{"id":7565,"date":"2023-08-31T10:04:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T14:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/?page_id=7565"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:06:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T19:06:00","slug":"think-and-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/think-and-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Think and Do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

Welcome to one of the best universities in North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all spend a lot of time thinking about the future. Who will we be? What will we do? How will we tackle the challenges facing our families, our communities and our world? Our university can help you answer those questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At NC State, the future is a thing you make.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you look at big problems, you dream of solutions. We can help you realize them, with bright ideas, new tools and a Wolfpack behind you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tell us where you’re headed. We’ll help you get there.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Bright Ideas<\/h2>\n

\n At NC State, you’ll be surrounded by people who bring big ideas to life and teach you to do the same. They’ll prepare you for a lifetime of learning and problem-solving. \n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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New Tools<\/h2>\n

\n An NC State education takes you beyond the classroom to the lab, the racetrack \u2014\u00a0even the moon. Our hands-on approach gives you the tools to build the future you dream of. \n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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A Pack Behind You<\/h2>\n

\n Members of our Wolfpack serve the greater good and are committed to being part of something bigger than themselves. We passionately support our NC State family.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Bring the Stars Within Reach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Christina Koch dreamed of going to the moon. The three-time graduate of NC State charted her course to the stars by earning degrees in physics and electrical engineering that readied her to join the 21st NASA astronaut class. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As one of the top universities in North Carolina, NC State prepares you for a successful career \u2014 and for everything else that matters. Here, you’ll hone your curiosity, put your ideas into practice and take control of your destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koch became a NASA astronaut who spent a record-breaking 328 days on the International Space Station. Soon, she’ll become the first woman to travel to the moon and back with the Artemis II project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wherever your dreams are taking you, NC State is your launchpad.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019m happy to go to the moon carrying the banner of NC\u00a0State … Theoretical understanding and a hands-on approach to problem-solving came together for me while I was there.”<\/p>\n

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Christina Koch<\/p>\n \n

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Follow Your Curiosity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From the ocean floor to the stars; from medieval manuscripts to urban development; from plant cells to international supply chains \u2014 our Wolfpack is changing the ways things are done and the ways we understand our world. We bring together leading researchers from different disciplines to tackle grand challenges, as befits one of the top universities in N.C. and the country<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n You don’t have to wait until graduate school to take part in groundbreaking research. Through our Office of Undergraduate Research, you can work with pioneers like Natasha Olby, who’s deepening our understanding of aging and helping pets live longer, healthier lives; or Rodolphe Barrangou, whose use of CRISPR for genome editing has revolutionized the world’s food supply.

Members of our Wolfpack put their knowledge to work every day for the betterment of all. So can you.\n <\/p>\n \n

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Test Your Ideas<\/h2>\n

\n Our Office of Undergraduate Research gives you the tools and support to make your own discoveries.\n <\/p>\n

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Building a Better Forest Tree With CRISPR Gene Editing<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Led by CRISPR pioneer Rodolphe Barrangou\u00a0and tree geneticist Jack Wang, researchers used a gene-editing system to breed trees that could make fiber production for everything from paper to diapers greener, cheaper and more efficient.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Understanding Aging in Dogs (and People)<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Natasha Olby\u2019s lab in the College of Veterinary Medicine is generating insights into the aging process in dogs, and how to improve their health span \u2014 not just their life span. Her research also has implications for human geriatric medicine.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Transforming Teaching, Research and Discovery<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

The Integrative Sciences Initiative \u2014 and our new $180 million Integrative Sciences Building \u2014 will employ the latest technology, train a new generation of interdisciplinary scientists and serve as a catalyst to transform the sciences.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Discover All We Can Do, Together<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Above all, NC State is a Wolfpack. A collective in which each of us contributes to something bigger than ourselves. A passionate community of innovative, entrepreneurial, values-driven thinkers and doers committed to solving challenges and advancing the greater good.<\/p>\n\n\n

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As a land-grant institution, our students, alumni and faculty put their ideas to work for people and communities in North Carolina and around the world. We’re revitalizing hurricane-ravaged towns through landscape architecture and design. We’re improving the sustainability of our global food systems. Closer to home, we’re partnering with an alumni-owned business, founded right here on campus, to create jobs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities \u2014 and to produce exceptional coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A Wolfpack Behind You<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Helping Princeville Recover and Rebuild After Flooding<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

In recent years, Princeville, N.C., has been ravaged by hurricanes. As residents leave the town \u2014 the first in the nation incorporated by African-Americans \u2014 professors and students in the College of Design are helping the community reclaim its history to plan for the future.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Researchers Collaborate to Conserve Essential Element <\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

The Science and Technologies for Phosphorous Sustainability (STEPS) Center at NC State brings together researchers in the physical, life, social and economic sciences to protect and improve global food production by addressing complex challenges of phosphorous sustainability.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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NC State and 321 Coffee Launch “Greater Good” Coffee<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Alumni Lindsay Wrege and Michael Evans started their coffee company on campus as students. Now it’s back at NC State with our co-branded “Greater Good” coffee, supporting student scholarships and 321 Coffee’s mission to provide jobs for adults with disabilities.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Invest in Who You’re Becoming<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\n NC State is an institution of open doors. We welcome all students into our research programs, campus community centers and makerspaces. Our academic programs cross disciplines to connect you with other innovative thinkers, broaden your perspectives and prepare you for a lifetime of personal and professional discovery.

When you’re part of the Wolfpack, you never face the future alone. Our Career Development Center, Academic Success Center and Counseling Center are here to support your goals holistically and help you tackle them with confidence.\n <\/p>\n \n

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If You Think It, You Can Do It Here<\/h2>\n

\n Each of our 100+ undergraduate majors and 200+ graduate programs is a potential bridge from ideas to outcomes.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n\n\n

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Passions Pursued<\/h2>\n

NC State students build everything from race cars to fashion empires \u2014 and that\u2019s before they graduate. You can go anywhere from here, and our alumni do: becoming the first-ever data analyst for WNBA team the Indiana Fever, expanding a thriving South Asian clothing brand or even traveling to the moon.<\/p>\n \n

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Take Charge of Your Future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You look to the future with hope. When you bring your ideas and ambitions to NC State, we\u2019ll help you turn that hope into reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join us at one of the top universities in North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Discover NC State<\/p>\n \n

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THINK AND DO WITH Us<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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The future is yours to shape. Get started on your NC State journey.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Visit<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Explore our campus and see why Raleigh is the #6 best place to live in America.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Work at NC State<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Find your purpose and passion at one of the best public universities in the U.S.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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