Stories From 2023
Check Out CALS at the Fair
From the Food Science Club and Howling Cow ice cream to the Animal Science Club’s milk booth, check out how NC State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences helped make this year’s North Carolina State Fair the best day ever!
Four Students Receive First Graduate Student Endowment for N.C. PSI
Four graduate students have been awarded the inaugural Norma L. Trolinder N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative Graduate Student Endowment.
Could Biostimulants Save Doomed Cotton Seedlings?
Lori Unruh-Snyder discovered that cotton seed damage locations and patterns can accurately predict seedling performance. Now, they are testing ways growers could overcome these deficits.
From Ideas to Solutions
Six projects secured support from the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund this year, and for the first time in the fund’s history, awardees will receive supplemental resources through local entrepreneur and investor Bill Spruill’s 2ndF Research Commercialization Fund.
CALS Student Explores Biofuel at National Laboratory
This summer, Paige Seibert is learning how to turn carbon dioxide into biofuel at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado.
Wang-Li Named Interim Head of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
An accomplished professor in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering will serve as interim department head starting Aug. 1.
Four Incoming CALS Students Named Park Scholars
The four students were selected for the Park Scholarship out of more than 3,400 applicants.
An Unforgettable Undergraduate Experience
Shelby Orton was drawn to agriculture at an early age. From childhood experiences going on veterinary calls with her father to a summer camp tour of NC State, she always wanted to learn more.
Graduate Programs Keep Climbing in Rankings
This year’s U.S. News rankings bring good news for NC State’s graduate programs. Three programs placed in the top five nationwide, while numerous other graduate programs advanced.
Interdisciplinary Garden Bridges Engineering, Food Security
Graduate student Jasmine Gibson is leading the transformation of a grassy patch next to the D.S. Weaver Laboratories into an active, educational space that promotes urban horticulture and farming practices.