In News, President Barack Obama announced on June 20th that NC State will lead the southeast hub for the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, which aims to catalyze economic growth in the United States by bringing academic institutions and the private sector closer together.In Features, At every home football game, NC State fans come out in droves to cheer on their players but among the crowd is a very special member of the wolfpack, a tamaskan. His name is Tuffy II, and he joins his brother as a mascot this fall season.
In Sports, before the 2016 NBA Draft, former NC State point guard Cat Barber was projected to go off the board anywhere from the end of the first round to the middle of the second round. The overall expectation was that, at the very least, he would get drafted at some point. However, that was not the case, as he fell out of the draft entirely and became a free agent.
