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A illustrated Wolfpack car to represent alumni's imprint in NASCAR.

Feb 10, 2025

Track Stars

With the 2025 NASCAR season about to get the green flag, we look back to a 2013 story on how Wolfpack alums have helped to elevate the role of NASCAR engineers, making Sunday speed more about the science.
Illustration of a heart shape made of red and white bricks

Feb 1, 2024

You Were Here.

With the Brickyard getting a facelift of sorts, we revisit our 2018 feature celebrating the spot's 50th birthday.
Dantonio “Thunder” Burnette

Jun 1, 2022

They Call Him Thunder

If the music is pumping at the Murphy Football Center, chances are that Thunder is working. And that means the football team is getting stronger.
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Feb 19, 2021

Red, White and Black

NC State magazine takes a look at the campus locations whose stories hold significance to African Americans and provide a more complete history of the university.
Two NC State Police officers ride Clydesdale horses through the Brickyard.

Nov 11, 2020

Four-Legged Law

Savannah and Phoenix are two Clydesdale horses who joined the NC State Police Department this summer. Yes, that’s the same breed that pulls a well-known beer wagon, although this pair is not as large as the ones in the Budweiser ads. But like all Clydesdales, they are known for their strength and easy temperament, as…
Red and white buttons featuring a howling wolf are offered to a group of First in the Pack first-generation college students during a reception.

Oct 1, 2019

First in Their Pack

NC State helps pave the way to success for first-generation students.

Apollo II rocket ship on its way to the moon

Apr 13, 2019

Chasing The Moon

In 2019, NC State magazine featured the alumni who worked tirelessly for NASA in 1969 to help America lay claim to landing the first man on the moon with the Apollo 11 mission.
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Nov 2, 2018

Pick a Number

Wolfpack athletes have been very deliberate about the jersey numbers they’ve chosen to wear. In 2018, NC State magazine took a look at the stories behind some of our most iconic jerseys.
Trea Turner runs the bases at a Washington Nationals game.

Jun 1, 2018

Stealing the Show

Long before Trea Turner signed with the Philadelphia Phillies this past offseason, NC State magazine profiled in Summer 2018 how he has used his sneaky power and his not-so-sneaky speed to become one of Major League Baseball’s brightest young stars.
An illustration of running shoes and the text "In the long run".

Aug 26, 2017

In the Long Run 

Former NC State All-American Janet Leet ’89 could point to her victories to inspire a new generation of female runners. Instead, she turns to her struggles to help them find the proper balance.