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Sheep graze between rows of solar panels.

Sep 12, 2016

Got Sheep? Want A Solar Farm?

Many solar energy companies have started leasing land from farmers to build solar farms – and hiring sheep to control ground cover. The trend has been a revitalizing force in the North Carolina sheep industry. 
NC State student Ben Alig

Sep 9, 2016

Student Spotlight: Entrepreneur Builds Steam at NC State

From an early age, Ben Alig has taken an entrepreneurial approach to life. Now, he’s a junior studying poultry science and agribusiness management at NC State University, having come through the university’s unique STEAM program. 
Jose Ascencio-Ibanez and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences student Morgan Rainey use low pressure particle acceleration methods to deliver a virus to plants in the laboratory. Photo by Becky Kirkland.

Sep 8, 2016

Gates Grant Helps NC State Solve Molecular Mysteries

The effort to defeat a key African food crop disease gets a boost from a $2.15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 
Group examines sample in lab

Sep 8, 2016

Gates Foundation Grant Fuels NC State Study of Devastating Crop Disease

An ongoing NC State University partnership to defeat a disease of a key African food crop got a boost recently when the project received a $2.15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 
New CALS BAE department head Dr. Garey Fox

Sep 7, 2016

CALS Names New Head of Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Dr. Garey Fox of Oklahoma State University will join CALS as the new head of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering. 

Aug 31, 2016

2016 Fall Plant Sale at NC Museum of Art

The fall semester is back in full swing, and with that comes the Pi Alpha Xi fall plant sale!  Pi Alpha Xi, or PAX, has two plant sales every year… 
Dr. J.C. Raulston

Aug 31, 2016

Dr. J.C. Raulston Inducted into 2016 Raleigh Hall of Fame

Dr. J.C. Raulston will be inducted posthumously into the Raleigh Hall of Fame on October 3, 2016 in downtown Raleigh. Dr. Raulston encouraged his students, colleagues and friends to “plan… 
Antonio (center) with his parents Jose Alonso and Anna Stepanova

Aug 29, 2016

The Next Science Guy?

We all know that GMOs are controversial, but what, exactly, are they? For a matter-of-fact explanation, check out the short animated video that Antonio Alonso-Stepanov created for YouTube. 
Alsayed M. Mashaheet and mentor pose with research poster and award

Aug 29, 2016

Ph.D. student wins for national poster presentation

At the American Phytopathological Society’s recent annual meeting, a poster presentation by NC State University Plant Pathology Ph.D. student Alsayed M. Mashaheet and his co-authors was among five winners of the 2016 APS Phytobiomes Journal Poster Award, sponsored by the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. 
Three NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences students analyze soil in the field.

Aug 26, 2016

Students Get Close-Up Look at Carolina Soils and Landscapes

From the shifting sands of the Outer Banks in the east to the high mountain soils of the west, undergraduates from across the United States got an up-close look this summer at North Carolina’s variety of soils and landscapes.