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people gather for Howling Cow ice cream at CALS Tailgate

Aug 12, 2024

Join the Ag Day Fun at CALS Tailgate in the Lowes Foods Fan Zone!

Get ready for the 12th annual Ag Day football game and celebrate with your friends and family at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) 32nd annual CALS Tailgate. 
Economist Mike Walden

Aug 9, 2024

You Decide: What Will AI Mean for North Carolina Jobs?

By Mike Walden AI — short for “artificial intelligence”— is the technology wiz of the moment. One-third of businesses are now using AI, with the number expected to rapidly climb.… 
Group of people posing in front of a farm stand

Aug 7, 2024

Engaging Youth in Agriculture, Both Near and Far

Liz Driscoll, a youth development specialist with College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, recently traveled to Kenya with a team from CALS to explore partnerships to support agriculture in the east African nation. 
Portion of a solar panel against a blue sky with clouds.

Aug 7, 2024

Partnership Seeds Two Agricultural Sensor Projects

A new partnership among NC State University’s Institute for Connected Sensor Systems, N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative and Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science has provided seed funding for two interdisciplinary… 
Joan Metcalf Hedge

Aug 6, 2024

From the Brickyard to the EPA

EPA biologist Joan Metcalf Hedge, a double alumna in animal science, reflects on mentors, encouragement and finding a research passion that led her to a career. 
Historic potato plant affected by pathogen.

Aug 5, 2024

Study Analyzes Potato-Pathogen ‘Arms Race’ After Irish Famine

Researchers examine both the pathogen’s effector genes and the plant’s resistance genes simultaneously in a first-of-its-kind analysis. 
Sarah Kirby and David Monks

Aug 2, 2024

Kirby, Monks Named Interim Co-Directors of NC State Extension

Sarah Kirby and David Monks will become the interim associate deans and directors of NC State Extension when Richard Bonanno departs at the end of August. 
seedless blackberry

Jul 30, 2024

Alumna Helps Develop First Seedless Blackberry

CALS alumna Lauren Redpath has leveraged her doctorate in horticultural science to help cultivate the world’s first seedless blackberry. 
Praveen Kolar headshot

Jul 29, 2024

Kolar Awarded Fulbright to Transform Biochar Into Batteries

Praveen Kolar, professor in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, has been awarded a Fulbright to study the valorization of rice husk into biochar for use in energy storage devices. 
a woman holds a tray of seedlings in a greenhouse

Jul 29, 2024

Cultivating African Indigenous Vegetables

Inspired to improve food security for her village in Kenya, Gladys Wanja Njeri is breeding African Indigenous Vegetables for nutritional value, climate adaptation, economic stability and beyond.