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Dec 19, 2022

NC Space Grant Partners with Community Colleges for STEM Innovation

NC Space Grant has a long-standing partnership with the North Carolina Community College System — collaborations largely facilitated by Matt Meyer, the system’s associate vice president for economic development. Meyer…

Dec 2, 2022

NC Space Grant Pathways and Bridge Scholars Named

NC Space Grant announces the new class of the Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) STEM Bridge Scholarship, along with recipients of the MSI STEM Pathways Scholarship Program. Across the two programs, 14…

Nov 30, 2022

2022-2023 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.

Nov 21, 2022

Accessible Space Science: IDEAS into Actions

North Carolina Space Grant, in collaboration with the South Carolina and North Dakota Space Grant programs, brings together educators and NASA education specialists in the IDEAS workshops to field test activities and develop modifications for students with different needs. 

Nov 18, 2022

Full Circle: Alum Shows Students Cutting-Edge Aerospace

James Ainsworth is a man of many hats, including supporting commercial space launch and aerospace customers. As director of engineering services with Collier Aerospace and HyperX Software, he is equally serious about mentoring a students.

Nov 10, 2022

Teams Selected for NC Space Grant 2022-23 Team Experience and Competition Award

NC Space Grant is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Team Experience and Competition Awards, which help undergraduate teams participate in STEM competitions.

Nov 7, 2022

NC Space Grant Honored by NC Science Teachers Association

North Carolina Space Grant was presented the 2022 Distinguished Service Award for Support of Outreach Science Education at the 53rd NC Science Teachers Association’s Professional Development Institute on Nov. 3.

Oct 24, 2022

New NC Space Education Ambassadors Named

NC Space Grant announces the third annual cohort of the North Carolina Space Education Ambassadors (NCSEA) program. NC Space Grant expanded the number of ambassadors this year, with 16 teachers from…

Oct 12, 2022

Coffee and Viz: Meteorological Modeling of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

In this Coffee and Viz, Dr. Gary Lackmann from the Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences and NC Space Grant research scholar Caleb Keaveney talk about the shrinking of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and the meteorology behind it.

Oct 12, 2022

Seeding Support of WSSU Astrobotany Lab

When NC Governor Roy Cooper recently toured Winston-Salem State University, Dr. Rafael Loureiro, head of the WSSU Astrobotany Lab, was there with students to present the literal fruit of their labors: a tomato, grown from lunar-regolith soil. While on-campus, Cooper learned from students about the research they were doing to grow plants in space.