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Above: NASA has selected a team of students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Purdue University to design and build an experiment to be operated on the International Space Station.

For more news about research at N.C. A&T, see the Aggie Research blog.

N.C. A&T researchers target more efficient production of advanced biofuels

November 16, 2012: An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at N.C. A&T has launched a five-year, $5 million project to make the production of advanced biofuels more efficient and affordable.

Saundra Yates Evans promoted to assistant vice chancellor

October 17, 2012: Saundra Yates Evans has been named Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Services and Project Management at North Carolina A&T.

Students in A&T summer transportation program win national award

October 17, 2012: Eighteen high school students have won a national award for a video they produced while attending the 2012 Summer High School Transportation Institute at North Carolina A&T.

N.C. A&T selected for FAA Center of Excellence for general aviation

October 3, 2012: N.C. A&T is among 16 universities selected as members of the new Air Transportation Center of Excellence for general aviation.

N.C. Family Counseling Conference to be held at N.C. A&T

October 3, 2012: The 2012 statewide Fall Family Counseling Conference will be held at North Carolina A&T on Thursday November 15th.

Local high school students spend six weeks at A&T working as bioengineering researchers

August 22, 2012: As participants in the ERC’s Young Scholars program, the students worked on the center’s core projects alongside N.C. A&T professors and graduate students, as well as eight local high school and community college teachers and nine undergraduates from universities around the nation.

A&T, Purdue students collaborate on experiment for space station

July 10, 2012: NASA has selected a team of students from North Carolina A&T and Purdue University to design and build an experiment to be operated on the International Space Station.

The College of Engineering ranks No. 1 for the number of degrees awarded to African Americans
U.S. News and World Report ranks the COE in the top third of the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
N.C. A&T is the home of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (ERC)
SAES brought in more than $20 million in research grant funding
The School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (SAES) is the largest among the nation’s HBCUs
F.D. Bluford Library is one of the region's premier research libraries
The Master of Science in Information (MSIT) Online Program is ranked No. 7 by U.S. News & World Report

A&T had ninety-eight student athletes earn a cumulative 3.0 grade point average or higher for the 2011-2012 academic year
Freshmen Janay Ferrell placed seventh at the Robert Shumke HBCU Classic
Track and Field sprinter Jarrell Elliott qualified for the Olympic trials
Aggie baseball player Xavier Macklin was drafted in the 12th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft
Aggies will host the 2013 Junior National Olympics
N.C. A&T long jumper Shakia Forbes became the first Aggie female to earn All-American honors in a field event
North Carolina A&T has had 16 players drafted to the major leagues

The College of Arts and Sciences awards one-third of the university’s degrees each year
University Choir has performed for President Obama at the White House
The Music Program has been fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music since 1991
A&T Jazz Ensemble to release its first professional CD - Jazz Preeminence
Theatre program to perform at the regionally acclaimed "Center Stage Theatre" in Baltimore, Maryland
A&T Lyceum Series brings provocative, culturally diverse programming to the campus and community
Travis W. Alexander has been named National Conductor for the 105 Voices Of History National Concert Choir