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Article sections By: Allison Carr, Training Program Manager,  NC Clean Energy Technology Center Photo credit: Faith Harris, Agrivoltaics Intern, NC Clean Energy Technology  Center On a warm October afternoon, 20 students and professionals joined us at the Lake Wheeler Agrivoltaics Training Site as part of NC State University’s annual Energy Week.

In high school, Vendela Gustafsson realized that physics is found in everything. She decided to keep studying the subject matter and its unique applications after completing a senior research report on the physics behind singing and the human voice. She chose to come to NC State to continue her studies because of the student support and resources she found here. “NC State is an R1 institution that doesn’t leave their undergraduates in the dust,” Gustafsson said.

A new study suggests that expanded financial auditing reporting is having a significant impact on the behavior of multinational corporations. Specifically, the study finds that requiring more detailed analysis in financial audits appears to be curbing the corporate practice of shifting money internationally in order to pay less in taxes.

Michael Schruckmayrs path to plant science began in his grandmother’s garden and among the mountain trails of western North Carolina. Nurtured by youth outreach programs offered through NC State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), that interest blossomed into a passion for plant science and a drive to solve issues in food, farming and nutrition.

For young adults, attending college is a time of firsts. As the 2026 general election approaches, many NC State students are preparing to cast a ballot for the first time. Fortunately, Student Leadership and Engagement’s (SLE) Pack the Polls program is here to help, from providing support for early voting on campus to offering nonpartisan sessions designed to help students navigate informed choices this election season.

The Battery and Energy Storage Technology Makerspace officially opened on Sept. 25. The College of Engineering at NC State University unveiled a state-of-the-art facility for hands-on learning in battery development and energy storage systems last month.

What does it take to get an egg safely from the hen house to your refrigerator? More science and technology than you might think. Consumer demand for cage-free farming systems has led to investments in new technologies, sometimes well before the technologies are ready for mass adoption. Modern egg processing plants can wash, inspect, grade and package thousands of eggs every hour.

Sea levels across the west coasts of the Americas are rising after a massive bulge of water, driven by wind changes and a warmer ocean, inched its way east along the equator and along the coasts. The phenomenon, called a Kelvin wave, has officials bracing for storm surges, erosion, and transformations in marine life. Networks of satellites and buoys across the ocean have been tracking the pulse of water, which arrived on Southern California’s coast last week and will continue north.

A story. A memory. A character. A piece of family history. What do we keep? For the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS), that question was at the heart of the second installment of its Human Factor Speaker Series. Academy Award-nominated actor, writer, and director Jesse Eisenberg headlined the sold-out event, exploring how stories connect us, shape us and sustain our humanity.

SEATTLE (AP) — Sea levels along the West Coast will begin to rise by up to a foot this month as a series of pulses of warm water called Kelvin waves hit the shoreline and move north, sparking concerns about beach erosion and flooding in areas already impacted by climate change and El Niño. Kelvin waves are not like tsunamis, and they don't curl over and crash on the beach. A better image is water sloshing in the bathtub or a swimming pool during an earthquake.