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Lee County Extension Gail Foushee Flowers
Sep 8, 2017

Lee County's Women in Ag: Savvy Marketer, Flower Farmer

Lee County Extension's Women in Ag series highlights retail flower farmer (and savvy marketer) Gail Foushee.
Man holding an open case containing pinned insects.
Sep 5, 2017

Buggin' Out: CALS' Insect Museum Grows

When is a gift of 60,000+ insects a good thing? When it becomes part of NC State’s Insect Museum.
CALS students in a lab
Sep 12, 2017

CALS Makes Progress With Graduate Student Enrollment

Five years ago, CALS adopted an ambitious goal to become one of the Top 5 colleges of its kind in the country by 2020. Today, we're well on our way to meeting academic, research and extension objectives – including one designed to enhance graduate student enrollment.
Sunlight through trees in a Brazilian forest.
Aug 30, 2017

Expanding Tropical Forest Spells Disaster for Conservation

An NC State University study shows that fire suppression efforts in Brazilian savannas turn many of those areas into forest lands, with negative consequences for the plants and animals that live there.
Students learn about composting from a Master Gardener volunteer.
Aug 25, 2017

A Tale of Two Gardens

Research-based knowledge, creativity, hard work and enthusiasm come together in county Cooperative Extension demonstration gardens throughout North Carolina. This is the tale of two of those many gardens and how they serve their communities.

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Sep 19, 2017

Scientists Unravel Mysteries of DNA Replication in Corn

DNA replication is among life’s most important processes, providing a way for an organism’s genetic material to be reproduced so it can be passed from cell to cell. For the first time, scientists have characterized that process for an entire plant genome.

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Sep 18, 2017

Want to Get "Ants"-y? CALS Alum at Quail Ridge Books

CALS alumna Eleanor Spicer Rice will fill you in on your closest — and tiniest — neighbors.

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Sep 15, 2017

You Decide: What Are The Good And Bad In Today's Economy?

There’s two sides to every story. What are the sides for the economy today? NC State University economist Mike Walden lays out some of the major points in today’s economy so you can decide.

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