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Crossing Paths Shelby Neal ’22 has engineered quite the career competing in the CrossFit Games.

When she’s not helping solve complex challenges in her day job, NC State Engineering alumna Shelby Neal ’22 trades the lab for the arena as a four-time international CrossFit Games athlete. 🏋

Read more in #NCStateMag.

Into the Fold Engineers are transforming space exploration with robotics.

Inspired by origami, NC State Engineering researchers have designed a 3D-printed cube system that moves as one unit and transforms into more than 1,000 configurations. #ThinkAndDo #NCStateMag

Science as Service Scholars from the College of Natural Resources mobilize to help western North Carolina.

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, NC State faculty are putting their scientific expertise to work in the form of on-the-ground service to teachers in western North Carolina. #NCStateMag

Joyful Noise Jacqueline Fennell ’06 spent her life making sure she was heard.

For 19 years, Jacqueline Fennell ’06 poured her heart into NC State. She passed away this spring after a yearslong battle with breast cancer. In her honor, NC State has established the Jacqueline Elyce Fennell Memorial TRIO Fund to support students. #NCStateMag

Writing Development Amy Rossi's debut novel takes readers to rock concerts, fashion shows, Paris and Pilates classes through the eyes of model Birdie Rhodes, who at 15 becomes entangled in a relationship with a 31-year-o...

Amy Rossi is NC State’s director of development communications, but outside her day job, she does another kind of storytelling. 📚 Earlier this week, her debut novel "The Cover Girl" was published. Read about it in #NCStateMag.

Bent but Not Broken Engineers have developed flexible glass that stretches science and the imagination.

Imagine a material strong like hard plastic, stretchy like a rubber band and easy to shape. The new class of material from NC State researchers, called glassy gels, might be the future of flexible tech. 🥽 #NCStateMag

Good Jeans At Cone Denim, Caitlyn Holt ’12, ’13 MR has helped solve the denim dilemma — from comfort to sustainability.

Caitlyn Holt ’12, ’13 turned a last-minute internship into a lifelong career at Cone Denim. Today, she’s driving innovation in the fabrics behind your favorite jeans and changing how denim is made. 🪡👖 #NCStateMag

Home Grown The Agroecology Education Farm is a place where crops — and possibilities — flourish.

Beets, squash, spinach — all grown just a few miles from campus. 🥬

NC State’s Agroecology Farm produces five tons of fresh food each year for Fountain Dining Hall. Under new leadership, it’s about to grow even more. 🌾🍽️ #NCStateMag

Bent but Not Broken Engineers have developed flexible glass that stretches science and the imagination.

What’s strong like a hard plastic water bottle and stretchy like a rubber band? 🤔

NC State researchers just invented it — and it might power the future of windows, batteries and 3D printing. #NCStateMag

Indoor Species Ph.D. student Vanessa Woods studies the desire people have — or don’t have — to be outdoors.

🐶🌱 From training service dogs to exploring the science of nature’s impact on mental health, @ncstatecals.bsky.social Ph.D. student Vanessa Woods is on a mission to help people feel better — one puppy and plant at a time. #NCStateMag