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Drawing on Real Life

Monday, January 7th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , ,

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Jennifer Landin, a teaching assistant professor of biology at NC State who teaches a course on biological illustration. Check out why she thinks biological illustration is valuable – and some of the art created in her classroom. While other universities have biological illustration courses, as far as

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Innovation to Save Lives: A Student’s Story, Part II

Monday, December 10th, 2012 | Tags: , ,

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by NC State grad student Tate Rogers. Rogers came up with an idea to address the life-threatening challenge of human waste disposal in the developing world, and was part of a team that received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to pursue the idea further. Rogers

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In the Footsteps of Indiana Jones: A New Archaeological Excavation at Petra

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012 | Tags: , ,

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Dr. Tom Parker, a professor of history at NC State. Parker has served on archaeological expeditions in the Middle East for more than 30 years. Since 1994, Parker has been director of the Roman Aqaba Project, overseeing archaeological research on the Roman frontier in Jordan. A blog

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Innovation to Save Lives: A Student’s Story, Part I

Thursday, June 21st, 2012 | Tags: , , ,

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by NC State grad student Tate Rogers. Rogers came up with an idea to address the life-threatening challenge of human waste disposal in the developing world, and was part of a team that received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to pursue the idea further. Rogers

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Pursuing A Future For STEM Equality

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 | Tags: , ,

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Sina Bahram, a Ph.D. student in computer science at NC State who was honored as a “Champion of Change” by the White House May 7 for his efforts to make STEM accessible to people with disabilities. This post first ran on the White House blog. I would

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