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…
Applications open for Social Innovation Fellows
Applications for the next cohort of NC State Social Innovation Fellows will be accepted through March 12, 2023. Joining the Social Innovation Fellows is an…
Meet the 2023 Climate Leaders
RALEIGH, N.C.—The Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science (KIETS) is pleased to announce the 2023 cohort of the Climate Leaders Program. Student and faculty cohort…
Creating Solutions for the Global Blue Economy 2023
The second annual workshop on Creating Solutions for the Global Blue Economy will be March 3-4, 2023 at Carteret Community College in Morehead City. The…
Kenan Institute for ETS announces the promotion of Amanda Mueller to Director of the Climate Leaders Program
RALEIGH, N.C. – The Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science (KIETS) at N.C. State University is pleased to announce the promotion of Amanda Mueller…
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…
CCRG Sets December Proposal Deadline for New Community Collaborations
Courtesy of Dave Shaw – NC Sea Grant North Carolina Sea Grant’s Community Collaborative Research Grant program (CCRG) is accepting proposals through Dec. 21, 2022 for projects to start…
Register for the Virtual 2022 Maria Mitchell Association Women of Science Symposium
The Second Maria Mitchell Women of Science (STEM) Symposium is designed to serve as a source of inspiration and support and to be a hands-on…
Climate Leaders Program Announces Fall Symposium
Oct. 10-11, 2022 I Hunt Library, NC State Centennial Campus RALEIGH, N.C.— The Climate Leaders Program, an initiative of the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology…
Duke Energy grant helps Kenan Fellows Program expand its Charlotte area STEM education initiative in partnership with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
RALEIGH, N.C.—The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership (KFP) at N.C. State University is pleased to announce it has been awarded a $10,000 grant from…
Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership Names New Director
RALEIGH, N.C.—The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership (KFP) has named Dr. Vance Kite as its new Director. Dr. Kite, a 2012-13 Kenan Fellow, joins…
New Collaborative Community Projects Support Youth Education, Tribal Knowledge, Air and Water Quality, and More
Reprinted with permission from NC Sea Grant News By Lauren Pharr Four new projects in North Carolina are launching this year as part of the Community…
Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership Director Honored with the Order the Long Leaf Pine
RALEIGH, N.C. — Dr. Elaine Franklin, director of the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership (KFP) at NC State University, has been awarded the Order…
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…
Kenan Fellows Program Announces 2022-23 Teacher Leader Fellowship Awards
RALEIGH, N.C. – On National Teacher Day, the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership at N.C. State University is pleased to announce the 24 North Carolina public school…
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…
Kenan Fellows Program Director to Retire May 31
Following a distinguished career as an educator, researcher, and leader, Dr. Elaine Franklin has announced her retirement as director of the Kenan Fellows Program for…
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…
Inaugural cohort of the 2022 Climate Leaders Program Announced
The Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science at NC State University (KIETS) is pleased to announce the students and faculty mentors who have been…
Feb. 4 Proposal Deadline for New Community Collaborations
For immediate release Contact:John Fear, 919-515-9104, jmfear@ncsu.eduKatie Mosher, 919-515-9069, kmosher@ncsu.edu North Carolina Sea Grant’s Community Collaborative Research Grant program is accepting proposals now through Feb. 4, 2022 for projects to start…
Apply to become an AgBioFEWS PhD Fellow
The Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center is now recruiting PhD students for its third and final cohort for its graduate training program in Agricultural Biotechnology in our…
2022 Climate Leaders Program Inaugural Request for Applications
The newly established annual KIETS Climate Leaders Program (CLP) is designed to empower, educate and inspire the next generation to embark on careers and become…
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…
2021-22 Social Innovation Fellows Announced
NC State Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship has announced its 2021-22 Social Innovation Fellows. This group of 30 students represents nine colleges at the university, along…
Kenan Institute for ETS and NC State Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative Announce New Colleagues to Lead the Climate Leaders Program
RALEIGH, N.C. – The Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science (KIETS) at NC State University and the NC State Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative…
New Collaborative Community Research Looks at Sharks, Oysters, Youth Training, and More
Six new projects in North Carolina are launching this year with support from the Community Collaborative Research Grant Program (CCRG). Projects explore oyster restoration, near-shore contaminants, shoreline…
Kenan Fellows Program and Biogen Foundation Collaborate to Advance Workforce Education
RALEIGH, N.C. – N.C. State University’s Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership, a statewide collaborative that is leading transformation in education and advancing local workforce development,…
Kenan Institute for ETS Director Named American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
Dr. Ruben Carbonell, director of the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science, was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)…
2021-22 Kenan Fellows Announced
RALEIGH, N.C. – On National Teacher Day, the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership at N.C. State University is pleased to announce the 26 North Carolina…
Spring 2021 RISF Call Now Open
The Office of Research and Innovation (ORI) and the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science (KIETS) established the Strategic Research Initiative in 2010, which…
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…
‘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…
NC State’s BTEC producing hand sanitizer
CBS News 17 has done a feature on efforts by the Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) at NC State University to produce hand sanitizer…
2020-2022 William C. Friday Fellowship Class Named
The William C. Friday Fellowship for Human Relations, the flagship program of Wildacres Leadership Initiative (WLI), has named its 2020-2022 class. Among them are Tara Spivey,…
Kenan Institute Helping to Support Nonwovens Institute’s Efforts to Create Masks for Health Care Workers
The Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science is among a group of NC State units—including the Office of Research and Innovation, the Office of…
A note from the Kenan Institute for ETS about COVID-19
To our Kenan Institute community, The Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science would like to extend well wishes to everyone as we all grapple…
Wolfpack Investor Network Boosts NC State Businesses
The Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN) is an angel investing platform that brings together entrepreneurial NC State alumni to support businesses with a connection to the university. Membership in the…
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…