RALEIGH — N.C. State University’s College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences became the College of Sciences on Monday, upending the traditional academic structure to create a space where big data and life sciences can work together. A strategic planning task force recommended the move in 2012 to accommodate the increasing overlap between scientific research and mathematical analysis in such areas as genetics, nanotechnology and environmental science. “N.C. State has a long history of strength in math and computer science, and we are developing our strengths in biological sciences,” university Provost Warwick Arden said. “So it...
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