It’s time for the annual ASABE (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers) Sweetpotato Sale! This year the potatoes are being donated from a local North Carolina farm, Vick Family Farms. To preorder your sweetpotatoes, please provide your name, contact information, and the number of 10 pound boxes you would like. There is also an option to sponsor boxes to…
Buy (or donate) a 2019 Youth Market Turkey Show youth raised bird. Order and pay through Papa Spud’s, a local farm to fork delivery service at https://papaspuds.com/meat-share.php Buy a turkey: 13-18 lbs. or 18-22 lbs $30 or 22-26 lbs $35 or Donate a turkey to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle $30 (includes delivery fee) Home delivery Nov.…
This presentation traces the history of North Carolina State University’s cluster hiring program (The Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program), begun in 2011, and particularly focuses on the challenges of Humanities and Social Sciences faculty, first to be included in the program and, once included, to establish effective partnerships with STEM faculty. Some of the difficulties have…
Dr. Tim Kelliher Principal Scientist, Reproduction Biology, Syngenta Genome editing using CRISPR-Cas9 works efficiently in plant cells, but delivery of genome editing machinery into the vast majority of crop varieties is not possible using established methods. We co-opted the aberrant reproductive process of haploid induction (HI) to induce edits in nascent seeds of diverse monocot…
Event request from Dr. Christine Hawkes
The Technology Roundtable Series is a joint technology marketing effort by Nagoya University (NU) and its US technology transfer office, Technology Partnership of Nagoya University, Inc. (NU Tech), in cooperation with local universities in RTP, including NC State University. The first Roundtable commenced in 2010. The Roundtable 2019 is the tenth anniversary event and focuses…
“Circadian Post-transcriptional Regulation of Fungal Metabolism” Presented by Dr. Jennifer Hurley Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM
Ryan Sparhawk, Master of Soil Science student, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, will present a seminar: “Soil Science and Opportunities in Environmental Consulting: Mining Reclamation, Wetland Surveys and Superfund Cleanup."
The last BEESS (Biology, Ecology, and Evolution Seminar Series) speaker of 2019 is Dr. Larisa Avens from National Marine Fisheries Service–NOAA Beaufort Lab.
Participating High school Juniors, Seniors and Transfer students have the opportunity to Spend a Day at State and learn more about the College of Agriculture and Life Science and the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences! The visit includes a CALS information session, class observation in Crop and Soil Sciences, meeting with the Director of…
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, NC State will honor requests for reasonable accommodations made by individuals with disabilities. Direct accommodation requests to the event organizer listed on the event.
