Across the state and the nation, NC State is shaping the future. Through useful instruction, meaningful research, and alumni and extension networks that reach every corner, NC State is helping to build the world of tomorrow.
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Technology developed at NC State is the backbone of the nanotechnology industry, which could grow to $1.4 billion in annual sales by 2014. Nanofibers have the potential to improve everything from baseball bats to solar energy panels.
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Although the James B. Hunt Jr. Library is still under construction on Centennial Campus, it’s already giving students hands-on experience with the gaming industry’s newest technology.
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The senior class ring is a college rite. At NC State, class rings are also the only overnight tenants at the legendary Memorial Belltower.
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Sina Barham is a champion of change. The NC State doctoral student has developed technology that makes maps and other web content acccessible to those with disabilities.
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At Art2Wear, 18 textiles and design students used unconventional materials to create unbelievable clothes. From its dorm-room beginnings, the annual fashion show has become an NC State tradition.
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Improved loblolly pines scrub more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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The federally funded Energy Fellows program is training the energy leaders of tomorrow.
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The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences' Nature Research Center will bring science, and NC State expertise, to the public in some exciting new ways.
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In the past two weeks, NC State geneticists Trudy Mackay and David Threadgill, working with collaborators from across the globe, have published landmark scientific papers and made available new resources that will make it easier for researchers to tease out the links between an organism’s genetic blueprint and its behavior or traits.
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Dogs were crucial to the development of donor bone marrow transplants as treatments for people with leukemia. NC State veterinarians recently returned the favor by performing their first transplant to carry marrow from one dog to another.
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Doctors at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine hope a new and improved prosthetic for pets could some day help people, too.
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