"I Learned To Speak Up And Be Heard"

Applied Ecology Ph.D. student Emily Reed reimagines women in STEM.

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Students Renovate Rooftop Garden For Food Production

The food that NC State horticultural science students are growing in a rooftop garden on the Talley Student Union won't have to go far from farm to fork: just one floor down, to the 1887 Bistro.

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Nov 13, 2018

Creating Molecular Tools To Impact Plant Growth

NSF CAREER award winner Anna Stepanova is creating molecular tools to turn certain plant genes on and off at will. She also plans to create a new biotechnology class and start an outreach effort for high school students and their science teachers.

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Nov 9, 2018

You Decide: Can Small Towns Make a Comeback?

North Carolina used to be a state of small towns, but the state has shifted over the years to larger metro areas. NC State Extension’s Mike Walden asks: Are small towns poised for a comeback?

New CALS Entrepreneurship series of classes

Entrepreneurship Pitch Session

In a new ARE program, hopeful student entrepreneurs must build a business pitch that stands up to investor scrutiny.

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Talk To Your Crop

This year, CALS' Stewards of the Future features collaborative work developing sensors to decipher how plants communicate.

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Homegrown Erin McKenney making a sourdough starter.

Starting Your Sourdough

Want to make your own sourdough bread? Sourdough is incredibly easy to make, but first you have to make a starter. Homegrown shows you how!

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NC State Extension's work helps fuel the N.C. economy by delivering solutions directly into the hands of the state's citizens.

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Nearly all CALS students with high-need degrees graduate with jobs that have salaries well above the state’s median income.

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NCSU CALS Animal Science alum Kelly Blanton

Building The Next-Generation Student

What five traits will get students hired after graduation? And how does CALS make sure our students develop into workforce-ready employees? We talked to 14 top CALS employers from around the state, nation and world to find out – then searched our college for students and faculty who are thinking and doing the extraordinary.

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Nov8

Thursday

Dairy Science Club Annual Cheese Sale - ends November 20!

Nov27

Tuesday 3:45 PM

PMB Seminar Series Fall 2018 – Dr. Ashley Beck

Dec3

Monday 8:00 AM

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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