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A child holds large bugs

Jul 25, 2024

Summer Academy Introduces Juntos Youth to CALS, STEM Careers

NC State University's Juntos Summer Academy helps open the door for Latino youth to explore a wide array of careers in agriculture and life sciences. 
Dean Garey Fox visits the Horticultural Crops Research Station in Clinton.

Jul 16, 2024

Research Road Trip

Dean Garey Fox hit the road this summer not for vacation at the beach or the mountains, but rather to tour several of the 18 Research Stations NC State operates in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.  
adult periodical cicada and periodical cicada nymph

Jul 11, 2024

The Next Generation of Periodical Cicadas is Coming

As the 13-year periodical cicada brood XIX nears the end of its life cycle, entomologist Clyde Sorenson talks about what to expect as the next generation begins hatching in central and western North Carolina. 
Woman and female student holding a gray t-shirt

Jun 12, 2024

Matchmaking for Career Success

Launched in the fall of 2023, the CALS Alumni for Student Success program offers students mentorship and coaching from alumni with shared professional interests. 
people canoeing in river rapids

Jun 3, 2024

NC State’s Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Center Turns 60

Six decades ago, philanthropist Betsy Penn envisioned a place where young people from Rockingham County and throughout North Carolina could come to enjoy the outdoors and learn about nature. 
a man in a kitchen cooking barbecue

May 28, 2024

Get Grilling With These Barbecue Essentials

Extension Meat Specialist Dana Hanson serves up ways to elevate your barbecue game with Howling Hog barbecue sauce and the new Pack Magic rub, as he prepares for NC State BBQ Camp. 
a man and woman cut a ribbon at a children's museum

May 15, 2024

Playing with the Future of Farming

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has partnered with the NC Soybean Producers Association and Marbles Kids Museum to refresh the college’s sponsored On the Farm exhibit and infuse farm technology into the action. 
black and orange periodical cicada

Apr 24, 2024

Everything You Need to Know About Periodical Cicadas

NC State experts shed light on when and where North Carolinians can expect to see a 13-year brood of cicadas in the coming weeks. 
Field Crops at Tidewater Research Station

Apr 8, 2024

First of Its Kind

NC State experts contributed to a new web-based tool that can help farmers nationwide with decision-making on phosphorus and potassium fertilizers. 
Woman standing at a farm field.

Mar 6, 2024

Strengthening Connections

Extension Agent Mikayla Berryhill helps ensure farmers have access to new technology and a hand in its development through the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative's Extension Agent Network.