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Five students stand together smiling.

Aug 21, 2026

New Threads Fund Pays Forward Support Shared by Fall 2009 FTM Classmates

Eleven Wilson College graduates, led by Jessica Singleton ’09, have come together to help future designers bring their ideas to life by establishing the brand-new Threads Senior Fashion Show Support Fund.

Aug 19, 2026

NC State to Lead Textile Manufacturing Modernization Program

WUNC
North Carolina State University has been chosen to lead a decade long initiative that is expected to help modernize U.S. textile manufacturing

Aug 17, 2026

Ph.D. Student Turns Pollution Into Possibility

NC State News
Reid Barnett has always wanted to be an inventor. Now, as an NC State Ph.D. student, he has a patent-pending design and a startup company to use nonwoven fabric to capture nutrients from streams, lakes and other surface waters.

View of the Textiles Complex pod 4 with the fountain in the foreground.

Aug 17, 2026

Wilson College Promotes Six Faculty Members

Five associate professors and one professor received promotions for their achievements in teaching, research and service.
Two smiling high school students hold up white t-shirts and pose for a photo. The shirts read "NC State Wilson College of Textiles. STEP. Summer Textile Exploration Program." They both wear protective goggles and the printing lab sprawls out behind them with industrial machines and students in lab coats.

Aug 5, 2026

High Schoolers Get a Taste of Academic and Campus Life at the Wilson College

The Summer Textile Exploration Program (STEP) gives high schoolers the chance to live on campus and study at the Wilson College of Textiles.
Mansour Mohamed smiles at the camera in front of weaving machinery. He wears a bright white shirt that takes up most of the left-hand corner of the black and white film photograph. The machine behind him has many tubes leading to a loom-like structure.

Jul 24, 2026

Remembering Professor Emeritus Mansour H. Mohamed

Reflect on the industry-changing achievements of the late Mansour H. Mohamed, who taught and researched at the Wilson College of Textiles for nearly 30 years.
Karen Leonas points to a specimen in the hands of another researcher, a man with a dark beard wearing a lab coat and blue latex gloves. Karen also wear a lab coat and gloves with a white button up and a short blonde bob. They stand parallel to a lab counter, with a cabinet of beakers and sink.

Jul 17, 2026

Karen Leonas Named Cornelson Family Distinguished Professor

Read about textiles industry leader Karen Leonas and her continuing work at the Wilson College in the Department of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management.
Ahmed El-Shafei poses for a portrait in a room with many windows, flooded with sunlight. He has a short dark hair cut and dark-framed glasses. He wears a read and white striped shirt and a red tie.

Jul 16, 2026

Ahmed El-Shafei Named INVISTA Distinguished Professor of Fiber and Polymer Chemistry

Read about the research achievements of Professor El-Shafei and his contributions to the field of fiber and polymer chemistry in the Wilson College’s Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science.
Emiel DenHartog smiles for a portrait in a courtyard, with a brick building and stairs in the distance behind him. He wears grey glass and a black NC State polo shirt.

Jul 15, 2026

Emiel DenHartog Named Abel C. Lineberger Distinguished Professor

Read about the accomplishments and ongoing work being done by textile technology researcher Emiel DenHartog.
Bella Mabe poses in a red t-shirt and her hair in two buns. She holds up her student ID and a wolfie hand signal. She stands in front of a red lego sculpture of a wolf.

Jul 10, 2026

Small Town to City Living: Transfer Pathway Success for Fashion Undergraduate

Bella Mabe transferred from her community college in Gaston County to NC State, finding success socially, academically and professionally in her textiles career.