Stories From 2021
Healthy Start: Alumna Virginia Stage Adds Science, Nutrition in Preschool
NC State alumna Virginia Stage, a nutrition researcher, leads programs to introduce science and nutrition in preschool.
Full Circle: Food Scientist Katie Maloney’s NC State Ties
A three-time NC State graduate helps develop new food products at work and shares Wolfpack traditions with a third generation at home.
DELTA Grant Nutrition Faculty Receive Gertrude Cox Award
When Associate Professor Suzie Goodell and Assistant Professor Natalie Cooke began working with DELTA in 2013, Cooke was a grad student just beginning to learn about 360° videos and the flipped learning model. Fast forward to 2015 when Cooke and […]
Growing NC Food Entrepreneurship
North Carolina ranks third among states when it comes to agricultural diversity. Our farmers produce about 90 different commodities, but roughly 80% of crops grown here are shipped out of state to be processed. What’s being done to tap the potential for food entrepreneurs, to bring these commodities home, so to speak, to create more…
A ‘Spark’ for Nutrition Science
Just as she discovered nutrition science as an undergraduate at NC State, Natalie Cooke helps ignite students’ interest in the discipline.
A How-To Manual on the Science of Making Good Beer
If you’re teaching a course on brewing beer, and you can’t find the book you want, you write it yourself.
Lactobacillus Manipulates Bile Acids to Create Favorable Gut Environment
Probiotic bacteria create a better environment for their survival by manipulating bile acids.