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The transatlantic Titanic was the largest ship of its time, but its life was very short. The first and only voyage of the ship began April 10, 1912 and ended 4 days later. This tragedy occurred on the night of April 14-15, 1912. When the Titanic crashed, at least 1,496 people died, making this disaster one of the largest shipwrecks in history. Among the passengers of the ship were some of the richest people in the world, as well as immigrants from Ireland, Great Britain and Scandinavia, who were heading to the United States in search of a better life.

Watch Governor Bev Perdue and First Gentleman Bob Eaves unveil a new State Historic Marker in front of the Executive mansin on May 12, 2010 during a special Open House.

On Friday, April 23, 2010, the N.C. Museum of Art held a ceremony to mark the opening of the new home for its permanent collection. Museum Director Larry Wheeler was joined by Gov. Bev Perdue, Cultural Resources Secretary Linda Carlisle, and other special guests.

Mark Peiser, today a renowned glass artist, brought engineering and design skills into the glass studio at the Penland School of Crafts in 1967. Since that time his technical and aesthetic innovations have made a tremendous impact on the art world. Peiser, by one account, has produced an extensive and diverse body of highly original work that is not only beautiful but speaks volumes of the better creative spirit of humankind. He has played a fundamental role in taking his adopted state to the forefront of the studio glass movement. For his ground-breaking career as a glass artist with an international reputation for inventive and captivating work, Mark Peiser receives the 2009 North Carolina Award for Fine Arts.

Watch a group of school kids exp;ore the secrets and mysteries of the North Carolina State Capitol in this fun and fact filled video.

Nanotechnology and polymer chemistry are realms of science to which we increasingly look for life-changing and world-saving inventions. So esoteric are these fields that the average person does not even understand the basic principles. Yet Joseph DeSimone regularly plumbs the complex sciences for applications that address universal concerns such as cancer and the environment. Holding one hundred and twenty domestic and international patents, with a like amount of pending applications, his innovations include a technique to mass produce nanoparticles used to deliver drugs to cancerous tumors. For his breakthroughs in the fields of chemistry, pharmacology, and biomolecular engineering, Joseph M. DeSimone receives the 2009 North Carolina Award for Science.