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a plant with green leaves and purple blooms

Sep 26, 2024

Mining the Potential of pokeweed

Colleen Doherty, a professor in the Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, is investigating whether the plant pokeweed could extract rare earth elements to help power batteries and bolster the green economy. 
Dr. Trino and Annette

Sep 23, 2024

Two Biochemistry Alumni Honored as 2024 Outstanding CALS Alumni

Two Biochemistry Alumni, Jose Trinidad Ascencio-Ibáñez (“Trino”) and Annette Bodenheimer, received Outstanding Alumni Awards for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). They, along with other outstanding alumni, were honored… 
Rows of crops on a farm

Mar 25, 2024

New Software Boosts Accuracy of Tech to Measure Crop Health

A new tool improves the accuracy of electronic devices that measure the color of a plant’s leaves to assess health. 
NC State's Memorial Belltower with the sun peeking through the trees

Jun 21, 2023

Four Incoming CALS Students Named Park Scholars

The four students were selected for the Park Scholarship out of more than 3,400 applicants. 
The University of York in the winter

Jun 14, 2023

Colleen Doherty Wins Fulbright Award to Study Phytomining in England

Doherty will study how plants can be used to mine rare earth elements during a six-month Fulbright Award at the University of York this winter. 
NC State belltower on a sunny day

Mar 29, 2023

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. 
a female NC State graduate at the Belltower

Feb 27, 2023

Alumna Gains Confidence for Medical Career at NC State

Biochemistry alumna Malone Friedman is enrolled in a training program where she will earn her M.D. and Ph.D. with a goal of treating pediatric patients and conducting medical research. 
Young female student wearing a red sweater and graduation cap

Dec 9, 2022

Prepared for a Bold Future

Aanandi Munshi graduates this December with a Master of Science in Biochemistry and plans to become a doctor. 
DJ and Ruthie Stokes

Nov 7, 2022

Tradition Meets Innovation

Fueled by their father’s passion for agriculture, Ruthie and DJ Stokes are keeping a family promise: do what you love. The fourth-generation farmers have found common ground in supporting producers back home and feeding a growing population. 
Lavanya Nagaraj

Nov 2, 2022

A Passion for Medicine

As a partner with Blue Ridge Dermatology, NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumna Lavanya Nagaraj is pursuing the life she always wanted.