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…
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
Apex Friendship High School Teacher Dan Jackson leads the Applied Synergies Partnership (ASaP) in North Carolina. ASaP is a partnership between education and industry aimed…
NC Space Grant to present inaugural 2019 SPACE Symposium
NC Space Grant will present the inaugural 2019 SPACE Symposium on Thursday, April 4 through Friday, April 5 at the StateView Hotel on NC State’s…
Kenan Fellows Program Publishes 4th Issue of Teacher Leader Journal
The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership is proud to announce it has published the fourth issue of its Journal of Interdisciplinary Teacher Leadership (JoITL) on a…
Kenan Fellows deliver arts and STEM integration professional development
This summer, A+ Schools – North Carolina Fellows partnered with Kenan Fellows Jennifer Walmsley and Jen Stalls for the 2018 Kinetic Connections Summer Institute to…
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…
GES Center to launch NSF-funded graduate program on impacts of AgBiotech
With support from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the university provost, plus a $3 million…
NC Sea Grant Expands Community Funding Statewide
North Carolina Sea Grant’s Community Collaborative Research Grant program (CCRG) is accepting proposals now through Nov. 20, 2018. The program brings communities and university researchers together to…
2019 Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Awardees Announced
The Chancellor’s Innovation Fund has announced the 2019 recipients. The fund, established in 2010, helps to fill the gap between public and private funding to bring new…
Pender Wetlands Research Project Profiled in StarNews
The Assessment of Flood Risk and Simulations of Wetland Change in Pender County, N.C. project, which received funding from the North Carolina Community Collaborative Research Grant Program,…
Kenan Fellows Wins Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
Laura “Juliana” Thomas, a 2014-15 Kenan Fellow, has been awarded the 2018 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). She is only one of…
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…
NC State Entrepreneurship Programs Collaborate to Support Apex Friendship High
Dan Jackson, a teacher at Apex Friendship High School, is collaborating with NC State programs to design an experiential entrepreneurship program for high school students called…
New Coastal Community Collaborations Funded
Three new projects have received funding from the North Carolina Community Collaborative Research Grant Program, according to a press release from North Carolina Sea Grant. Topics include…
KIETS Board of Trustee Member Stick Williams Receives Leadership Charlotte Legacy Award
Richard “Stick” Williams, who serves as on Board of Trustees for the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science has received the Leadership Charlotte Legacy…
KIETS Director Ruben Carbonell Receives UNC System’s O. Max Gardner Award
Dr. Ruben Carbonell, Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University and director of the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology…
Kenan Fellows Program names 2018-19 cohort of teacher leaders
RALEIGH, N.C. – On National Teacher Day, the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership is pleased to reveal the 25 North Carolina public school educators who…
IEI Director interviews Apex Friendship High School Entrepreneurship Club President for UNC-TV
Insitute for Emerging Issues Director Leslie Boney interviewed Jessica Hong, president of Apex Friendship High School’s DECA club which gives students hands-on experiences in the…
RISING opens first exhibition
Bridging the arts, sciences, and humanities, RISING will culminate in a traveling exhibition in an effort to help all North Carolinians better understand the jeopardies…