Author: Dee Shore

Feb 8, 2016

CALS takes next steps in improving innovation and efficiency

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ organizational chart will undergo major changes July 1, as the college’s departments, centers and programs align around four focus areas: Plant Systems, Animal Systems, Human and Resource Systems, and Food, Biochemical and Process Systems. 

Feb 8, 2016

Income inequality now and later

There's deep concern about the apparently widening gap, called income inequality, between those households with very high incomes and those with lower incomes. But people tend to make false assumptions about the concept, NC State University economist Mike Walden says. 

Feb 7, 2016

Multimillion dollar ag projects key parts of North Carolina bond package

The bond earmarks $85 million for the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative, which will lead to the construction of the state-of-the-art plant research center on the N.C. State Centennial Campus… 

Feb 5, 2016

Solid investment

Plant sciences and Connect NC represent a chance to turn global challenges into local opportunities. 

Feb 5, 2016

Unique opportunities

Warren Fellows' summer internships are part of a first-of-its-kind undergraduate agriculture program. 

Feb 5, 2016

Crucial conversations, crucial conservation

The college's "Stewards of the Future" conference, which drew nearly 500 participants to the McKimmon Center on Nov. 2, focused on water quality and quantity issues, with emphasis on North Carolina agriculture. 

Feb 5, 2016

College Profile: Dr. Laura Taylor

Environmental economist Dr. Laura Taylor makes the collaborative connections to ensure public policy aligns with smart economics. 

Feb 3, 2016

NCSU labs to be ‘transformational’ for students, farms, economy

With global population swelling and farm acreage shrinking, agriculture faces enormous challenges to feed and clothe the human race in coming decades. Increasingly, the answers to those challenges will be found in laboratories. And NC State University aims to revolutionize modern agriculture for both North Carolina and the world with its Plant Sciences Initiative. Find out more from the Higher Education Works Foundation's website. 

Feb 2, 2016

Researchers sequence bedbug genome

Multiple mechanisms for resisting pesticides and mitigating the effects of rough sexual insemination practices are just a few of the key findings from the completed genetic blueprint of the bedbug. The bedbug genome sequencing project, co-led by NC State CALS' Coby Schal, has reported some of the unique features leading to some of the insect's most reviled characteristics. 

Feb 2, 2016

Antiperspirant alters skin’s microbial ecosystem

Wearing antiperspirant or deodorant doesn’t just affect your social life, it substantially changes the microbial life that lives on you. New research from NC State and others finds that antiperspirant and deodorant can significantly influence both the type and quantity of bacterial life found in the human armpit’s “microbiome.”