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Beloved Dairy Researcher Klaenhammer Dies

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Raina Perez walking onto the basketball court before a game.

Mar 25, 2021

YFCS’ Raina Perez Talks Basketball, Online Learning Amidst COVID

Transfer student Raina Perez has been a valued addition to the NC State Women’s Basketball team. The YFCS graduate student talks about adjusting to COVID-19 and what she's learned off the court. 
diagram of a solar-powered greenhouse

Mar 22, 2021

Study Finds Plants Would Grow Well in Solar Cell Greenhouses

You can definitely grow plants (and make electricity) in a greenhouse made of see-through solar panels. 
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Mar 19, 2021

N.C. ‘Economic Oracle’ to Retire This Month

Mike Walden is ending his 43-year NC State career, but he's planning to continue to explain complex economics issues and trends in North Carolina and beyond. 
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Mar 18, 2021

NC State Extension Releases Annual Report

While 2020 presented extraordinary challenges, NC State Extension never stopped delivering on its promise. Discover the work and impact across the state in the NC State Extension Annual Report. 
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Mar 17, 2021

CALSPack Leader Shares Why He’s #GivingPack

CALS Alumni Board and Friends Society Chair Chad Benton shares how CALS helped prepare him for life, why he's #GivingPack during this year's Day of Giving and encourages fellow alums to join him. 
Corn frames a grain silo on the farm.

Mar 16, 2021

Preserving the Future

Carroll McLawhorn, a 1964 graduate of NC State’s Agricultural Institute, hopes to preserve the future of agriculture by giving back to a program that gave him so much. 
Cattle on a pasture with mountains and trees in the background

Mar 16, 2021

Farmland Challenges in a Fast-Growing State

North Carolina is losing agricultural lands to development at a fast pace. What does this mean for our state? And what's being done about it? 
Construction managers overlook a job site

Mar 15, 2021

What Does An Environmental Soil Scientist Do?

Soil is a unifying element of our planet and every nation on it. But soil science is a career field that is often overlooked because it’s, well, always underfoot. 
Student working in chemistry lab.

Mar 12, 2021

NC State Shows Top Gains in Federal Research Expenditures

University priorities have powered NC State’s research funding growth over the past decade. 

Mar 10, 2021

Beloved Dairy Researcher Klaenhammer Dies

Probiotics pioneer Todd R. Klaenhammer, an NC State faculty member for 40 years and the first food scientist to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences, died March 6.