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NC State’s award-winning magazine

NC State magazine is published three times a year. Our mission? We tell the stories that keep all alumni and friends of NC State connected to the university. Our campus news may come from a research lab, a football field, a dean’s office or a classroom. Our alumni profiles feature NC State graduates who are making a difference in their hometowns or around the world.

The magazine has been consistently recognized as a top university publication by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), winning the Gold award for best magazine in the Southeast in 2020.

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Flight Path

Karrie Dixon ’97, ’03 EDD charts a course for student success while trailblazing in university leadership.

Shelby Neal with a barbell and heavy weights at a CrossFit competition

Crossing Paths

Shelby Neal ’22 has engineered quite the career competing in the CrossFit Games.

Illustration of the ocean from above; sea life and microplastics are visible under the surface.

Pollution Solution

Researchers develop tiny cleaners to tackle the big problem of microplastics.

A model in a kimono picks flowers in the Gregg Museum as part of the "living" exhibit fashion show.

Seamless Transition

Art2Wear tries on a new venue — and becomes more “lively.”

Reel Talk

Five years ago, if you’d told Mariana Fabian ’23 that in 2025 she would be promoting her first feature film, she wouldn’t have believed you. Then, Fabian was a first-year student studying psychology at NC State. She hadn’t yet changed her major to film studies, and she hadn’t met Catherine Argyrople, the film’s co-writer. But when…

Bob Cairns entertains alumni on a bus tour in 1987.

A Storied Career

Bob Cairns chronicled NC State with humor and warmth.