UNC Tuition Grant for NCSSM Graduates status remains uncertain

​As the North Carolina General Assembly convenes to deliberate a new biennium budget, ongoing financial uncertainty created by the...

Phifer Family gift to NCSSM-Morganton will honor Dr. John Fleming

As North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics (NCSSM) extends its mission by adding a second residential campus in western North...

Q&A with NCSSM Alumni Award winners: Janora McDuffie, Lydia Coulter Kwee, and Minh Do (Part 2)

The Alumni Awards recognize NCSSM alumni for their service to the NCSSM community and beyond. The 2020 recipients were announced...

Record $7.5M gift to renovate dorms, add academic commons on NCSSM's Durham campus

A $7.5-million private gift -- the largest ever in the history of North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics -- will help...

Q&A with NCSSM Alumni Award winners: Tricia Seitzer Garland, Akhil Jariwala, and Marshall Massengill (Part 1)

In the words of Elizabeth Moose, Dean and Instructor of Humanities, spoken during Alumni Weekend 2020: it is the alumni out there...

NCSSM developing cybersecurity curriculum with support of $100K Cisco grant

The largest enterprise cybersecurity company in the world, Cisco, has directed a $100,000 grant to North Carolina School of Science...

Remembering the unforgettable Dr. John Kolena

View a recording of the virtual remembrance event.   The NCSSM family gathered on January 23rd to virtually celebrate the life of...

A semester at arm’s length: COVID precautions enable a safe fall

As 2020 ended -- while North Carolina and the country recorded alarming, accelerating COVID-19 case counts -- North Carolina School of...

NCSSM students selected as 2021 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics continues our tradition of having a statistically significant number of students...

Chancellor's statement on events of Jan. 6, 2021

Chancellor Todd Roberts issued this statement on Jan. 7, 2021, to the NCSSM community: As we begin the second half of our academic...

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In the Media

Triangle travel rewards startup featured on "Shark Tank" purchased by Experian (N&O)

Former Durham nurse assistant launches cleaning business (ABC11)

How drug discovery software is inspiring US high-school students (Drug Discovery World)

Karen LeVert joins African American tech leaders’ call for action (WRAL TechWire)

Jeff Parker '82, president of Parker Industries, reflects on his time at NCSSM (Morganton News Herald)

NCSSM named state winner in Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition (ABC11 and WRAL)

Christina Koch '97 breaks record for longest continuous spaceflight by a woman (News & Observer)

NASA astronaut Christina Koch '97 set for first all-female spacewalk (ABC11)

Vaishnavi Siripurapu ’18 pursues research in reproductive health at UNC-Chapel Hill (UNC Research)

Logan Atkinson '04 sells his small-batch "underground ice cream" under the brand name "Don't Tell Mother" (Bites of Bull City)

Christina Koch '97 named News & Observer's Tar Heel of the Month

NCSSM Online student Lillie Williams named Engineer Girl Ambassador (Morganton News Herald)

Podcast: How to Get to Space (with Christina Koch '97 and faculty emerita Myra Halpin) (Our State magazine)

Connected computing: An NC Zoo and NCSSM partnership with rural schools statewide (EdNC.com)

NCSSM breaks ground on new campus in Morganton (EdNC.com)

NCSSM receives $5 million gift for new Morganton campus from CHS Blue Ridge (Triangle Business Journal)

NCSSM Groundbreaking: Special podium symbolizes bond between schools (The News-Herald, Morganton)

Math and science high school planned for Morganton (WLOS News 13)

"AI Goes To High School," including to NCSSM with new Ryden program (Forbes)

Rhiannon Giddens ('95) and What Folk Music Means (The New Yorker)

Navami Jain '19 and Jenny Huang '19 named U.S. Presidential Scholars

Shraddha Rathod '14 and Mona Amin '14's company Freshspire connects farmers to buyers to reduce food waste (GrepBeat)

Amie Thompson '94 named new CEO and president of Creative Allies, Raleigh-based content marketing firm

NASA astronaut Christina Koch ’97's mission extended until February 2020, set to be longest single spaceflight by a woman

Kendall Hageman, Director of Distance Education and Extended Programs, talks about STEM education on Spectrum News

NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch '97 scheduled to launch to International Space Station on March 14 (NC State)

Tonya Smith-Jackson '82 named interim director of NC A&T's new Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity

Keith Gray '90 named chief medical officer of University of Tennessee Medical Center

Team of '16, '17 alumni -- Jackson Bostian, William Jordan, Tanya Mittal, and Nicholas Schwankl -- win grand prize in NC State's sustainability innovation competition

Adam Preslar '06, co-founder of agricultural tech startup, receives Legacy Award from Creativity Foundation

NCSSM's Bob Gotwals and computational sciences program in Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation publication (p. 25)

Julia Huesa '16 elected Harvard's Undergraduate Council vice president

Melissa Ilardo's '07  research on Bajau divers' breath-holding ability featured in The Economist

Gregory McLeod '89 named president of Edgecombe Community College (Rocky Mount Telegram)

NCSSM Science Dean Amy Sheck featured in American Association for the Advancement of Science

Rhiannon Giddens '95 on N.C. institutions that shaped her musical journey (N.C. Arts Council)

Follow Alex Hornstein '03 on expedition to film giant manta rays in Ecuador (National Geographic Open Explorer)

STEM school opens new horizons for Henderson County graduates

NC Biotech Center: Sumani Nunna '18 among finalists for International BioGENEius Challenge

Paul Meggett '87 named Appalachian State University General Counsel

Melissa Ilardo '07 published in Cell, featured on NPR's Science Friday for work on Palau divers' extraordinary breath-holding

Salisbury Post: Amy Wilson '92 brings passion for health care to new job as medical director at Community Care Clinic

Hickory Record profiles former NCSSM board member and educator Sallie Johnson

N&O: Rhiannon Giddens '95, talent and guts and conviction

Triangle Business Journal: Former trustee Lori Gibbs honored with 2017 Leaders In Diversity Award 

Herald-Sun: Tuition waiver for NCSSM makes final draft of state budget

Herald-Sun: Ruderman '17, Ives '17 honored at Durham Sports Club year-end banquet

Charlotte Business Journal: Schmalbeck receives Energy Leadership Award

N&O: NCSSM wins National High School Ethics Bowl

Herald Sun: NCSSM students to compete in top math competition

ABC-11: NCSSM students head to national math competition to solve climate problems 

Morganton News Herald: Bill would help science, math students

News India Times: California attorney Harmeet Dhillon '85 in running for DOJ job

Greenville Daily Reflector: Zara Mehta '17 earns Girl Scout Gold Award

UNC System highlights entrepreneur Mona Amin '14

College of Charleston: NCSSM students win annual programming competition

UNC System highlights inventor Alex Hornstein '03

ECU: Student innovator Mona Amin '14 selected for unique train journey

N&O: Anja Sheppard '18 earns Girl Scout Gold award for work with Haitian orphanage

N&O: Three NCSSM students are Siemens semifinalists

WRAL: Jon Hayes '03 shares tricks to traveling cheap

Asheville Citizen-Times: Artificial pancreas could save lives with Jeremy DeJournett '12

American Mathematical Society's journal Notices: Interview with Helen Moore '84

Higher Education Works: 'Not your typical math teacher,' profile of Philip Rash

Syracuse U. Magazine: Alexis Pena '12 graduates as 'community minded scientist'

UNC Asheville: Erin Shaw ’09 awarded Fulbright grant to teach English in Malaysia