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May 6, 2021

Statistics Student Wins Fellowship From National Science Foundation

Jocelyn Chi, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Statistics, has been awarded the Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. 

May 6, 2021

First blind Ph.D. student graduates from the Department of Computer Science

Sean Mealin, the first blind Ph.D. student to graduate from the Department of Computer Science, found inspiration for his research from his guide dog, Simba, and has helped make service dog training programs more efficient. 

May 4, 2021

Faculty Present GPS Analytics for Projects on Student Success

The Office of Advising Technology and DASA Assessment embarked on a new initiative the past two years to offer one-time funding opportunities to faculty interested in analyzing and leveraging data related to undergraduate student success. The main goal of the initiative was to encourage faculty-led, focused institutional research that supports data-informed decision making through the… 

May 3, 2021

NC State Researcher Wins NSF Award to Study Impacts of ‘Sunny-Day Flooding’

Several years ago, while Natalie Nelson was visiting her family in St. Petersburg, Florida, she saw the tidewaters swallow much of the coast around her as a thunderstorm came in… 

Apr 28, 2021

Faculty Focus: A Breed Apart

Amanda Hulse-Kemp crosses many fields, literally. As a USDA assistant professor in computational biology at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, she helps NC State plant and animal scientists elevate their research by incorporating some of the latest computational advances, data-based research methods, and tools. 

Apr 26, 2021

Where There’s Smoke: Reducing Downwind Impacts of Prescribed Burns

New research by Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Kate Jones will use geospatial modeling and interactive data visualization to help fire managers consider the vulnerability of communities downwind of prescribed burns. 

Apr 15, 2021

Applying Quantitative Literacy in History and Social Sciences

William Kimler, associate professor of history, describes how students in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences might encounter quantitative problems in their discipline and demonstrate their quantitative literacy skills after graduation. 

Apr 5, 2021

Assistant Professor Jamie Pearson to Help Prepare Students with Autism for STEM Careers Through Work on $1.3M Grant-funded Project

To address the urgent need to create workforce development models for students with autism spectrum disorder, Assistant Professor Jamie Pearson, Ph.D., is collaborating on a grant-funded project that will help prepare high school students with autism to enter postsecondary training programs in the geospatial and data science sectors. 

Mar 31, 2021

Virtual Datathon Draws More Than 100 Students from Universities Across N.C.

The event was organized by NC State Statistics graduate students and sponsored by John Deere. 

Mar 29, 2021

GRIP4PSI Funding Backs Plant Sciences

Research on early disease detection in crops, big data on sweetpotatoes, fertilizer of the future and beneficial fungi is getting a boost at NC State. Here’s why.