Uncategorized Listen to a DisruptED Podcast interview with teacher Dan Jackson and student Zachary Abramczyk of the Applied Synergies Partnership as they discuss Entrepreneurship Education in High School By asolano Apex Friendship High School Teacher Dan Jackson leads the Applied Synergies Partnership (ASaP) in North Carolina. ASaP is a partnership... a
News Release NC Space Grant to present inaugural 2019 SPACE Symposium By asolano NC Space Grant will present the inaugural 2019 SPACE Symposium on Thursday, April 4 through Friday, April 5 at the... a
News Release Kenan Fellows Program Publishes 4th Issue of Teacher Leader Journal By asolano The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership is proud to announce it has published the fourth issue of its Journal of... a
Video Kenan Fellows deliver arts and STEM integration professional development By asolano This summer, A+ Schools – North Carolina Fellows partnered with Kenan Fellows Jennifer Walmsley and Jen Stalls for the 2018... a
Article Introducing the 2018 Social Innovation Fellows By asolano The Institute for Nonprofits has announced its 2018 Social Innovation Fellows. Each Fellow has demonstrated exceptional accomplishments and was selected because... a
Article 2019 EngineerGirl Writing Contest is Open By asolano Write a story that celebrates engineering design and problem-solving. The EngineerGirl writing contest is, for the first time, asking students... a
News Release GES Center to launch NSF-funded graduate program on impacts of AgBiotech By asolano With support from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the university... a
News Release NC Sea Grant Expands Community Funding Statewide By asolano North Carolina Sea Grant’s Community Collaborative Research Grant program (CCRG) is accepting proposals now through Nov. 20, 2018. The program brings communities... a
Article 2019 Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Awardees Announced By asolano The Chancellor’s Innovation Fund has announced the 2019 recipients. The fund, established in 2010, helps to fill the gap between public and... a
Article Wolfpack Investor Network Boosts NC State Businesses By asolano The Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN) is an angel investing platform that brings together entrepreneurial NC State alumni to support businesses with a connection... a
Article NC State Entrepreneurship Programs Collaborate to Support Apex Friendship High By asolano Dan Jackson, a teacher at Apex Friendship High School, is collaborating with NC State programs to design an experiential entrepreneurship program... a
News Release IEI Director interviews Apex Friendship High School Entrepreneurship Club President for UNC-TV By asolano Insitute for Emerging Issues Director Leslie Boney interviewed Jessica Hong, president of Apex Friendship High School’s DECA club which gives... a
Article Kinetic Connections By asolano The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership has partnered with A+ Schools of NC and the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park to strengthen... a
Article Pender Wetlands Research Project Profiled in StarNews By asolano The Assessment of Flood Risk and Simulations of Wetland Change in Pender County, N.C. project, which received funding from the North Carolina... a
News Release Kenan Fellows Wins Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching By asolano Laura “Juliana” Thomas, a 2014-15 Kenan Fellow, has been awarded the 2018 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching... a
News Release New Coastal Community Collaborations Funded By asolano Three new projects have received funding from the North Carolina Community Collaborative Research Grant Program, according to a press release from North... a
Article KIETS Board of Trustee Member Stick Williams Receives Leadership Charlotte Legacy Award By asolano Richard “Stick” Williams, who serves as on Board of Trustees for the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science has... a
News Release KIETS Director Ruben Carbonell Receives UNC System’s O. Max Gardner Award By asolano Dr. Ruben Carbonell, Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University and director of the... a
News Release Kenan Fellows Program names 2018-19 cohort of teacher leaders By asolano RALEIGH, N.C. – On National Teacher Day, the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership is pleased to reveal the 25 North... a
Uncategorized RISING opens first exhibition By asolano Bridging the arts, sciences, and humanities, RISING will culminate in a traveling exhibition in an effort to help all North... a
News Release 2018 Lulu eGames Winners By asolano On Thursday, April 5, over 500 people gathered in Stewart Theatre at NC State to see the next generation of... a
News Release Applications open for the next cohort of NC State Social Innovation Fellows By asolano NC State Social Innovation Fellows is a yearlong, highly engaging, co-curricular program that teaches students technical and adaptive skills to become... a
Article UNC-TV: How Wilson Bay Was Saved From More Sewage Pollution By asolano UNC-TV has profiled the Quantifying and Communicating the Function of Restored Estuarine Habitats project which is a partnership between Michael F Piehler of... a
Article NC State MBA Startup Tethis Receives Wolfpack Investor Network’s Largest Capital Raise to Date By asolano “No matter what the entrepreneur is telling you at the front of the room, it probably won’t be the same... a
News Release Article NC Aquaculture Grant Proposals Due March 2 By asolano The National Sea Grant Program has opened a competitive funding opportunity for the National Aquaculture Initiative. Interested parties must partner with... a
News Release Article 2019 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Applications Open By asolano North Carolina Sea Grant is accepting applications for the 2019 Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, offered by the National Oceanic... a
News Release Article RISING Reveals Coastal Changes through Art and Oral History By asolano RISING, a new collaborative multimedia exhibition that explores coastal environmental change opened at the Center for the Study of the American... a
Uncategorized Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership Director Featured on Education Matters Segment By asolano Dr. Elaine Franklin, director of the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership, has been featured on the NC Public School... a
News Release KIETS Trustee Max Wallace to receive CED Life Science Leadership Award By asolano Max Wallace, a member of the Board of Trustees for the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science, will receive the... a
Event Register for the 2018 Emerging Issues Forum By asolano Registration is open for the 2018 Emerging Issues Forum, kidonomics: Investing Early in Our Future, on Feb. 5-6, 2018, in... a
Event Register for the 2018 Emerging Issues Forum By asolano Registration is open for the 2018 Emerging Issues Forum, kidonomics: Investing Early in Our Future, on Feb. 5-6, 2018, in... a
News Release Collaborative Research Grant Proposals Due Feb. 12 By asolano North Carolina Sea Grant seeks applications for its Community Collaborative Research Grant Program, or CCRG. This opportunity is part of... a
Article NC’s Blue Economy Information Series Summarizes the State’s First Sea-to-School Program By asolano Sea-to-school programs connect schools and fishermen with the aim of providing local seafood to students while creating new markets for... a
News Release Kenan Fellows Program Director Receives Prestigious Gatling Award for Outstanding Science Education Leadership By asolano GREENSBORO ― Dr. Elaine Franklin, director of the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership, is the 2017 recipient of the... a
News Release Call for Papers: Teacher Leadership Journal By asolano The Journal of Interdisciplinary Teacher Leadership, an online scholarly publication of the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership, announces a call for papers... a
News Release 2018 EngineerGirl Writing Contest By asolano Every year, the EngineerGirl website sponsors a contest dealing with engineering and its impact on our world. This year’s theme... a
Article Kenan Teacher Fellows program targets rural educators By asolano The following is an excerpt from an article written by Liz Bell of EducationNC. At the beginning of August, more than... a
Article NC Community Collaborative Research Grant Program Funds New Projects By asolano Five new projects have received funding from the North Carolina Community Collaborative Research Grant program. In its second year, the program leverages... a
Event UNC-TV’s Innovate NC Video Channel By asolano Please find below the air dates of the half hour UNC-TV InnovateNC television programs, and online links to the 5... a
Article Future of U.S. manufacturing is brighter than you think, thanks in part to NC State By asolano Manufacturing USA, launched in 2015, is a nationwide network of 14 public-private institutes, each of which focuses on a specific... a
News Release 2018 Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Winners Announced By asolano Five promising North Carolina State University projects will receive support from the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF), which helps NC State... a
Article Institute for Emerging Issues brings individuals and groups together to pursue solutions to NC’s challenges By asolano Get to Know: Institute for Emerging Issues The Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) at NC State brings together individuals and groups to... a
Article Kenan Fellows Policy Summit Aims to Strengthen Teacher Leader Voice By asolano RALEIGH ‒ More than a dozen Kenan Fellows from across the state attended a two-day intensive Education Policy Summit June... a
Article Kenan Fellow Featured in Wilson Times By asolano Will Edwards, a 2017-18 Kenan fellow who is sponsored by the Wilson County Farm Bureau, was featured in the Thursday,... a
Article Checking in with The MEDIC, RTP’s 2016 Catalysts for Innovation Award Winner By asolano STEM in the Park recently sat down with the co-founders of The Medical Innovators Collaborative (The MEDIC) to learn how the... a
Article Catalysts for Innovation Award Recipient EcoPRT Develops New Modes of Transit By asolano EcoPRT — an inaugural winner of the Catalysts for Innovation Award — is working to create a new mode of transportation that... a
News Release Triangle Venture Alliance Makes Initial Investment Impact By asolano Triangle Venture Alliance (TVA) announced its first investment – 410 Medical, an early-stage medical device company that has developed and... a
News Release Kenan Fellows Program named STEM Higher Ed Dept. of the Year for the second consecutive year By asolano RALEIGH, N.C. ─ The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership at NC State University has been named the 2017 STEM... a
Article NC State Poole College’s TEC Curriculum Entrepreneurship Program Model Benefits Apex Friendship High School Students By asolano Dan Jackson – a high school business educator and faculty leading the technology, entrepreneurship and commercialization (TEC) program in the... a
News Release Kenan Fellows Program Announces its 2017-18 Fellowship Awards By asolano RALEIGH, N.C. – On National Teacher Day, the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership is pleased to announce its 2017–18... a
News Release NC Sea Grant Podcast Explores History of State’s 1997 Fisheries Reform Act By asolano North Carolina Sea Grant in partnership with the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science at N.C. State University supported a comprehensive... a
Event TEC Startup Presentations 2017 By asolano See Think and Do in action! Please join the students and faculty of the TEC Program at NC State at the... a
Event NC Coastal Conference April 4-5, 2017 in Raleigh By asolano As North Carolina faces critical coastal issues, communities, agencies and researchers are working together. Those partnerships, and new technologies that... a
Event Event: Anil Dash to give the 2017 Rolf Buchdahl Lecture By asolano The Science, Technology and Society program in Interdisciplinary Studies at NC State is thrilled to announce that Anil Dash will... a
Article Kenan Fellow Joann Blumenfeld’s Catalyst program at NC State connects students with disabilities to STEM careers By asolano The Catalyst program, hosted by NC State’s Science House and led by Kenan Fellow Joann Blumenfeld, gives high school students with disabilities the... a
Event Dr. Marc Edwards – Gerald H. Elkan Distinguished Lecture in Science and Society By asolano Dr. Marc Edwards, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, will present the first Gerald H. Elkan Distinguished... a
News Release NC State to Play Workforce Training Role in National Biopharmaceutical Initiative By asolano North Carolina State University is part of a new initiative aimed at advancing U.S. leadership in the biopharmaceutical sector. The... a
News Release Kenan Institute Director among NC State Faculty Named Fellows by National Academy of Inventors By asolano Ruben Carbonell, Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and the Director of the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology... a
News Release ORIED Announces Inaugural GRIP Winners By asolano The Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development (ORIED) is extremely pleased to announce the teams who were selected as... a
News Release Apply to be a 2017-18 Kenan Fellow By asolano The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership is accepting online applications for the 2017-18 fellowship year through Monday, Jan. 16, 2017.... a
News Release Grants to Support Community Collaborative Research By asolano North Carolina Sea Grant is requesting applications for the second round of its Community Collaborative Research Grant Program, thanks to an... a
News Release GSK Helps Middle & High School Teachers Bring Nanotechnology to Wake County Classrooms By asolano RALEIGH, N.C., (Oct. 10, 2016) – The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership is pleased to announce it has received... a
Uncategorized Call for Submissions: 2017 EngineerGirl Essay Contest – Engineering and Animals By asolano The National Academy of Engineering invites all students (boys and girls) in grades 3-12 to submit an essay to the 2017 EngineerGirl... a
Event Catalysts for Innovation Celebration By asolano Join us on September 29th, at 4PM to welcome ecoPRT & MEDIC to The Frontier, as recipients of the inaugural Catalysts... a
Event Luncheon roundtable featuring 2016 Eisenhower Fellow Salim Mohamed Co-Founder of Carolina for Kibera By asolano Please join us for a luncheon roundtable featuring 2016 Eisenhower Fellow Salim Mohamed CoFounder of Carolina for Kibera for his... a
Journal Call for Papers: Journal for Interdisciplinary Teacher Leadership By asolano The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership is accepting articles and literary reviews to be featured in the second issue... a
News Release Area Startups Receive Catalysts for Innovation Award By asolano RTP-based University/Industry Consortium awards $250,000 to two organizations. Each initiative is focused on impactful work, and is comprised of team members... a
News Release ORIED is now accepting proposals for the fall 2016 cycle of the Research & Innovation Seed Funding Program (RISF) By asolano Applications are being accepted through InfoReady Review (formerly CompetitionSpace) through 10/27. For full details, please click here. a
News Release New Approach to Determining How Atoms Are Arranged in Materials By asolano Researchers from North Carolina State University, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)... a
News Release Kenan Fellows Program Releases 1st Issue of Journal for Teacher Leaders By asolano The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership is excited to present the first edition of the Journal of Interdisciplinary Teacher Leadership (JoITL). The... a
Article InnovateNC announces five communities selected to join the two-year, cross-city innovation learning collaborative
Article 2015-16 Kenan Fellows announced on Teacher Appreciation Day. NC Governor issued a proclamation celebrating teachers
Article A KIETS and NCBC collaboration with an NC State Professor and the NC Nursery and Landscape Association leads to a new disease-resistant, dogwood
Article Thomas S. Kenan III honored by the UNC System Board of Governors for his service to Higher Eduction
Video Kenan Fellow Mark Townley and KIETS Associate Director Raj Narayan discuss “Making the Connection Between Industry and the Classroom” at the 2014 NC Science Summit
Article Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science and Institute for Emerging Issues host Brazilian Eisenhower Fellow Dr. Marcelo Knobel’s lecture and roundtable discussion on STEM education
Article Dr. Stan Riggs Interviewed in NY Times Article A North Carolina Lifeline Built on Shifting Sands
