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Jun 12, 2024

Matchmaking for Career Success

Launched in the fall of 2023, the CALS Alumni for Student Success program offers students mentorship and coaching from alumni with shared professional interests. 

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Jun 7, 2024

International Champions

For the first time ever, Biological and Agricultural Engineering's Pack Pullers took the top spot at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers International Quarter Scale Tractor Competition. 

Benjamin Peeler handwaters the 18th green at Pinehurst No. 2

Jun 7, 2024

Birdie’s-Eye View

As an intern at the famed Pinehurst No. 2, Benjamin Peeler, a student with NC State’s Agricultural Institute, had a hands-on introduction to the work of getting a golf course ready to host the 2024 U.S. Open. 

a woman and man talk in front of clear tanks with snails

Jun 5, 2024

New Aquatic Conservation Laboratory Opens at Yates Mill

The environment just got a little more hospitable for some threatened and endangered aquatic species in North Carolina thanks to the grand opening of the Yates Mill Aquatic Conservation Laboratory. 

Messiah Williams graduated from NC State at 18 years old in May.

Jun 3, 2024

A Historic Graduation

Eighteen-year-old agricultural business management major Messiah Williams is one of the youngest African American male graduates in NC State history. 

people canoeing in river rapids

Jun 3, 2024

NC State’s Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Center Turns 60

Six decades ago, philanthropist Betsy Penn envisioned a place where young people from Rockingham County and throughout North Carolina could come to enjoy the outdoors and learn about nature. 

Prestage Department of Poultry Science hosted graduated students and representatives from Google in May 2024.

Jun 3, 2024

Poultry Science Graduate Students Get Boost From Google

Four graduate students in the Prestage Department of Poultry Science have been selected to receive funding from the Google Community Grants Fund to enroll in the Ag Data Science certificate program. 

portrait of Bill Aimutis

May 31, 2024

Get to Know Sustainable Protein Co-Director Bill Aimutis

A food scientist who's left his mark on store shelves worldwide will take on a fresh challenge as co-director of a new sustainable protein center at NC State. 

A food scientist hydrates a protein for use in a food formulation.

May 31, 2024

Bezos Earth Fund Grant Creates Sustainable Protein Research Hub at NC State

Research will engage academic and industry partners to create and commercialize new technologies to shape the future of sustainable food production. 

Economist Mike Walden

May 31, 2024

You Decide: Will We Soon Have a Four-Day Workweek?

The five-day workweek revolutionized daily work in the U.S. How could a shift to a four-day workweek impact industries and workers?