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People, Plants and Profit

Where do people, plants and profit converge? Assistant Professor Melinda Knuth and her lab study the intersections between horticulture, personal well-being and consumer interest. 
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10 CALS Faculty Named 2022-23 Goodnight Early Career Innovators

The program recognizes and rewards promising NC State early-career faculty whose scholarship is in STEM or STEM education. 
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Access for All

NC State’s new Digital Access and Inclusion Project aims to advance digital equity and create new training opportunities for frontline 
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The Gift of Green Space

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Mar 8, 2023

Heeduk Oh: Improving Shelf-life Fruit Quality in Blueberry

Heeduk Oh is a doctoral student that researches how to improve shelf-life fruit quality in blueberries as part of a national team to strengthen Vaccinium industry production. 

Mar 8, 2023

Saving Bees, Butterflies – and Maybe Even Flies – Yard by Yard

The shape, color and even smell of the flowers that you plant determine the types of pollinators that come to your garden, an NC State expert says. 
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Mar 2, 2023

Ivy Honored for Contributions to North Carolina’s Horticultural Industry

Lee Ivy, director of the Agricultural Institute and assistant director of CALS’ Academic Programs, has been selected to receive the Kim Powell Outstanding Contribution to the Horticulture Industry Award. 
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Feb 20, 2023

Horticulture Today

Jodi Songer-Riedel and Liz Driscoll created Horticulture Today, a textbook guide for students looking to develop an appreciation for the diversity of horticulture and gain work-based experience. 
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Feb 20, 2023

Graduate Students Win “Sweet” Awards at National Sweetpotato Meeting

Horticulture graduate students won big at this year's National Sweetpotato Collaborators Group's annual meeting. 
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Feb 14, 2023

Mason Pharr Symposium: Education, Extension and Storytelling in Plant Science

The Mason Pharr Symposium on “Education, Extension and Storytelling in Plant Science” will be hosted on Friday, March 24 at 9 a.m. at NC State’s Plant Sciences Building.