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Kenan Institute Initiatives
RTP / KIETS Catalysts for Innovation Initiative
The Research Triangle Park is committed to working in partnership with the Triangle Universities to identify, develop and implement meaningful activities that will be housed…
Science Writers 2024 National Conference
ScienceWriters (www.sciencewriters2024.org) is an annual, national conference that connects a vibrant community of 600-700 science journalists, informal educators, and artists to local expertise. The fall…
A Longer View: Campus-Wide Integration of Long View Innovations
In 2023, Senior Vice Provost for University Interdisciplinary Programs Rob Dunn launched the Long View Project with support from KIETS. The intervening years have demonstrated…
Pilot Scale Upstream Bioprocessing of a Novel Filamentous Fungus for Expression and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibody Nivolumab
There is an urgent and pressing need to identify non-animal cell derived production hosts in biomanufacturing for manufacture of recombinant antibodies. Microbial hosts offer the…
American Chemical Society Colloids and Surface Science Symposium
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Colloid & Surface Science Symposium (CSSS) is an annual 3-day national and international conference that brings together approximately 500-700 interdisciplinary…
Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative 2016 Summit
A primary objective of the Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative is to orchestrate yearly Environmental Health Summits to be held in the region, bri nging…
Innovate North Carolina
The Institute for Emerging Issues at NC State University is partnering with a powerful group of public, private, and nonprofit entities to launch Innovate NC:…
NC Museum of Natural Sciences Educators of Excellence Institutes Program
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Educators of Excellence Institutes provides first-hand experience in the natural world for outstanding educators from across the state….
NC Public School Forum Education Policy Fellows Program for Kenan Fellows
The Public School Forum has led the North Carolina Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP) since 1992, and it has continued to be the only statewide…
NC State Science, Technology, and Society Program NSF Intelligence, Secrecy and Ethics Workshop
Led by NC State College of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor Dr. Kathleen Vogel, this workshop held April 18-19, 2016 at NC State brought together…
Marine Bio-Technologies Center for Innovation Aqua-Food Revolution for North Carolina Portfolio Assessment
With support from the Kenan Institute, the Marine Bio-Technologies Center for Innovation (MBCOI) completed a comprehensive review of the freshwater and marine aquaculture industry in…
NC Venture Labs
The NC Venture Labs initiative led by entrepreneurship Professors Steve Markham (NCSU) and Ted Zoller (UNC-CH) seeks to identify and develop best practices and clinical…
COE/CHASS Engineering, Policy and Society Seminar Series
The EPSS is a joint effort between the College of Engineering and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and aims to provide opportunities to…
Microfluidic Device for Dyes from Small Fiber Samples for Forensics
Forensic science employs scientific instruments and techniques that can assist in answering the key questions of when and how a crime was committed and who…
Ligand-Mediated Vascular Repair and Therapeutic Targeting
Dr. Anka Dobreva-Veleva is leading this effort, in collaboration with faculty from the UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine, and the NC State College of…
NC Forensic Sciences Institute
North Carolina State University is working to become an international leader in forensic sciences. Over the last 18 months, faculty teams from six colleges at…
Nonwovens Institute Coating and Surface Modification Pilot Facility
The Nonwovens Institute led by Professor Benham Pourdeyhimi is establishing a coating and surface modification pilot line facility at North Carolina State University. The coating…
NC Sustainable Coastal Economy Initiative
Led by East Carolina University Professor Stan Riggs, a multi-disciplinary research team is developing a scientific baseline for NC’s coastal system essential for solving economic…
NC Agricultural Biotechnology Education Initiative
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center in collaboration with the Kenan Institute held a symposium titled “Accelerating North Carolina’s Leadership in Agricultural Biotechnology: Issues and Choices”…