April 2012

Apr 4, 2012

Feeding future populations is the issue at 2012 Commissioner’s Series kick-off session

The event was the first of two sessions in this year’s Commissioner’s Speaker Series, hosted by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Agricultural Institute, Agri-Life Council, Alpha Zeta and the CALS Alumni and Friends Society. The next session is April 11. 

Apr 4, 2012

The export boom

One of the bright signs of today’s U.S. economy has been exports: American companies are now selling more to foreign countries than ever before. So what are we selling? And why are exports doing this well? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden answers. 

Apr 3, 2012

Alumnus-owned Tull Hill Farms wins award from NC Department of Labor

Tull Hill Farms, co-owned by Kendall Hill, a 1962 graduate of the College's Department of Horticultural Science, received the Hudler Safety Training Award from the North Carolina Department of Labor. The award is given each year to a North Carolina grower who demonstrates excellence in farm safety. 

Apr 3, 2012

Program awards funds to expand 13 agribusinesses

The North Carolina Value-Added Cost Share program this week announced the recipients of its 2012 equipment cost share awards. 

Apr 3, 2012

CALS faculty members named outstanding teachers

The subject matter with which three College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty members who have been chosen to receive 2012 North Carolina State University Outstanding Teacher Awards is disparate, ranging from economics to leadership and human-animal interactions. But all three share a commitment to imparting knowledge. 

Apr 3, 2012

The efficient market debate

There’s a debate going on among economists about how investment markets work, and the debate has big implications for average investors. N.C. State University economist Mike Walden sheds light on what the discussion is about. 

Apr 2, 2012

Student Perspectives: Rachel Turner

In this audio slideshow, CALS senior and aspiring conservation veterinarian Rachel Turner discusses her published research on equine colic as well as an internship that took her to Sri Lanka to work with elephants. 

Apr 2, 2012

Farm Animal Days puts children, animals in proximity

March may have come in like a lamb this year, but for more than 10,000 children and adults who attended Farm Animal Days, it went out like chickens and turkeys and horses and cows, rabbits, pigs and, well, there were lambs too. 

Apr 2, 2012

CALS students among N.C. State's latest Goldwater Scholars and NSF Fellows

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has seven students among the university's four Goldwater Scholars and 20 National Science Foundation Fellows recently selected. 

Apr 2, 2012

Protecting poultry from Salmonella

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences researchers are working to develop a vaccine that would protect poultry – and by extension people who eat chickens and eggs – from Salmonella.