BEESS: Leveraging symbionts to protect pollinators

101 David Clark Labs

The BEESS (Biology, Ecology, and Evolution Seminar Series) has announced the spring line-up of speakers!  The first of the year is Dr. Quinn McFrederick joining us from the McFrederick Melittology Lab at University of California, Riverside.  He will speak on […]

BEESS: Skeletochronology and sea turtles

101 David Clark Labs

The BEESS (Biology, Ecology, and Evolution Seminar Series) has announced the spring line-up of speakers!  Join Dr. Larisa Avens from the National Marine Fisheries Service & NOAA Beaufort Lab for her talk, “Skeletochronology and sea turtles: Insights into age, growth, […]

NCARS Assistant Director Candidate Seminar

https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/96814489370 , United States

Michael Reiskind, an associate professor in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and candidate for the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service (NCARS) Assistant Director, Life Sciences position, will present his vision for the position on Tuesday, May 12. Reiskind’s […]

Bread Baking As Opportunity

Bread baking presents us with countless opportunities: reflection, patience, nourishment, generosity, observation… and the list goes on and on and on!! In this session, Josey Baker will explore some of the opportunities he has found in his decade of bread baking, both […]

Plant Health: Using Technology to Monitor, Analyze and Treat

Zoom Webinar

September’s event will be VIRTUAL due to the current COVID-19 restrictions. The Ag Tech Professional Forum 2020 series theme is around plant health in recognition of the United Nation’s “International Year of Plant Health.” As such, September’s panel will center […]

Gardening in the South (online event)

JC Raulston Arboretum 4415 Beryl Rd, Raleigh, NC, United States

Gardening in the South is back for new and experienced gardeners alike! Join us for a series of presentations that are guaranteed to expand your horizons. This year’s lineup includes speakers Basil Camu, Bryce Lane and Mark Weathington. Basil will […]

The Science of Food

Hunt Library Auditorium 1070 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC, United States

Come break bread with the citizen scientists, researchers, and high school students who have unraveled several mysteries of our simple foods.

Gardens of the World Part Two: Western European Wonders

In this six-week installment of “Gardens of the World” we will travel to some of my favorite gardens in France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. Come visit Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny France, beautiful island villa gardens of Northern Italy, some of the most stunning gardens along the Mediterranean, and so much more. As we tour these gardens, I’ll identify gardening lessons we can learn and apply in our own gardens!

Keep Hope Alive: Winter Bloom and Other Plants of Interest – Plantsmen’s Tour

December brings the official start of winter and the year’s shortest day. Despite this, gardens in the South are full of color and interesting plants that look their best in the winter. Tour around the JC Raulston Arboretum’s grounds virtually as Doug shows us some of his favorite plants with winter interest.

Fern Propagation Workshop

Learn about the reproductive cycle of ferns and how to propagate them from spores in this hands-on workshop. Participants will be introduced to terms like gametophyte and sporophyte and will clean and sow spores and divide gametophytes and sporophytes. Each participant will take home a variety of ferns in various stages of development.