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Katie Watson holding up the Wolfpack Symbol as she stands on a rooftop in New York City with the skyline behind her

Sep 24, 2026

Wilson College Student Immersed in Building a Fashion Brand During CLASS: The NYC Experience

Wilson College of Textiles undergrad Katie Watson received a behind-the-scenes look at branding yourself in the fashion and retail industries in New York City during CLASS: The NYC Experience.

Colorful draping sari on display at JLP Festival

Sep 22, 2026

International Literary Festival Features Wilson Students’ Creations

An international addition of the Jaipur Literature Festival celebrated in Raleigh with featured work from Wilson students.

Sep 17, 2026

Remembering Dr. Andre West

Reflect on the incredible legacy of the late Andre West, who taught and researched at the Wilson College of Textiles for more than a decade.

Sep 14, 2026

Flex Factory Ready to Foster Entrepreneurship

The brand new W. Duke Kimbrell Flex Factory held its ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 11 to welcome in a new era of textile innovation and entrepreneurship.

$Students demonstrate their portable sink built with rice bags while professors and judges view their presentation.$

Aug 31, 2026

Project With a Purpose: Seniors Turn Rice Bags Into Solutions

Senior Design students participated in a sustainability challenge project during the first week of the fall semester.

$Connery Bunn uses a measuring instrument in his research lab. He wears a white lab coat and goggles. Around him is more lab equipment and a behind him is a bright window, flooding the room with natural light.$

Aug 25, 2026

TECS REU: Working in a Textile Chemistry Lab as an Undergraduate

As a part of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Connery Bunn worked for 10 weeks in an advanced lab and grew professionally and academically.

Aug 24, 2026

TECS REU: Working in a Textile Engineering Lab as an Undergraduate

Learn about how the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) has given textile engineering student Owen Rector the chance to see if research is right for him while gaining invaluable skills along the way.

Regan Stefanoni and Krusha Patel work in a laboratory, wearing long white lab coats. Bathed in natural light from a window on the left, they both face a counter with racks of small beakers and other lab equipment. They smile as Regan reaches for one of the beakers.

Aug 23, 2026

Undergraduate Research Offers Pathways to Academia, Opens to External Students

The TECS Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) provides invaluable experience for students interested in research, and has offered opportunity to non-Wilson College students for the first time.

High school students wearing lab coats participate in a lab exercise at TexTEC camp. They are in a lab and facing a counter with measuring instruments and sinks. One student wearing a purple lab coat and goggles leans against the counter and smiles at his lab partner.

Aug 22, 2026

TexTEC Starts High Schoolers Early on the Path of TECS

The day camp allows local rising sophomores, juniors and seniors to learn the basics of the Wilson College's academics and research through tours, information sessions and hands-on experiments.

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.