{"id":505,"date":"2024-08-08T07:56:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T11:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/thuo\/?page_id=505"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:51:29","slug":"outreach-and-engagement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/thuo\/outreach-and-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Outreach and Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">History<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-timeline wp-block-ncst-timeline\" id=\"ncst-timeline-ncst-timeline-0\">\n        <div class=\"ncst-timeline__container\">\n        \n      <div class=\"line\" data-start=\"line\" data-end=\"arrow\"><\/div>\n      <ul class=\"ncst-timeline__entry-list\">\n        \n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">2010<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\">Faculty internship program through Novartis seeding labs: <a href=\"https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/articles\/88\/i42\/Handing-Down-Hope.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Handing Down Hope<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">2013<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\">Global intellectual property patent talk on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cBA4n6yqwK4?si=RLk6gtvAdlvPDbC4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sunrise Live<\/a><\/em> <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">2015<\/span>\n    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