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CHIPS Funding Fuels Two New Initiatives Backed by NC State

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Stacks of folded fabrics in grey, orange, blue and green.

Jun 4, 2025

AI Can Help Cut Down On Waste, Improve Quality in Dyed Fabrics

Recently published research shows that AI can help textile manufacturers operate more efficiently and more sustainably.

NC State's Memorial Belltower stands in front of a clear summer sky.

Jun 4, 2025

Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Backs Six Budding Inventions

This year’s CIF awardees are exploring how to ensure endpoint cybersecurity in the era of quantum computing; make veterinary eye surgeries safer; replace plastic foam with a biodegradable alternative; help farmers grow more crops with less fertilizer; and enhance a cutting-edge gene-editing technique that uses electrical pulses to deliver DNA into cells.
The Wilson family, Dean Hinks and the Wufs pose outside at the college

May 22, 2025

Wilson Family Builds on Legacy to Celebrate Textiles’ — and NC State’s — Future

With a new $10 million commitment, the Wilson family deepens their support for the Wilson College of Textiles and NC State Athletics while celebrating the university’s future under the leadership of Chancellor Kevin Howell.
Fashion and textile design student Neely Mallik poses with a manikin and finished garment in a workspace in the Wilson College of Textiles.

Apr 17, 2025

Discover Our Majors: Fashion and Textile Design

The fashion and textile design program at NC State is empowering Neely Mallik to unlock her creative talents and prepare herself for career success.
Bee Mangine proudly displays their Howling Success banner.

Apr 17, 2025

Howling Success: Bee Mangine

This month’s Howling Success is a fourth-year student looking forward to a career in arts administration and outreach. As an Arts NC State intern, they help students find their place in NC State’s artistic community.
Illustration of a person with curly hair and glasses, wearing a white coat. Background includes icons of a book, light bulb, atom, and flask. Text reads "Women in Innovation, NC State University Office of Research Commercialization.

Mar 17, 2025

Meet Four Wolfpack Women Who’ve Launched Research-based Startups

The Office of Research Commercialization asked four women who’ve launched and led startup companies based on NC State research (including two from the Wilson College of Textiles) for their advice and insights.
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Jul 12, 2024

Wilson College of Textiles Sponsors a Team in the Andrews Launch Accelerator Sparking a New Partnership in Innovation

Textile technology alumna's business participates in NC State program that launches entrepreneurship journeys.

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Jun 20, 2024

Dylan Dixon Dives in Bonaire, Adventures Beyond the Classroom 

Fashion and textile management student Dylan Dixon spent his spring semester working on a coral restoration project abroad. 
Joseph Smith is pictured in the center of a mountainous landscape. Dressed in a red, purple and green floral shirt, Joseph is smiling among a backdrop of scattered white square houses mixed in with trees. The town sits at the base of a mountain, with ridges visible towards the top of the photo. Trees grow at the base of the mountain, and get more scarce as the mountain rises in elevation. There is a small space of sky peeking out from around the top-righthand corner of the photo. 

Jun 19, 2024

Joseph Smith ‘23, Explores Italy, Independence and Self-Expression

Recent fashion and textile management graduate Joseph Smith (they/them) reflects on their growth during their spring study abroad experience. 
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Apr 30, 2024

CHIPS Funding Fuels Two New Initiatives Backed by NC State

With nearly $50 million through the CHIPS and Science Act, our university will lead a regional innovation hub focused on wide bandgap semiconductors, called CLAWS, and also play a key role in the North Carolina Textile Innovation and Sustainability Engine, one of the first-ever NSF Regional Innovation Engines.