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Nov 24, 2021

2021-22 MSI STEM Bridge and New Pathways Program Scholars Selected

The scholarships were created for students at Minority-Serving Institutions, whose graduates have been traditionally underrepresented in STEM.

Nov 23, 2021

2021-22 Pre-Service Teachers Education Scholars Announced

These teachers-in-training will gain unique access to NASA education specialists and materials, to help them bring NASA into their future classrooms.

Sep 24, 2021

I’m Picking Up Bad Vibrations: Designing Tools for Safer Jet Engines

In this guest post, Graduate Research Fellow Richard Hollenbach III, a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering at Duke University, shares his research on vibrations in airplane engines.

Sep 20, 2021

2021 NC Space Education Ambassadors Selected

NC Space Grant presents 13 new NC Space Education Ambassadors for 2021. NCSEA builds a statewide network of educators delivering NASA content.

Sep 17, 2021

Seeing the Earth for the Forests

Guest post: Ian McGregor is studying geospatial analytics at North Carolina State University. He was selected as an NC Space Grant 2020-21 Graduate Research Fellow. Soon after, he accepted an…

Sep 1, 2021

MSI & Future-Teacher Opportunities Open, One Brand New

NC Space Grant has opened scholarship applications for for education majors and STEM students at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI).

The NC State University American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) team showcases their remote-controlled flyer, Airwolf, built for the AIAA Design, Build, Fly competition.

Sep 1, 2021

Annual STEM Team Challenge Now Open

NC Space Grant is excited to announce the opening of the annual Team Experience and Competition Awards opportunity for teams of undergraduate and graduate students.

Aug 24, 2021

Connecting Students with NASA Through Mission Patches

The maker of official NASA mission patches, the A-B Emblem company, donated patch collections to NC teachers and made a special patch just for them.

NASA astronaut Zena Cardman delivers the NC Space Symposium keynote via Zoom

Jul 8, 2021

NC Space Symposium Features Astronaut & Other Alumni

With 275 attendees, 139 of them students, the virtual 2021 NC Space Symposium brought together space enthusiasts from many backgrounds.

Jun 16, 2021

NC Sea & Space Grant Programs Announce New Fellows

“The partnership with North Carolina Sea Grant has opened a new range of research topics and techniques for students interested in aerospace, coastal issues or both.”