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Interdisciplinary Research Hubs

Dec 3, 2025

College of Education Launches Fifth Interdisciplinary Research Hub Focused on Improving Teacher Retention

In line with its Strategic Plan: 2023-2030, the NC State College of Education has launched a fifth Interdisciplinary Research Hub. The hub, entitled, “Improving Teacher Retention in North Carolina (ITR-NC),” will join other hubs established in 2023 and 2024 in finding innovative solutions to pressing educational problems by bringing together individuals from different units and disciplines.
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Dec 2, 2025

NC State Researchers to Develop Students’ Data Acumen with $1.1M NSF Grant

A three-year, $1.1 million project funded by the National Science Foundation’s Data Science Corps program will enable NC State researchers to leverage partnerships between data scientists, researchers, data science education experts and teachers to develop high school students’ data acumen, decision making using data and use of data tools.

Dec 2, 2025

LASER BEAM Program Shines On Scholars for Last Year of NSF Grant

Community is one of the largest benefits Learning Analytics in STEM Education Research (LASER) scholars receive as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded LASER BEAM (Broadening Education in Advanced Methods) project hosted at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation.
Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor Gail Jones

Nov 25, 2025

University Distinguished Professor Gail Jones Helps to Provide Teachers with Research Experience in Nanoscience

As nanomaterials are used in everything from cancer treatment to the production of energy, these innovations are also fields that can provide future jobs for K-12 students. As a result, it is important for teachers to be equipped to prepare students for jobs in this branch of science. University Distinguished Professor Gail Jones is working to address this through her work on a new, grant-funded project.

Nov 13, 2025

Two New Innovation Fellows Projects Leverage Technology for Research, Learning Experiences

College of Education researchers are leveraging artificial intelligence for data analysis and helping undergraduate students gain experience developing extended reality-supported learning experiences through the two latest projects funded through the college’s Innovation Fellows Program.

Nov 3, 2025

‘We Have Made a Practice of Talking About Math:’ Chapel Hill Teachers Share Impact of Project AIM Partnership

eachers in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, who have engaged in professional development through Project AIM for the past two years, share how the experience has impacted their teaching and their students.

Oct 13, 2025

Friday Institute Executive Director Krista Glazewski to Partner with Rural Communities on $3.5M NSF Award Expanding AI Education Across Three States

Before the public launch of ChatGPT and the widespread interest in AI education in schools, a team of researchers from NC State and Indiana University had a bold idea: teach elementary school students about AI.

Oct 6, 2025

College of Education Scholars Set Record in Research Expenditures for Second Straight Year

For the second year in a row, scholars in NC State’s College of Education, including the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, set a record for research expenditures in a single year, spending $21,097,560 conducting externally-funded research during the 2024-25 academic year.

Aug 19, 2025

17 Elementary School Teachers Integrate Cybersecurity into Math, Science Lessons with Help from College of Education Researchers

Seventeen North Carolina elementary school teachers are more prepared to integrate cybersecurity concepts into their math and science lessons thanks to professional development provided by scholars from NC State’s College of Education.

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Jul 31, 2025

College of Education Graduate Students Gain Hands-on Research Experience with Faculty, Staff through Summer Research Experience Program

Doctoral students in the NC State College of Education had a unique opportunity to work alongside faculty and researchers in the college, including the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, through the Summer Research Experience program.