2016
How to Prepare Your Own Eggnog
![Arboretum gate in November in the early afternoon](https://cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecology/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2016/12/jcraulstongate.jpg)
JC Raulston Arboretum’s New Grand Entrance Open Every Day of the Year
![image of a decorated graduation cap](https://cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecology/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2016/12/grad.jpg)
December Graduates’ Reflections
![Front exterior of Patterson Hall](https://cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecology/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2016/12/patterson-hall-exterior.jpg)
Esbenshade Tapped as FSLI Director
![Ben Smith examines a hemlock tree.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecology/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2016/12/bensmith.jpg)
Far from Being Futile, Resistance is This Tree Breeder’s Goal
![Luping Qu stands beside a hops trellis.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecology/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2016/12/img20160629224314.jpg)
Maturing South Atlantic Hop Industry is Topic for March Conference
![A broad 'normal' cotton leaf compared to an 'okra'-shaped cotton leaf.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecology/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2016/12/normal-and-okra.jpg)
Scientists Crack the Genetic Code Determining Leaf Shape in Cotton
![Aerial of Memorial Belltower and surrounding buildings on campus.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecology/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2016/12/aerial.jpg)
New Class Covers Regulatory Affairs for Biotech, Crop Protection
![NC State belltower at night](https://cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecology/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2016/12/nc-state-bell-tower-1.jpg)
An Extraordinary Year
![April Shaeffer of CALS Animal Science started a livestock workshop series aimed at women.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecology/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2016/12/april-cow-tags.jpg)