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Architecture student Jacob Fremderman works at the Agroecology Education Farm, where he and 14 other students are constructing a building they designed. The new facility will help advance the productivity of the farm, which grows sustainable farm-to-fork produce for university dining halls.

Jan 13, 2025

Mini-Grants, Big Impact: NC State Sustainability Fund Awards FastTrack Grants

Discover six student-led projects funded by the NC State Sustainability Fund for the Spring 2025 semester.

163 students competed in Make-A-Thon, NC State's sustainability innovation challenge. Students gathered around tables creating sustainable solution prototypes for Make-A-Thon.

Jan 10, 2025

Make-A-Thon Revealed: Top 5 Things to Know

Here are the top 5 things students should know about NC State’s annual sustainability innovation competition, Make-A-Thon, coming January 2025.

Students enjoy the Stafford Commons space at the Talley Student Union. Photo by Marc Hall

Jan 7, 2025

Top 10 Campus Sustainability Moments of 2024

Explore the top 10 sustainability moments from NC State in 2024.

Dec 12, 2024

Machine learning and satellite imagery could help protect the world’s most important crops

A new North Carolina State University study combines satellite imagery with machine learning technology to help model rice crop productivity faster and more accurately. The tool could help decision-makers around the world better assess how and where to plant rice, which is the primary source of energy for more than half of the world’s population.…

Dec 11, 2024

How “thirsty” trees may make forests more vulnerable to climate change

A new study suggests that increased maple populations may leave forests in western North Carolina more vulnerable to extreme weather conditions like flooding and drought. The southern Appalachian Mountains feature large, intact forests with frequent precipitation. This kind of area would not typically be a place to look for the effects of climate change, but…

Zero Waste Wolfpack student volunteers at football game

Dec 10, 2024

Zero Waste Wolfpack Wraps Up an Impactful 2024 Season

Discover how the Zero Waste Wolfpack program diverted over 94,000 pounds of waste during NC State’s 2024 football season.

Dec 9, 2024

NC State Wins Fourth Annual Pantry Bowl

For the third straight year, NC State took home a victory in the Pantry Bowl, an annual fundraising competition between NC State’s Feed the Pack Food Pantry and UNC’s Carolina Cupboard.

Dec 5, 2024

Employee Engagement Survey Results

Chancellor Randy Woodson shares the results from the 2024 UNC System Employee Engagement Survey with NC State employees. Read the message here.

Dec 5, 2024

NC State Announces Launch of Universitywide Climate and Sustainability Academy

Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Warwick Arden and Senior Vice Provost for University Interdisciplinary Programs Rob Dunn today officially announced the launch of the Climate and Sustainability Academy.

Dec 4, 2024

Survey Results: Employees Report Pride in Their Jobs

In the 2024 Employee Engagement Survey, employees said they were satisfied with their work and their supervisors, but they were less happy with issues of performance management and communication.