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What is the Omicron Variant of COVID-19? And What Do We Know About It?

Prestage Department of Poultry Science

Pat Curtis

May 20, 2022

Poultry Science’s Curtis Praised for Transformative Leadership

After more than 30 years working in higher education, 15 of those years at North Carolina State University, Patricia Curtis, department head for the Prestage Department of Poultry Science, is retiring beginning July 1. 
a man outside of a barn

Apr 25, 2022

Meet the Man Who Makes Feed for Howling Cow’s Dairy Cows

Sam Brown, a 2008 alumnus of the Prestage Department of Poultry Science, is now the supervisor of research operations at the Feed Mill Education Unit. 
Little girl on tractor at CALS Farm Animal Days

Apr 17, 2022

Five Things To Know About Farm Animal Days 2022

No matter how many times you've attended the longtime spring tradition at NC State University's Lake Wheeler Road Field Laboratory, here's what you absolutely need to know for your 2022 visit. 
group of people silhouetted against a sunrise

Mar 30, 2022

How Do We Know When the Pandemic is Over? And What Will ‘Normal’ Be Like?

And have our experiences with COVID improved our ability to deal with other diseases? 
a busy crowd with masks

Mar 24, 2022

What Does ‘Endemic’ Mean? And Can Omicron End the Pandemic?

Does it matter if COVID becomes endemic? And what does that even mean, anyway? 
a woman, man, and their baby daughter smiling

Feb 14, 2022

The Little Family Farm: Built On Love and Hard Work

Kate and Kaleby Little are living the life they always dreamed of. After meeting at NC State, they got married, bought a beef farm, and are now raising their 1-year-old daughter to love agriculture just as much as they do. 
a flock of northern shoveler ducks flies from left to right

Feb 2, 2022

What is ‘Bird Flu’? Do I Need to Worry About It?

Why should I care about bird flu? Does it affect humans? 
a blue question mark against a pink background

Jan 7, 2022

Is ‘Flurona’ Even a Real Thing? What’s That All About?

In the first week of 2022, news headlines featured references to something called “flurona,” and discussion of “flurona” quickly spread across social media. 
Sophie Chance in her cap and gown on NC State's campus

Dec 7, 2021

Taking a Chance on Poultry Science

NC State graduate Sophie Chance reflects on her four years at CALS and shares valuable advice with future students. 
illustration of a SARS-CoV-2 particle

Dec 1, 2021

What is the Omicron Variant of COVID-19? And What Do We Know About It?

There’s still a lot we don’t know. But here’s what we do know.