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The Triangle is home to a large and lively book arts community of artists, academics and librarians. They’re gathering for the first Triangle Book History Symposium at the National Humanities Center…

Certainly you've noticed the fencing around the west side of D. H. Hill Jr. Library and the Brickyard. The sidewalk between the library's West Wing and Scott Hall is being replaced because it’s too…

The NCSU Libraries teams up with the College of Sciences for an evening of family-friendly hands-on science demos, fun and informative talks, tours of the Hunt Library’s technology spaces, as well as…

Our intrepid data rescue librarians teach you all about web archiving and public datasets in two free workshops on Thursday, April 20. The NCSU Libraries workshops are part of Endangered Data Week, a…

You wait all year for the Friends of the Libraries Frank B. Armstrong Memorial Book Sale—now it’s finally here! All next week—April 17-21—come to the tent in the Brickyard to find bargains on…

When you tear into a chocolate bar, you might not be thinking about how difficult it was to deliver it to your happy tongue. Chocolate comes from the seed of the cacao fruit, which is native to the…

Be sure to stop and smell the roses. And take a picture while you’re at it. The NCSU Libraries’ Wolfpack Citizen Science Challenge and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences are partnering to…

Immersive Virtual Environments (IVEs) have been described as “the next best thing to being there.” They are digital worlds in which users can immerse themselves by wearing headsets and other hardware…

Put your wildlife knowledge to the test in eMammal Lite, a web-based animal tagging game hosted in the Hunt Library’s iPearl Immersion Theater. The entertaining game uses citizen science imagery to…

Who do you want to design the future of life on this planet—artists or genetic engineers? Could the answer be: both? Raleigh's contemporary art museum, CAM Raleigh, hosts "Shaping Our Genetic Future…

The NCSU Libraries celebrates National Poetry Month with a variety of events, including a poetry reading by students and faculty in NC State's MFA Creative Writing program on Thursday, April 6, at 7…

NCSU Libraries hosts OpenCon 2017, a full-day student conference to build leadership and outreach skills, on Saturday, April 1 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Talley Student Union. Students will learn how…

3D printing will be on display at the Veterinary Medicine Library this Saturday, April 1 at the College of Veterinary Medicine Open House. Visit the Veterinary Medicine Library to see a…

To a traditional ceramic artist, today’s technology is sometimes at odds with their craft. But contemporary artists see the technology as a part of the craft tradition—just another tool to use and…

It’s rare that an environmental engineer becomes a household name. Marc Edwards is an exception—especially in Flint, Michigan. Edwards, a researcher and professor of civil and environmental…

Erase the labels from a bar graph or pie chart, and you’ll have no idea what it’s about. Influential data journalist Mona Chalabi sees that as a pervasive problem with our most commonly used data…

Learn about the risks of a lack of biodiversity in our food supply, join a citizen science project to do something about it, and sip the same chocolate drink that Aztec kings did—all in one night at…

The Triangle is a hotspot for gaming companies, and Michael Lepard’s Cary-based company Unlit Games is a leader in virtual reality gaming. Lepard visits to talk about “Virtual Reality in Video Games…

Flex the muscles in your arm. That’s kinetic energy. What if you could harvest that as electricity, like how dams use flowing water or windmills wind? Canan Dagdeviren has put this idea into action…

The NCSU Libraries hosts a jam-packed day of hands-on music workshops and performances on Wednesday, March 22, led by talented musicians and producers from bands including Sylvan Esso and Blursome,…