N.C. A&T Engineering Faculty Awarded $449K to Futurize Naval Communications Equipment
09/18/2020 in College of Engineering
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The UNC Board of Governors announced it will partner with the N.C. Policy Collaboratory at UNC-Chapel Hill to award $1 million in COVID-19 funding to each of the UNC System’s six historically minority-serving institutions, including North Carolina Technical and Agricultural State University.
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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Provost Beryl McEwen, Ph.D., has received the national 2020 Association for Business Teaching and Research (ABTR) Leadership Award.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded a $1.6-million grant to help implement the Center of Excellence to Motivate and Educate for Achievement at N.C. A&T.
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N.C. Ag Commissioners Lead CAES Discussion on COVID-19
09/23/2020 in College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges to North Carolina agriculture, but farmers and industry leaders have been able to overcome them thanks to hard work and a little creativity, N.C. Ag leaders said in a discussion with students from N.C. A&T's College of Agriculture and Environmental Science.
N.C. A&T Engineering Faculty Awarded $449K to Futurize Naval Communications Equipment
09/18/2020 in College of Engineering
A team of undergraduate, graduate and faculty researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University won a highly competitive $449,052 grant from the Department of the Navy’s HBCU/MI program to collaborate with the Navy on improving radio frequency (RF) communication systems. The research will use gallium nitride (GaN) device technology to create smaller and more efficient solid state-based RF amplifiers.
N.C. A&T Receives IBM Quantum Research Center Designation, Joins Broader HBCU Education Initiative
09/17/2020 in College of Engineering, College of Science and Technology
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University joins IBM’s newly established collaboration today with 13 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to equip students pursuing quantum computing careers. The IBM-HBCU Quantum Center is a multi-year investment, and A&T’s proven strengths in ground-breaking STEM research and academic rigor resulted in the university’s selection and designation as one of five HBCU leading quantum research centers in the partnership.
Chukwunyere Chosen as N.C. A&T’s First Astronaut Scholar Since 2008
09/10/2020 in College of Engineering
Oluchi Chukwunyere, a senior computer science student at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has been selected as a 2020 Astronaut Scholar, becoming the university’s first recipient since 2008.
N.C. A&T Receives $550K NSF Award to Establish a Network of Self-Driving Shuttles
09/08/2020 in College of Engineering
An interdisciplinary research team at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has received $550,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a Testbed of Connected Autonomous MicroTransit Vehicles. This funding is in addition to the $235,000 contribution from A&T’s College of Engineering (COE), Downtown Greensboro Incorporated (DGI) and North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), for an overall investment of $785,000.
N.C. A&T Receives $300K NSF Award for Building Community Partnerships through Citizen Science
09/07/2020 in College of Health and Human Sciences
A research team in the College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has won a $300,000 planning grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to bring citizen science to the A&T community.
N.C. A&T, Partners Kick Off Biology of Cancer Semester-long Seminar Series to Increase Cancer Awareness
08/31/2020 in College of Science and Technology
Checo J. Rorie, Ph.D., interim chair of the Department of Biology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, along with professors at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and UNC-Chapel Hill, created The Biology of Cancer: Exploring the Role of Race, Class, and Socioeconomics in the Underserved and the Underrepresented, a semester-long course that primarily introduces HBCU students to cancer research, treatment and public health topics. The live webinar series is free and open to any major as well as the general public and will feature presentations from cancer biologists, physicians and other public health experts and specialists.
