Faculty

Nov 25, 2021

Burchell Appointed President of the American Ecological Engineering Society

Biological and Agricultural Engineering professor and department Extension leader Michael Burchell was recently elected as president of the American Ecological Engineering Society. 

Nov 22, 2021

University Loses Highly-respected and Beloved Member of the CALS and Applied Ecology Community

On Friday, Nov. 19, while in his hometown of Kankakee, IL, Tom Kwak, Ph.D. passed away. Kwak, an applied ecology professor and unit leader of the U.S. Geological Survey’s NC Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit will be missed. 

Nov 4, 2021

Richardson Named Culpepper Distinguished Professor In Aquatic Weed Science

Rob Richardson was recently named NC State’s William H. Culpepper, Jr. Distinguished Professor in Aquatic Weed Science for his outstanding contributions in aquatic weed management. 

Oct 2, 2021

Apply for the 2022 Kriz Faculty Study Leave Endowment

The Kriz Faculty Study Leave Endowment was established to encourage CALS faculty to take off-campus scholarly assignments. Apply by November 19, for an award of $5,000 to support an approved out-of-state study leave. 

Sep 27, 2021

Nominate Leaders for University Faculty Scholars

Nominations of CALS faculty for the University Faculty Scholars Program are due to Harry Daniels on Sept. 28, 2021, by 5 p.m. 

Sep 25, 2021

CALS Comm Workshop: Knocking It Out of the Park – Researchers’ Advice on Media Relations

Come hear an all-star group of faculty members speak about how they got started, lessons learned, rocking media interviews and getting comfortable with self-promotion. 

Sep 15, 2021

Building Future Faculty Program Accepting Applications

The NC State Building Future Faculty (BFF) Program is a two-and-half day workshop for doctoral candidates and post-doctoral scholars who are interested in pursuing academic careers and who are committed to promoting diversity in higher education. 

Sep 13, 2021

A Win for BenchBot

Crop and Soil Sciences’ Chris Reberg-Horton-Horton and Paula Ramos Giraldo's "BenchBot” image classification team won 3rd place in the North America region of the OpenCV AI Competition 2021 last week. It was the world’s largest spacial AI competition. 

Aug 27, 2021

Dr. Wusheng Liu recognized with ASHS Early Career Award

Dr. Wusheng Liu, assistant professor in the Department of Horticultural Science, recently returned from the American Society of Horticultural Science (ASHS) conference where he was awarded first place in the Early Career Competition 

Aug 17, 2021

Fall CALS Librarian Support

There are four agriculture and science librarians who support research and teaching for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.