News

Feb 8, 2011

Cooperative Extension helps Currituck ‘go green’ with new garden and improved storm-water ponds

N.C. Cooperative Extension is incorporating environment-protecting practices on the site of its 3-year-old center in Currituck County. 

Feb 8, 2011

PALS helps students see possibilities

A summer program called PALS provided 20 boys and girls from eastern North Carolina with a taste of higher education and, perhaps, a glimpse of the future. 

Feb 8, 2011

Animal science student serves as national pre-vet association president

Serving as this year’s national president of the American Pre-Veterinary Medical Association, James Tyndall is using his passion for vet med to raise the public’s awareness of good animal care and the benefits of research and its impact on society. 

Feb 8, 2011

New class graduates from ag leadership program

The College's Agricultural Leadership Development Program has expanded to include all types of agricultural professionals. 

Feb 8, 2011

Gene bank conserves potential sources for new crops and new medicines

The mountains of North Carolina are among the most biologically diverse in the United States. A unique new research laboratory and seed bank with ties to College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is helping to conserve that diversity. 

Feb 8, 2011

First Bone Scholars begin classes

The Bone Scholars program was created by Dale and Genia Bone, who established an endowment that will provide scholarships to migrant farm workers and their families. 

Feb 8, 2011

Bed bugs target of research, Extension initiatives

Bed bugs are back with a vengeance, and N.C. State University entomologists are looking for solutions to the problem and helping educate the public. 

Feb 8, 2011

Walden honored for public service

Dr. Michael L. Walden, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of economics at N. C. State University, received the Award for Excellence in Public Service Oct. 8 from the board of Governors of the multi-campus University of North Carolina. 

Feb 8, 2011

Monaco racks up the ribbons at State Fair

When Dr. Tom Monaco walked through the horticultural exhibit at the 2009 North Carolina State Fair, he thought to himself, “I can grow vegetables just as good as these.” And… 

Feb 8, 2011

BAE partners with DOT to grow bioenergy crops on highway rights-of-way

Along the state's highways, canola crops and sunflowers are being grown for energy.