’What Makes a Great University’ is a look at what makes North Carolina’s public universities great and what it will take to make them greater. In coming months, the series will visit each of our public universities and explore them in depth..
- … And what will make UNCW greater?
WILMINGTON – The formula doesn’t change to make UNC Wilmington even greater. The university must continue to recruit quality students and professors and build innovative programs, Chancellor Jose “Zito” Sartarelli says ...Read more - The open world of design at NC StateRALEIGH – It’s a field that touches us dozens of times a day – yet we seldom notice. “Design touches us in ways we might not even realize,” Dean Mark Hoversten ...Read more
- The creativity of engineeringRALEIGH – Engineering isn’t all mathematics and formulas – it also takes creative juices. Things we take for granted these days – smartphones, public water systems and even light sockets – ...Read more
- NC the prime example of state supportRALEIGH – For the Dean of NC State University’s College of Engineering, state support for higher education is both a tradition and an ongoing obligation. “For many, many years, this state ...Read more
- The challenge of keeping great professorsRALEIGH – When it comes to competing for some of the nation’s best engineering professors, Louis Martin-Vega uses a sports analogy. “We’re there in a major league division – not with ...Read more
- Demand for NC State engineers “has never been greater”RALEIGH – No one says North Carolina has too many engineers. “From my perspective, the demand has never been greater,” Dean Louis Martin-Vega of NC State University’s College of Engineering says ...Read more
- Self-powered self-monitoringRALEIGH – If James Bond had asthma, he’d have one of these. At one of two National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers at NC State University, engineers create wearable devices that ...Read more
- NCSU: “To feed 9 billion people…”RALEIGH – World demand for food is epic – and rapidly growing. “By 2050 … our populations is going to grow to 9 billion people,” says NC State University Randy Woodson. “To ...Read more
- Growing rural jobs at NC StateRALEIGH – NC State University’s Plant Sciences Initiative isn’t just about feeding hungry mouths in the developing world. It’s also about jobs in rural North Carolina. “It not only helps urban ...Read more
- NC State Textiles: ‘Resurgent and increasingly innovative’RALEIGH – The modern textile industry is much more than T-shirts: It’s fireproof tents. Stents for human arteries. Wound-healing fabric with “scaffolding” for new skin. “In North Carolina, we’re all familiar ...Read more
