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Chasing Better Biofuels – On The World’s Most Intense Neutron Beam

Author: Chelsea Kellner

Capped girl digging into a bag of dirt with plants in front of her and greenhouses behind her, haloed by light.

May 22, 2019

Research in Bloom: The JC Raulston Arboretum

Read how this living laboratory's exceptional collection supports the university's mission. 

May 21, 2019

Freshmen To Seniors: Reflecting On The Journey

At graduation each year, Animal Science seniors get a chance to turn back the clock: Professor Billy Flowers hands them their freshman-year responses to a survey asking about their hopes, experience and dreams for the future. Right before this year's spring ceremony, we caught up with a few. 
Group of adults gathered outside of greenhouses listening to a speaker

May 16, 2019

10,000 Square Feet Of Sweet (Potato) Promise: Four New Greenhouses Dedicated

The 10,000 square feet of new growing space are allotted for the annual production of certified elite sweetpotato plants. Starting with certified disease-free plants has enormous benefits for growers: increased yields, better quality and reduced pesticide use. 
An invasive lionfish swimming in dark water

May 2, 2019

Lionfish Genes Studied for Clues to Invasive Prowess

Known to be shadowy and furtive in their native Pacific waters, lionfish – freed from Pacific predators – become voracious predators in the Atlantic, responsible for massive reef fish kills, devastating economically important grouper and snapper. 
Horticulture's Helen Kraus on NC State's campus

May 2, 2019

Kraus Coordinates Student Success (And Wins An Award)

In the language of her specialty, Helen Kraus (’89, ’92 M.S., ’95 Ph.D.) might be regarded as something of a hybrid. She’s not only an associate professor of horticulture, but also the department’s undergraduate coordinator — a dual role she describes as “the perfect job.” 
Applied Ecology's Emilee Briggs stands next to a stream in the forest

Apr 19, 2019

Studying “City Fish”: Applied Ecology’s Emilee Briggs

Every year, the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center funds a multi-disciplinary cohort of Global Change Fellows representing colleges across NC State University. This year's CALS representative is Emilee Briggs, who conducts applied research on streams. 
CALS student Charles Eason

Apr 15, 2019

Coastal Entrepreneur – And CALS Senior

Aquaculture is the fastest-growing food sector in the world. Charles Eason and his new business are diving in, thanks to the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 
CALS Ph.D. student Gabriela Schroder and CALS professor of biochemistry FLora Meilleur stand in front of a complicated machine at ORNL.

Apr 2, 2019

“Like Taking Apart A Tiny Machine”: Biochemistry’s Gabriela Schroder

South African Ph.D. student Gabriela Schroder encourages students not to be intimidated by biochemistry. It’s “like looking under the hood of a car,” she says. 
Horticulture's Sarah Hassan in front of a brick wall, smiling, at CALS.

Mar 27, 2019

Hassan’s Hopeful Horticulture

A fateful tour of Kilgore Hall rerouted Sarah Hassan's career path from medicine to horticulture. 
CALS' Flora Meilleur and Gabriela Schroder in the Oak Ridge National Laboratories working with the world's largest neutron source.

Mar 26, 2019

Chasing Better Biofuels – On The World’s Most Intense Neutron Beam

Imagine that every day, your job is to use one of the most intense beams of neutrons in the world to figure out solutions to some of the biggest challenges of our time. That’s Associate Professor of Biochemistry Flora Meilleur’s career.