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Two female German Fulbright students pose together in a garden.

Sustainability Across Cultures

Last summer, NC State’s Global Training Initiative (GTI) hosted its third and final cohort of German Fulbright students as part of a monthlong sustainability program. The program’s purpose was to help students learn about the role culture plays in sustainability, guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Alongside classroom instruction, students gained cultural insights…

Ron and Dale Terry, center, with several students in the College of Natural Resources and then-Dean Mary Watzin.

Extraordinary Impact: Putting Experience to Work

The Ronald and Dale Terry Student Assistance and Enrichment Fund was created by its namesakes in 2016 as part of NC State’s Think and Do the Extraordinary Campaign. Ten years later, the fund has already provided more than 340 awards totaling over $375,000 so students in the College of Natural Resources can take part in experiential-learning opportunities around the world.

Global Change Seminar: Communicating Climate Hazards and Mitigation Tactics

Join us for a webinar hosted by a group of the 2026-27 Global Change Research Fellows on exploring strategies for communicating climate hazards identified in academia to broader audiences, especially communities impacted by those climate hazards.

Graphic that reads, 2026-27 Local Engagement Seed Grants with the four awardees with their headshots and their project titles listed. Caren Cooper (College of Natural Resources), Kakuhskęʔrakyéhneʔ haʔ À·węʔ (Water Warriors): Tuscarora Youth Connecting Cultural Practices, Identity, and One Health While Investigating Contaminants in Rivers. Ritwick Ghosh (College of Natural Resources), One Health Approach to Boosting Local Readiness for Data Centers: Preliminary Study. Jamie Pearson (College of Education), FACES for Rural Futures: Advancing Inclusive Workforce Development Through Sustainable Food and Water Systems. Katie Sanders (College of Agriculture & Life Sciences), Co-Designing Backyard Biosecurity: A Producer-Partnered One Health Pilot to Mitigate Antimicrobial Resistance in North Carolina Poultry Systems. The NC State Global One Health Academy logo appears in the top left.

Announcing the 2026-27 Local Engagement Seed Grant Awardees

The Global One Health Academy is excited to announce the recipients of the 2026-27 Local Engagement Seed Grants developed to support NC State students, postdocs, faculty, and staff in their One Health-relevant local engagement projects.

Student Spotlight: Meet Cornelius Ojo, Interdisciplinary Sustainability Champion

Originally from Nigeria, Cornelius Ojo is a fourth-year PhD student in NC State’s College of Design studying Urban Design and Planning. Cornelius earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture. Through his work in Kinston and Wilmington, North Carolina, as well as his experiences in the 2025 The Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science (KIETS)…

landscape architecture and architecture students lean over series of drawings to mark them up

Exploring Global Urban Resilience

What does it mean for a city to become safer and adapt to earthquakes, other natural hazards,and changing climatic risks without losing communities, housing, culture, memories and identities? This central question guides the fall 2026 design studio titled Hasköy in Transition: Resilience, Relocation, and Urban Transformation, which brings together landscape architecture and architecture students at the NC State College of Design