Category: Faculty

Oct 5, 2021

AC21 Special Project Fund: Call for Proposals

The AC21 Special Project Fund (AC21 SPF) is now accepting proposals for the 2022 cycle until the December 15, 2021 deadline. The AC21 SPF was created in order to promote the development of research and educational exchange between AC21 members by providing seed funding for a variety of collaborative research projects and activities. NC State faculty… 

Sep 9, 2021

The World Comes Home to NC State

After a tumultuous 2020-2021 school year, NC State Global is looking forward to sending students to study abroad, welcoming international students to campus, meeting face-to-face (with masks) for global events, and learning together again. “Global engagement has been seriously impaired in the last 18 months by COVID-19 due to travel restriction and visa limitation. NC State Global… 

Aug 25, 2021

Partner Profile: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2017, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) was founded in 1977, combining its predecessors: the Agricultural, Forestry and Veterinary University Colleges, the Veterinary School at Skara and the Forestry School at Skinnskatteberg, which were established over the previous two centuries. SLU’s vision is that it will play “a key… 

Aug 23, 2021

Global Alumni Spotlight: Alum to Charge Things Up at Apple

This month, NC State faculty member and alum Dr. Bharat Balagopal  is headed west to become a Battery Algorithms Engineer at Apple in Cupertino, CA. He will be developing and implementing battery monitoring and management algorithms for all Apple devices. Having worked on this technology during his Ph.D. and developing the Smart Battery Gauge at NC State,… 

Aug 10, 2021

Chief of Partnerships and Global Engagement in the Department of Global Communications (DGC) at the United Nations to Speak at NC State

Robert Skinner, Chief of Partnerships and Global Engagement in the Department of Global Communications (DGC) at the United Nations, will visit NC State on September 1, 2021. Mr. Skinner’s talk, “The Sustainable Development Goals: Connecting the Global to the Local”, will help launch NC State’s SDG Campus Programming Initiative and provide insights from his experience working with…