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Textiles Professor Wins NC State’s Top Honor

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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.
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May 15, 2025

Wilson College of Textiles Students Present Research at Biomaterials Day  

Textiles’ major role in biological and human health research and took center stage at Biomaterials Day. The annual event is an opportunity for students to share research and build connections with peers, faculty and industry experts.
Brooke Anderson leans on a tall wooden table with metal signs for "Huk" and "Nomad" on a white wall behind her. A number of awards are visible on the table.

May 14, 2025

Brooke Anderson ’17, Engineering Textiles for Performance Sports

This NC State alumna has developed a bit of everything in sportswear, from Olympic federation kits to high-quality fishing gear.

May 13, 2025

Community Sees Science in Everyday Life at State of the Sciences

The Wilson College of Textiles adds a touch of color to the community outreach event.
Lucy Caraballo stands in line in Reynolds Coliseum in full graduation regalia. She holds up a "Wolves Up" hand sign.

May 12, 2025

What’s Next For the Wilson College of Textiles Class of 2025?

The newest graduates are headed everywhere from Boston to Portland. 
Jordan Everett wears glasses and shoulder-length braids and smiles in the courtyard of the Wilson College of Textiles. She wears a red "NC STATE" pullover. Green trees, grass, and a brick building appear in the background.

May 12, 2025

Jordan Everett ’25 Starts Her Career in Activewear

Getting involved and exploring the world gave this textile technology graduate the skills, and the confidence, for her next stop at Columbia Sportswear.
Sydney Lucas wears a white lab coat and safety glasses stands in a bright laboratory, with shelves, equipment, and glassware visible in the background.

May 9, 2025

Sydney Lucas ’25: All About Cosmetic Chemistry

Unique courses, research opportunities and student organizations laid the groundwork for her dream career and lasting friendships.
Anna Haskins wears glasses and smiles outdoors, wearing a red shirt and light pink jacket. They make the "wolves up" sign. Green trees and sunlight are in the background.

May 9, 2025

Anna Haskins ’25: Engineering a Career with Honda

Her time at NC State was filled with experiences across engineering disciplines – and around the globe – that helped her land her dream job. 
A person explains their research poster to a man at an indoor academic poster session, with other attendees and posters visible in the background.

Apr 28, 2025

Annual Research Symposium Looks To the Future, Designing Textiles for Tomorrow’s World

Wilson College of Textiles graduate students share their research with peers and faculty.
Three men in suits pose indoors: From left to right: Randy Woodson, Xiangwu Zhang and Ed Weisiger Jr. They stand in front of white walls and glass doors, with a podium to the left. Xiangwu Zhang wears the Holladay Medal. The lighting is bright and the atmosphere formal.

Apr 11, 2025

Textiles Professor Wins NC State’s Top Honor

Associate Dean Xiangwu Zhang is one of three faculty members to win the 2025 Holladay Medal.