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Jeremiah Ufot, Josh Puente, Marcus Spruill, DomiNick Downing and Rob Dates created Yaheard, an app that gives a platform for internet arguments.

New app picks the winner of internet arguments

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
April 17, 2016
Langston Hughes and Martin Luther King Jr met on multiple occasions and frequently exchanged letters.  Jason Miller, an English professor at NC State, found that King used seven different Hughes poems in his sermons and speeches.

A lost tape and finding the poetry in MLK’s speeches

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
April 11, 2016
City of Raleigh offers a façade grant to Raleigh businesses, including businesses on Hillsborough Street and Fayetteville Street, in order to update their appearances. 

City of Raleigh grant offers facelift to outdated buildings

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
April 7, 2016
Jagdish Narayan, research leader and John C. C. Fan distinguished chair professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, works with graduate students in his lab in Engineering Building I. Narayan is among one of the researchers at NC State who discovered the Q-carbon, the newest, most solid phase of carbon, which has promising applications, according to Narayan. 

Q-carbon: diamond’s newfound rival

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
March 24, 2016
Hernán Marchant, associate dean at NC State’s College of Design, is originally from Chile and attended the Universidad de Chile at the age of 15. He started in the field of philosophy, but changed to architecture for his love of drawing. Marchant had the opportunity to live in the apartment of deceased French modernist Le Corbusier during his time in Paris.

Chilean professor finds inspiration in French modernism

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
March 22, 2016
A root of a ginseng plant from North Carolina. The roots can fetch as much as $500-$1,000 per pound. The harvest of wild ginseng is illegal, but the high price opens up a black market to the plant.

Ginseng: the black market herb of the Appalachian

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
March 15, 2016
Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton, was an expert moonshiner and the subject of three of Hutcheson’s documentaries — “Mountain Talk,” “A Hell of a Life” and “The Last One.”

Walking the line of documentary filmmaking

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
February 24, 2016
This is a presentation of ÖHLIN/D, where models stand as though they are in an exhibit. New York Fashion Week attendees observed the new looks that this brand has planned for the upcoming season. The fashion week took place from Feb. 11 to Feb. 18 in New York City.

NC State alumna walks in NY Fashion Week

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
February 23, 2016
A recent study found that ground beetles are one of the many creatures hiding within your home. More than 10,000 specimens were found, and about 579 morphospecies were identified in the study conducted by NC State, the California Academy of Sciences and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

Bugs: the roommates you never knew you had

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
February 10, 2016
Carole Saravitz stands next to one of the 57 growth chambers that is used to provide optimal environmental conditions, including humidity and temperature. Saravitz has worked at the Phytotron for 21 years and is the director at the Phytotron. Saravitz graduated at NC State with a doctorate in Horticultural Science. She was also a Post Doctoral Research Associate in Soil Science at NC State, and now is a faculty member in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology.

Welcome to Phytotron: NC State’s plant hotel

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
February 3, 2016
Pictured above, The Reggie is topped with bacon, cheese, gravy and an egg. The restaurant has become an ambassador of biscuits to the Pacific Northwest.

Southern biscuits find a home in Portland

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
January 27, 2016
After starting college earlier than most and finishing with a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at NC State, alumnus Scott Vu (right) is now co-founder and CEO of RiboWiz Scientific. Here, Vu sits with his former professor, inspiration, mentor and friend Donald Bitzer, a distinguished research professor at NC State. 

Meet Scott Vu: scholar, innovator and dancer

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
January 19, 2016
Nazaare: NC State’s Bollywood fusion dance group

Nazaare: NC State’s Bollywood fusion dance group

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
January 11, 2016

Tips for a succesful spring semester

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
January 5, 2016
Alumnus brews mead for the modern age

Alumnus brews mead for the modern age

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
January 5, 2016
Christian Science and the ‘power of prayer’

Christian Science and the ‘power of prayer’

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
November 23, 2015
NC State Campus MovieFest team, the Filmmaking and Storytelling Society, shoot the entirety of its film, “Elevator,” inside of the Venture II building on Centennial Campus. 

Students create short films for 16th Campus MovieFest

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
November 18, 2015
NC State Campus MovieFest team, the Filmmaking and Storytelling Society, shoot the entirety of its film, “Elevator,” inside of the Venture II building on Centennial Campus. 

Students create short films for 16th Campus MovieFest

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
November 18, 2015
The Swedish national goalball team plays in the 2004 Athens Paralympic games. The sport was originally designed for disabled veterans after World War II and has grown internationally since its inception. 

Goalball: the sport designed for the blind

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
November 8, 2015

Startup app aims to streamline a night out

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
November 4, 2015
This photo was taken in 1910, when the fairgrounds were at its second location next to the railroad and across from Patterson Hall on Hillsborough Street. The fair was located here from 1973 until 1925, when it moved to its current location in 1928.

Flashback Feature: the transformation of N.C. State Fair

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
October 22, 2015
Outdoor innovation and designing the perfect hammock

Outdoor innovation and designing the perfect hammock

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
October 14, 2015
Engineers Without Boarders members worked on a water retention project during the summer of 2015 in Bolivia.     

Engineers Without Borders talk worldwide projects

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
September 30, 2015
Isaac Warren, a senior studying mechanical engineering, and Lindsey Davis, a junior studying anthropology, dispute the definition of “share the road.” Since the implementation of the share the road” signs, there has been much disagreement between drivers and bikers on whether or not bikers have the right to cycle in the middle of the road.

Reinventing the wheel: clear signage means safer roads

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
September 22, 2015
Members of the SEVA Bhakti Yoga Club chant a matra during their weekly meeting on Thursday Sept. 10. Through musical mantra meditation, Bhakti philosophical teachings and homemade vegetarian dinner, the club seeks to help members lead a balanced life.

Musical mantra meditation marinates with students

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
September 15, 2015
melting pot

Melting Pot Student Organization mixes cultures

Maddy Bonnabeaux, Correspondent
September 1, 2015
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