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    Weiler, Grist receive $70K grant to assist NC School for the Deaf

    Matt Salerno
    February 13

    In partnership with the North Carolina School for the Deaf, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ professors Jess Weiler and Cathy Grist were awarded a $70,000 grant from NC Collaboratory to conduct an organizational assessment of NCSD’s administrative structures.

  • A student presents at last year's Research and Scholarship Conference.

    Research and Scholarship Conference announces 2026 schedule of events

    Matt Salerno
    February 4

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s annual Research and Scholarship Conference will be held on Wednesday, March 25 and Thursday, March 26.

  • Kristin Daiber, director of the Office of Student Retention and Anita Puerto, associate director of the Office of Student Retention and MAPS coordinator

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµto expand student support services for STEM students

    Matt Salerno
    November 14

    Kristin Daiber, the director of the Office of Student Retention, recently received a TRIO grant from the Department of Education for $1.4 million.

  • Malinda Pennington

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfaculty member receives $9,000 to conduct autism training workshops across NC

    Matt Salerno
    October 28

    As an undergraduate student at North Carolina State University finishing her psychology degree, Malinda Pennington, assistant professor in the Special Education and Inclusive Learning program at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, needed an internship to fulfill the requirement for an abnormal psychology course.

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµbiology professor Joe Pechmann (standing, center) works with a group of students out in the field.

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessor protects the Dusky Gopher Frog from extinction

    Matt Salerno
    June 30

    Several cattle tanks filled with swarms of tadpoles were all that kept the dusky gopher frog from going extinct. Now, Joe Pechmann, professor of biology at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, is helping the frogs return to their historical range and populations.

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµfaculty member shows presentation during RASC

    RASC brings students, faculty, alumni together in scholarship celebration

    Matt Salerno
    April 9

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    Restoring through research: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessors assist law enforcement and National Weather Service

    Matt Salerno
    March 7

    In the days after Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina, first responders and volunteers rushed to help their neighbors. Checking in on loved ones, restoring electricity to homes and businesses, and conducting search and rescue missions already looked like a daunting uphill battle.

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    Restoring through research: professors navigate floodwaters post-Helene

    Matt Salerno
    February 26

    As Hurricane Helene slowed and sat over Western North Carolina, dumping record amounts of rain, flooding began to devastate the region. In Asheville, the French Broad River rose nearly 25 feet higher than its normal water levels. The water carried cars downstream, leveled buildings, and picked up debris that mixed and churned in the river. This once-in-a-thousand-year weather event has now become the third deadliest hurricane in U.S. history.

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    Restoring through research: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessors help rebuild after Helene

    Matt Salerno
    February 13

    Hurricane Helene stormed into North Carolina on Friday, Sept. 27 and wreaked unprecedented havoc over the following three days. Thousands of homes and miles of roadways were swept away by the floodwaters. Tens of thousands more homes were damaged, displacing families. Waterways became clogged with debris and structures such as bridges, levees, and culverts sustained heavy damage. Updated estimates indicate the hurricane caused $59.6 billion in damage.

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    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµprofessor secures $3 million in scholarships for students entering nuclear engineering field

    Matt Salerno
    February 5

    Bora Karayaka, a professor at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Engineering and Technology, has secured $3 million in scholarship funding from the Department of Energy through the University Nuclear Leadership Program.

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