NC State

About North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University is a public land-grant research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887, NC State is the largest university in North Carolina with more than 37,000 students enrolled across 12 colleges offering over 300 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs.

NC State is particularly recognized for its programs in engineering, computer science, agriculture, and life sciences. The university is a founding member of the Research Triangle, a technology and research hub comprising NC State, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, one of the most concentrated research corridors in the United States.

Journalism & Science Communication

NC State’s journalism program, housed within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, combines traditional reporting disciplines with a strong emphasis on science and technology communication. This cross-disciplinary approach produces journalists capable of covering technically complex beats, including biotechnology, AI hardware, medical research, and emerging technologies.

The program’s proximity to NC State’s engineering and life sciences departments gives journalism students direct access to primary research sources: named researchers, published studies, and laboratory contexts that are otherwise difficult for reporters to access without scientific grounding.

ObjectWire Alumni

Max DeLeonardis, ObjectWire’s founding writer and Science & Technology Reporter, graduated from NC State’s journalism program. Based in Austin, Texas, DeLeonardis covers biotechnology, CRISPR, medical research, AI hardware, video games, and emerging technologies. His primary-source discipline, sourcing named researchers and official regulatory filings before any speculation, reflects NC State’s science journalism framework.