Stories From 2016
Edible Plants Coming to Greenway
Edible plantings are in planning stages for campus trails, thanks to an innovative collaboration involving the Department of Horticultural Sciences. The project will be both a healthy eating resource and an educational tool.
Smart Research Keeps Produce Fresh
SmartFresh, an innovative product that helps extend the life of produce, is one of the most successful licensed technologies to come out of NC State research.
Destination: Down under
Helping feed a hungry world has long been graduating senior Austin Wrenn’s goal. But little did he know how much his experiences in growing food in controlled environments would relate to his new job — or that the job would take him to Australia.
Animal Science alum keeps peace on campus
Jeanne Miller puts her animal science degree to use in a way she had never imagined as an undergrad: she now patrols campus as a senior officer with the Mounted Unit of the NC State University Police Department.
‘Winner-winner’ behavior may shape animal hierarchies
Researchers have developed a behavioral model that explains the complexity and diversity of social hierarchies in ants and which scientists believe may help us understand the nature of other animal societies, from primates to dolphins.
Farm Animal Days: Connecting agriculture and education
NC State University’s annual Farm Animal Days lets area children experience agriculture up close and hands on with the guidance of CALS experts. Field days are important because agriculture is crucial to the North Carolina economy – and more than two-thirds of that contribution is generated by farm animals.
Want an A? Help sell a cow.
Students from Professor Gary Gregory’s Livestock Merchandizing class ran an auction at the Beef Education Unit and sold about two dozen horses, cows, goats and sheep – for a final grade. Proceeds help cover operating expenses at the agriculture education units where the animals are raised.
Engineering agriculture
For industrial engineering graduate student Jazmine Davis, interdisciplinary work in agriculture has been life-changing.
Maggots modified to help heal human wounds
In a proof-of-concept study, NC State University researchers show that genetically engineered green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) larvae can produce and secrete a human growth factor – a molecule that helps promote cell growth and wound healing.
NC State’s Barrangou Wins Canada Gairdner Award
Rodolphe Barrangou wins prestigious Gairdner Award for pioneering the gene-editing system known as CRISPR.