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06/01/2020 in Research and Economic Development, College of Engineering
As another hurricane season begins, a computational science and engineering faculty member and two Ph.D. students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University aim to improve tropical forecasting and modeling by deploying drones to collect data from the eye of hurricanes.
05/15/2020 in College of Science and Technology
The College of Science and Technology (CoST) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University selected 26 incoming freshmen to join the second cohort of SciTech Scholars for the 2020-21 academic school year. The SciTech Scholars Enrichment Program provides two-year renewable merit- and need-based scholarships to high school seniors who plan to study chemistry, physics, mathematics or electronics technology.
05/08/2020 in Academic Affairs
Tonya Smith-Jackson, Ph.D., senior vice provost for academic affairs at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has been appointed to the North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Board of Science, Technology and Innovation.
05/06/2020 in Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering
The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) honored its spring graduates virtually in its second annual Celebration of Excellence event on May 1. Approximately 100 participants joined to support and recognize the culmination of their graduate studies and notable accomplishments during their time at JSNN.
05/05/2020 in Academic Affairs, Students, Family & Consumer Sciences, Community and Rural Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources, 4-H and Youth Development, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
North Carolina A&T has received a $752,632 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) for undergraduate food and agricultural sciences scholarships.
05/05/2020 in Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering
Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering master’s student Kendall Dawkins has been named a recipient of the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellowship. Dawkins will begin the Ph.D. program at JSNN this fall.
04/30/2020 in College of Engineering
Researchers in the College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University received an $810,000 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Excellence in Research (HBCU-EiR) collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve reliability by studying real-time fault diagnosis of self-driving vehicles.
04/28/2020 in College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Disease (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health awarded $5.7 million to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and three North Carolina Diabetes Research Center (NCDRC) consortium partners. The award will support shared technological infrastructure for advancing innovative diabetes research and fostering interinstitutional collaborations in North Carolina.
04/24/2020 in Academic Affairs, College of Education
N.C. A&T has tapped Washington State University administrator and professor Paula Groves Price, Ph.D., as the next dean of the College of Education (CEd).
04/22/2020 in College of Science and Technology
David Vermillion, a graduating physics student and Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (AFROTC) cadet at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has been selected to join the U.S. Space Force (USSF), a newly-established branch of the Armed Forces. The military service is responsible for organizing, training and equipping forces as a means to protect U.S. and allied interests in space.
04/20/2020 in Academic Affairs, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University African American Studies professor Marcus Anthony Allen was granted a prestigious fellowship with the National Humanities Center (NHC) to continue studying 19th century Baltimore.
04/14/2020 in College of Engineering
An interdisciplinary team led by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has received a four-year, $8 million award from NASA to address traffic congestion by developing, testing and eventually deploying air passenger taxis as a supplemental means of transportation.
04/08/2020 in College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
For more than a decade, Jenora Waterman, Ph.D., has led students and research at N.C. A&T in animal science, specifically functional genomics. This year, Waterman, an associate professor of functional genomics in the CAES, is N.C. A&T’s honoree for the UNC System’s Board of Governors (BOG) Award for Excellence in Teaching.
04/01/2020 in Alumni
As universities shutter campus doors across the nation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Aggies are opening their hearts and their wallets to help current students meet basic needs.
03/30/2020 in College of Science and Technology
The online Bachelor of Science in Geomatics program at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has been ranked No. 3 in best value, according to Guide to Online Schools’ 2020 Best Online GIS Degrees.
03/23/2020 in Academic Affairs, College of Health and Human Sciences
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will offer a new degree program, the M.S. in health psychology, through the College of Health and Human Sciences Department of Psychology.
03/10/2020 in College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Two students for the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences were named to USDA’s Future Leaders in Agriculture program.
03/10/2020 in Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering
Manish Sharma, Ph.D., an alumnus of the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN), received the 2020 Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools (CHBGS) ProQuest Dissertation Award at its 50th Annual Conference March 5 in Birmingham.
03/03/2020 in College of Engineering
Larkin Folsom, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, knows a thing or two about transportation. After all, he makes an hour-long commute from his home to the campus for his studies.
02/28/2020 in College of Science and Technology
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University hosted 34 Verizon Innovative Learning program mentors and directors Feb. 21 as part of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship’s (NACCE) Mentoring Professional Development Institute.
02/27/2020 in Alumni, College of Business and Economics
The Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University recognized its latest Hall of Fame inductees, as well as the donors who have contributed to the college’s success, with a celebratory dinner and ceremony Feb. 26.
02/24/2020 in College of Science and Technology
The College of Science and Technology (CoST) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will engage Guilford County students in hands-on STEM activities beginning Monday, March 16, during its 2020 SciTech Week.
02/20/2020 in College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
More than 250 industry partners, Extension agents and farmers from across the state came to the campus of North Carolina A&T on Feb. 11 to learn the latest tips and information for growing industrial hemp during the university’s first Hemp Conference.
02/19/2020 in College of Engineering
Rashmi Kumari, a chemical engineering major at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has been recognized as the 2020 Namaskar Award winner during the annual Engineers Week reception and banquet on Feb. 18.
02/17/2020 in Research and Economic Development, College of Engineering
A new patent from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will improve nondestructive evaluation methods for subsurface aircraft defects. The patent, “Normalized Defect Characterization of Pulse Thermographic Nondestructive Evaluation,” was awarded to mechanical engineering professor Mannur J. Sundaresan, Ph.D., and his former advisee, Letchuman Sripragash, Ph.D.
02/10/2020 in College of Engineering
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University received $50,000 from Downtown Greensboro, Inc. (DGI) that will go toward prototyping and deploying two self-driving shuttles. The funds will be allocated to the newly established North Carolina Transportation Center of Excellence in Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology (NC-CAV) at N.C. A&T’s College of Engineering (COE).
01/21/2020 in College of Engineering
Oluchi Chukwunyere, a junior majoring in computer science at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, is the first Aggie selected to participate in Google’s most recent effort to increase diversity in the classroom and the workplace.
01/17/2020
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University students Tyler Huggins, Joseph Smith and Kiana Williams have been named to the prestigious Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP).
01/09/2020 in Research and Economic Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Shengmin Sang, Ph.D., and his colleagues at Columbia University are planning to study ginger's effect on asthma as the recipients of a four-year, $1.8 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health. Highly competitive, R01 grants fund health-related research and development.
12/31/2019 in College of Health and Human Sciences
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University students Mervin Brandy and Samira Foster are interning at public libraries in Guilford County to apply their education toward serving the community.
12/18/2019 in Research and Economic Development
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has named a Clemson University administrator and researcher its new vice chancellor for Research and Economic Development. Eric Muth, Ph.D., is associate dean for research and graduate studies and a professor of psychology at Clemson. During his tenure as associate dean, he also served as chair of the university’s Intellectual Property and Conflict of Interest committees.
12/18/2019 in College of Health and Human Sciences
The North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Bachelor of Sociology Program recently accepted the donation of 15 laptop computers from FEI Systems.
12/18/2019 in Admissions, College of Business and Economics, College of Science and Technology, The Graduate College
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has the nation’s best Master of Science in Information Technology program offered by a historically black college or university, according to Intelligent.com.
12/16/2019 in Academic Affairs, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
N.C. A&T has been selected as having the nation’s second most affordable online bachelor’s degree in agriculture education, according to the higher education rankings website affordableschools.net.
11/25/2019 in Students
Six North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University students gained a unique perspective recently through the Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute
11/25/2019
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is returning to the Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl for a third straight year after thrashing archrival North Carolina Central 54-0 during Senior Day on Saturday at BB&T Stadium and claiming a share of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) regular season championship.
11/19/2019 in Academic Affairs, Employees, Students, College of Business and Economics
Ninety-five students, faculty and staff members of the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics (CoBE) volunteered during First Book’s Literacy Day at Doris Henderson Newcomers School for International Children on Friday, Nov. 15.
11/18/2019 in Academic Affairs, Students
The Weaver Foundation has committed $1.5 million to establish the H. Michael Weaver Endowment in International Programs at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
11/15/2019 in Academic Affairs, Students, College of Engineering
Two students from the College of Engineering (CoE) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University have been named University Innovation Fellows by Stanford University.
11/15/2019 in Student Affairs, Athletics, Students, Community and Rural Development
When the Deese Clock Tower at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University transitions into a decorative holiday display, it’s an indication that the university is gearing up for its annual holiday giving celebration, Winter Wishes in Aggieland.
11/11/2019
Nominations for the 2020 Human Rights Medal awarded by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University are being accepted through Nov. 30, 2019.
10/04/2019 in Students, Chancellor’s Speaker Series
From the moment Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr. took the stage at Harrison Auditorium for the Chancellor’s Speaker Series, “Love the Skin You’re In,” Oct. 3, student engagement was intense and consuming. From Martin’s comments regarding his experiences dealing with the effects of colorism to the daily experiences of guest panelists Laverne Cox, Shaun Ross and Amber Riley, the conversation was informative and transformational.
09/18/2019 in Students, College of Engineering
Students in the College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University placed first against 12 other historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Black Enterprise 2019 BE SMART Hackathon, winning the event for the third time since its inception.
02/14/2019 in Alumni, Employees, Students
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 14, 2019) – The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has announced North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University alumnus, “Terrence J” Jenkins as the new TMCF National Ambassador.
02/14/2019 in Student Affairs, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
EAST, GREENSBORO, N.C. (Feb. 14, 2019) – Beginning Thursday, Feb. 14, the Theatre Arts Program at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will present Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.”
02/12/2019 in Admissions, Academic Affairs, Students
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Feb. 12, 2019) – As an outgrowth of its recently updated strategic plan and commitment to outstanding quality in research, teaching, and community engagement. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has created three new Centers of Excellence in cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, and entrepreneurship and innovation.
01/30/2019 in Student Affairs, Employees, Students
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Dec. 14, 2018) - North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's Lamon Lawhorn will create the beats for a 60-member HBCU drumline at the 2019 Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day.
