Sea-to-school programs connect schools and fishermen with the aim of providing local seafood to students while creating new markets for fishermen. Despite active farm-to-school programs,…
Kenan Fellows Program Director Receives Prestigious Gatling Award for Outstanding Science Education Leadership
GREENSBORO ― Dr. Elaine Franklin, director of the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership, is the 2017 recipient of the Herman and Emma Gatling Award…
Call for Papers: Teacher Leadership Journal
The Journal of Interdisciplinary Teacher Leadership, an online scholarly publication of the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership, announces a call for papers for its next issue to…
Kinetic Connections
The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership has partnered with A+ Schools of NC and the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park to strengthen STEAM education in Wilson County….
2018 EngineerGirl Writing Contest
Every year, the EngineerGirl website sponsors a contest dealing with engineering and its impact on our world. This year’s theme is “Engineering and Your Community.”…
Kenan Teacher Fellows program targets rural educators
The following is an excerpt from an article written by Liz Bell of EducationNC. At the beginning of August, more than 100 teachers from counties across…
NC Community Collaborative Research Grant Program Funds New Projects
Five new projects have received funding from the North Carolina Community Collaborative Research Grant program. In its second year, the program leverages support from the William R. Kenan…
UNC-TV’s Innovate NC Video Channel
Please find below the air dates of the half hour UNC-TV InnovateNC television programs, and online links to the 5 TV episodes and 10 video…
Future of U.S. manufacturing is brighter than you think, thanks in part to NC State
Manufacturing USA, launched in 2015, is a nationwide network of 14 public-private institutes, each of which focuses on a specific field of manufacturing technology. NC…
2018 Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Winners Announced
Five promising North Carolina State University projects will receive support from the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF), which helps NC State researchers move their inventions into…
Institute for Emerging Issues brings individuals and groups together to pursue solutions to NC’s challenges
Get to Know: Institute for Emerging Issues The Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) at NC State brings together individuals and groups to pursue solutions to North Carolina’s…
Kenan Fellows Policy Summit Aims to Strengthen Teacher Leader Voice
RALEIGH ‒ More than a dozen Kenan Fellows from across the state attended a two-day intensive Education Policy Summit June 14-15 in downtown Raleigh. The…
Kenan Fellow Featured in Wilson Times
Will Edwards, a 2017-18 Kenan fellow who is sponsored by the Wilson County Farm Bureau, was featured in the Thursday, June 29, edition of The…
Checking in with The MEDIC, RTP’s 2016 Catalysts for Innovation Award Winner
STEM in the Park recently sat down with the co-founders of The Medical Innovators Collaborative (The MEDIC) to learn how the team has progressed since winning…
Catalysts for Innovation Award Recipient EcoPRT Develops New Modes of Transit
EcoPRT — an inaugural winner of the Catalysts for Innovation Award — is working to create a new mode of transportation that focuses on innovative ways to…
Triangle Venture Alliance Makes Initial Investment Impact
Triangle Venture Alliance (TVA) announced its first investment – 410 Medical, an early-stage medical device company that has developed and is now commercializing a novel…
Kenan Fellows Program named STEM Higher Ed Dept. of the Year for the second consecutive year
RALEIGH, N.C. ─ The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership at NC State University has been named the 2017 STEM Higher Education Department of the…
NC State Poole College’s TEC Curriculum Entrepreneurship Program Model Benefits Apex Friendship High School Students
Dan Jackson – a high school business educator and faculty leading the technology, entrepreneurship and commercialization (TEC) program in the NC State Poole College of…
Kenan Fellows Program Announces its 2017-18 Fellowship Awards
RALEIGH, N.C. – On National Teacher Day, the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership is pleased to announce its 2017–18 fellowship awards for K–12 educators….
NC Sea Grant Podcast Explores History of State’s 1997 Fisheries Reform Act
North Carolina Sea Grant in partnership with the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science at N.C. State University supported a comprehensive oral history project on the 1997…