November 10, 2026

No Undo Button: How Byungsoo Kim Is Making AI’s Role in Design Visible on Paper

What if AI sketched with you, on paper? Byungsoo Kim, assistant professor of industrial design at the NC State College of Design, is developing TRACE (Traced Authorship in Co-doodling Ecosystem), a system that lets students and AI sketch together on the same physical page.

November 04, 2026

Paula León Delgadillo: From the Classroom to the Boardroom

Paula León Delgadillo started her master’s degree in industrial design at NC State knowing she wanted to create sustainable products. She did not expect that her studies would lead her…

Tom Barrie talks to participants at Housing Symposium.

November 02, 2026

Room to Grow Symposium Tackles the Triangle’s Housing Challenge

Fast-growing regions everywhere are asking how to build more housing that people can afford. In the Triangle, that comes down to two questions: what constrains housing production, and what can be designed within, or against, those constraints? Raleigh’s mayor, county and city housing and planning officials, developers and architects took up both questions at the Room to Grow Housing Symposium at NC State.

October 22, 2026

Incoming Faculty Spotlight: RJ Millhouse

Meet RJ Millhouse, an assistant professor of design studies. His research spans across urban design, black geographies, design ethnography and design justice.

Blending with Nature Between the Oculus and the gradually sloping green roof, the library offers a unique experience to become an urban plaza for Durham and push the boundaries for what a library could be. It leans into the idea that libraries or core public gathering places that contribute to the city’s urban fabric. The view from the street shows the way the building begins the blend into the context by intentionally interacting with nature and creating open spaces for people to gather.

October 20, 2026

NC State Architecture Student Ethan Hall Wins 2026 Pendulum Prize

Architecture Student Ethan Hall received the Pendulum Prize for his proposal for Forest Branch Library, which explores how a public library can respond simultaneously to environmental conditions, the social history of its site and the everyday civic role of a library.

October 19, 2026

Student Spotlight: Meet Cornelius Ojo, Interdisciplinary Sustainability Champion

Originally from Nigeria, Cornelius Ojo is a fourth-year PhD student in NC State’s College of Design studying Urban Design and Planning. Cornelius earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture. Through his work in Kinston and Wilmington, North Carolina, as well as his experiences in the 2025 The Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science (KIETS)…

October 16, 2026

Incoming Faculty Spotlight: Margaret Kirk

Margaret Kirk’s research explores the intersection of interdisciplinary collaboration, computational design, digital fabrication, building technology and responsive systems to investigate new modes of architectural inquiry and spatial experience.

landscape architecture and architecture students lean over series of drawings to mark them up

October 15, 2026

Exploring Global Urban Resilience

What does it mean for a city to become safer and adapt to earthquakes, other natural hazards,and changing climatic risks without losing communities, housing, culture, memories and identities? This central question guides the fall 2026 design studio titled Hasköy in Transition: Resilience, Relocation, and Urban Transformation, which brings together landscape architecture and architecture students at the NC State College of Design

October 05, 2026

Made to be Seen: MADTech Students Take Their Stories to ICON13

Finishing a film is only half the work. Three MADTech student animations that began as senior capstones ended up on screen at ICON13 in Baltimore. For the students involved, it was an opportunity to put deeply personal work in front of an audience beyond NC State for the first time, as well as fight the inner voices that make many creatives hesitate to share.

Graphic designer Jarrett Fuller with book cover, Graphic Designers After Graphic Design. The cover features a bright blue and yellow cover with a gradient feature.

September 29, 2026

Blurring the lines between graphic design and what lays beyond: Fuller’s new book explores the changing nature of graphic design

What does it mean to be a graphic designer today? That question is one that Jarrett Fuller – designer, educator, writer – has been exploring in his own work. His latest book, Graphic Designers After Graphic Design, explores this concept through a series of interviews, case studies, and profiles of mid-career individuals who identify as graphic designers, but whose work doesn’t necessarily match our traditional views of graphic design.

September 25, 2026

Partnership with Purpose: A Summer in El Salvador

Over the summer, Bella Templeton, a second-year graphic design student and Social Innovation Fellow, traveled to El Salvador to work alongside Perseverancia, an NC State alumni-founded nonprofit dedicated to expanding…

The statues at the global courtyard, abstract shapes of metal

September 18, 2026

Advancing Global Learning at Home: 2026-2027 Funded Projects

The Office of Global Engagement is pleased to announce five faculty and staff projects funded through its Advancing Global Learning at Home program, which supports innovative campus-based initiatives that bring international perspectives and global skills development to NC State students. Jason Bocarro, College of Natural Resources – Global Perspectives in Sport, Events, and Tourism Management…

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