Chemistry with her Passions for Sustainability and Fashion
The Wilson College of Textiles alumna serves as an Innovation Analyst at Fashion for Good and was recently named a Technology Rising Star.![Fabrics are degraded into fibers and glucose syrup](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/salmon-image-2-scaled-1-360x216.jpg)
Researchers Separate Cotton From Polyester In Blended Fabric
NC State researchers found they could separate blended cotton and polyester fabric using enzymes.![Delisia Matthews wears a long grey dress with with white drawstrings at the collar and long sleeves. She sits on top of a larger-than-life green couch made out of synthetic turf with her legs crossed and looking straight ahead but away from the camera, which is positioned to her right. Behind her, a remodeled shipping container that has been turned into a work space is visible.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img8602-360x216.jpg)
How Black Culture and Black History Inform Sneakerhead Culture
Wilson College of Textiles Associate Professor Delisia Matthews researches the roots and culture of sneaker fanatics.![interior photo of an abandoned and dilapidated factory](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/galik-industry-town-header-360x216.jpg)
Communities That Suffered Rapid Manufacturing Job Losses Fare Worse on Sustainability
Study finds communities that have experienced significant job losses in manufacturing are also less likely to engage in sustainability planning.![A man packs a crate of donated items into the trunk of a car.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/year-of-feeding-the-pack-allen-1500x844-1-360x216.jpg)
Packing the Pantry
The inaugural Year of Feeding the Pack challenge united the university community to collect 23,542 pounds of food for NC State’s food pantry.![Two students work at a table in the Senior Design Lab. Textile samples are on the table they are working at, and the PPE suit they are working to improve is visible hanging on a whiteboard behind them.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/img4839-1-360x216.jpg)
Wilson College of Textiles Students Develop More Sustainable PPE
A group of NC State University seniors partnered with Pine Bluff Arsenal to choose a new material for coveralls worn by members of the U.S. Army.NC State Study: College Textbooks Aren’t Keeping Pace With Climate Change Science
Yahoo! News NC State researchers have found that climate change science is not getting enough coverage in college biology textbooks.Two Wilson College Alumni Participate in Textile Circularity Discussion Hosted at UN Headquarters
In honor of the third annual World Circular Textiles Day, Caitlyn Holt ’12, ’13 and Chad Bolick ’94 were invited to participate in a roundtable discussion with aims to create a waste-free textiles future.![Pie chart reflects the following text: Fewer than three of the 1,000+ pages in a typical biology text book address climate change. Coverage of solutions has declined by 80% in recent decades.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/landin-climate-2022-header-1500-360x216.jpg)