Throughout her extensive career, Joann Blumenfeld has confronted a disheartening statistic⸺80% of individuals with disabilities between the ages of 24 and 64 face unemployment. Undeterred…
Highlights from KIETS Climate Leaders Program Fall 2023 Symposium
KIETS Climate Leaders Program Fall 2023 Symposium on Sept. 28-29, 2023 at the Hunt Library on NC State’s Centennial Campus offered a comprehensive exploration of…
Catalyst Program Goes to NASA
From April 6-9, a group of students from Catalyst — a program of The Science House designed to create STEM opportunities for high school students with disabilities — visited NASA’s…
Yams Benefit From Banana ‘Paper’ Cocoon
Reprinted from NC State News Wrapping yam seeds in biodegradable paper made from a mixture of unusable parts of banana plants and recycled cardboard boxes…
Perspective | Kenan Fellows provides K-12 teachers with a lasting network of support and connections to local industry
By Beverly Owens Republished curtsey of EducationNC Community and positive relationships with colleagues are paramount to establishing a supportive environment for educators. When teachers have…
Kenan Fellows Program alumnus among Time’s Innovative Teachers 2022
Joann Blumenfeld, a 2015-16 Kenan Fellow, has been highlighted among Time’s Innovative Teachers 2022. Blumenfeld was featured for her work with Catalyst, a high school…
Kenan Fellows Program Featured in IRI Thought Leader Podcast
The Innovation Research Interchange (IRI), an inclusive membership organization with hundreds of global members in private-sector companies and federally-funded laboratories, has featured the Kenan Fellows…
High School Engineering Club Led by Kenan Fellow Wins Chance to Flight Test Experiment with NASA
HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. ⸺ A team of students at Holly Springs High School led by 2021-22 Kenan Fellow Tiffanni Craig has been selected to build an…
NC State Student Government Approves Social Innovation Fellows Bill to Require Waste Sorting Training for Incoming Students
This article has been reposted from the NC State Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship website. Social innovation is a marathon and a sprint. The 2020-21 Compost Facility and…
Kenan Fellows STEM Van Featured on EdNC
EducationNC has featured 2021-22 Kenan Fellow Reneta Crawley’s STEM van, which she purchased in 2019 through the Burrough Wellcome Fund (BWF) Career Award for Science and…
Apply to become a Social Innovation Fellow
The application for next year’s Social Innovation Fellows cohort is now open through March 4, 2022. Students can apply or be nominated to participate. The…
NSF Awards the Inaugural NSF I-Corps Hubs
NC State University, in partnership with nine other leading research universities, has been selected by the National Science Foundation to be one of the five national I-Corps…
NC Co-ops’ Kenan Fellows Partnership Highlighted During NC State’s Pregame Radio Show
Sports fans across North Carolina recently had the chance to learn more about electric cooperatives and their commitment to community and local education as Haywood EMC’s…
NC Sea Grant Requests Phttps://kenan.ncsu.edu/roposals for Community Collaborations
North Carolina Sea Grant’s Community Collaborative Research Grant program is accepting proposals now through Feb. 19, 2021. The program brings communities and university researchers together to study high-priority…
‘Kenan Fellows Take STEM Education to the Next Level’
NC State University News has featured the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership as the lead story on the website. From the article, “The Kenan…
North Carolina Sea Grant Requests Proposals for Community Collaborations
North Carolina Sea Grant’s Community Collaborative Research Grant program (CCRG) is accepting proposals now through Jan. 20, 2020. Funding is open for projects across the state. The program…
Cross-Disciplinary Students Excel in Social Innovation
The Social Innovation Fellows program, an offering by the Institute for Nonprofits, pairs student teams with social entrepreneurs to discover, design and do good by…
NC State Startups Awarded $50,000 in 2019 Lulu eGames Daugherty Track
Casey Boutwell, an NC State alumnus, and former employee, and his startup company NIRSleep took home $25,000 in funding for winning first place in the…
Introducing the 2018 Social Innovation Fellows
The Institute for Nonprofits has announced its 2018 Social Innovation Fellows. Each Fellow has demonstrated exceptional accomplishments and was selected because of their outstanding academic and…
2019 EngineerGirl Writing Contest is Open
Write a story that celebrates engineering design and problem-solving. The EngineerGirl writing contest is, for the first time, asking students to submit works of creative…