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Oct 31, 2025

Julie Willoughby (PhD ’07) Appointed CEO of TerraSafe

Alumna Julie Willoughby (Ph.D. ‘07) has been appointed TerraSafe CEO to lead the global transformation of the packaging industry. She joined TerraSafe as CTO in 2024 and in her new…
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Oct 30, 2025

CBE Staff Wins 2024-25 David Rainer Memorial Campus Safety Award

Joan O’Sullivan, the Environmental Health and Safety Specialist for the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is a 2024-25 David Rainer Memorial Campus Safety Awardee! This award is presented by…
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Oct 20, 2025

Prof. Li to Receive 2026 ENFL Mid-Career Award

Fanxing Li, the Thomas M. Clausi Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and University Faculty Scholar, is the recipient of the 2026 ENFL Mid-Career Award from the American Chemical Society Division…
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Oct 14, 2025

Seed2Grow Spotlight: Verdia Diagnostic’s Zach Hetzler

With a recent third-place win at an agricultural innovation competition with over 500 entries from 97 countries, Verdia Diagnostics and its chief executive officer Zach Hetzler are making their mark internationally. The North…
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Sep 29, 2025

$2M NSF Grant for Self-Driving Labs Will Accelerate Discovery

A collaborative research team led by NC State University has received a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for its multidisciplinary work on self-driving laboratories (SDL). The…

Sep 24, 2025

Two CBE Affiliates Seeking National Election

Dawn Mason, the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Partnerships and adjunct faculty member in CBE, and Jim Pfaendtner, the Louis Martin-Vega Dean of the College of Engineering and professor in CBE,…