Apply these capitalization guidelines to article headlines, headers within articles, and webpage titles and headers:

• Capitalize all words in a headline, header or title except articles (a, an, the); prepositions of three or fewer letters (for, of, on, up, etc.); and conjunctions of three or fewer letters (and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet, etc.) unless any of those come first or last.
• Capitalize prepositions of four or more letters (above, after, down, inside, over, with, etc.) and conjunctions of four or more letters (because, while, since, though, etc.)
• Capitalize both parts of a phrasal verb: “What To Look For in a Mate”; “Turn Off the Lights in Silence.” But: “A Life of Eating Chocolate for Stamina”; “Living With Both Feet off the Ground.” (Note the different uses of “for” and “off,” and thus the different capitalization, in those examples.)
• Capitalize “to” in infinitives: “What I Want To Be When I Grow Up.”

NC State’s first building, Holladay Hall, was originally called the Main Building. The cornerstone was laid in August 1888, and the building was opened Oct. 3, 1889. The building was renamed for the college’s first president, Alexander Quarles Holladay, in 1915. Today, Holladay Hall houses the office of the chancellor and other administrative offices.

This library on Centennial Campus houses collections relevant to science, technology, engineering, mathematics and textiles. The library’s full name is:

James B. Hunt Jr. Library

Following a 2019 change in AP style, do not use a hyphen in terms that indicate dual racial/ethnic heritage: African American, Asian American, Italian American, Mexican American, etc.

Lowercase in all cases.

NC State differs from AP with regard to italics. Use italics for unfamiliar foreign words and phrases that are not proper nouns:

The indigenous people of that region subscribe to a Weltanschauung that views the health of the people as dependent upon the health of the land.

The Afro-Brazilian drum troupe Grupo Cultural Olodum performed on Paul Simon’s album Rhythm of the Saints.

Foreign words and phrases found in the dictionary can generally be set in roman type:

The commedia dell’arte provided a way for the artistic classes to comment on political issues of the day.

Titles of large works — books, journals, magazines, newspapers, albums, television shows and the like — are italicized.

• Being Written is a novel by NC State alumnus William Conescu.
• The professor’s research was published in the Journal of Materials Sciences.
• The New York Times has requested an interview with the chancellor.

This facility, informally known as the McKimmon Center, is named for a home demonstration leader who was among the first women to receive degrees from NC State. In addition to providing a wide array of learning opportunities, professional meeting facilities and university services, the center also houses NC State Continuing and Lifelong Education.

The terms Jr., Sr., III and the like used after a person’s name are part of the name and thus generally do not take a comma:

Lonnie Poole Jr. gave a generous gift to the university.

If a person requests that we use the comma with his or her name, we should grant the request out of respect for the individual. We should also remember that when a building, fund or other entity is named after a person, the entity and the person are distinct from one another, and so are their names. Hence, at the request of Gov. Jim Hunt, we use the comma in his name.

Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr. spoke to an appreciative audience.

But there is no comma used in the full name of the Hunt Library:

The James B. Hunt Jr. Library is one of the most technologically advanced learning and collaboration spaces in the world.

This performance venue, located on the second floor of Thompson Hall, is operated by University Theatre, a division of Arts NC State. Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre seats 103 patrons.

The Morrill Act of 1862 established the nation’s land-grant university system by authorizing federal land grants to states to help create colleges that would teach “agriculture and the mechanic arts” to the “industrial classes.” A second Morrill Act in 1890 extended land-grant status to additional institutions, including many historically Black colleges and universities.

Use the hyphenated, lowercase adjective “land-grant” when describing universities, institutions or missions (e.g., land-grant university, land-grant tradition). Use the open form “land grant” as a noun (e.g., the state received a land grant).