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Agrivoltaics: Making Marginal Land More Productive With Solar Panels and Sheep

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Mike Roe at boardroom table

Dec 11, 2025

Lifesaving Innovations

NC State entomologist R. Michael Roe, whose research has helped prevent insect-borne diseases around the world, has been selected as a 2025 fellow in the National Academy of Inventors. 
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Dec 10, 2025

NC State Announces 2025-26 Goodnight Early Career Innovators

NC State announced its 2025-26 class of Goodnight Early Career Innovator, including nine faculty members from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. This program recognizes and rewards promising NC State early-career faculty whose scholarship is in STEM or STEM education. 
Latisha Sanchez holds her gold globe trophy

Dec 9, 2025

Gold Globe: NC State’s Latisha Sanchez a World Champion in Horse Judging

NC State animal science major Latisha Sanchez wrapped up her collegiate horse judging career with a top finish. Team members say they've learned about careers, confidence and communication. 
a gray-haired man with a beard examines fish samples with a student in a lab

Dec 9, 2025

Aquaculture Education Makes a Splash with Reading at the Helm

Benjamin Reading's passion for fish and aquaculture has fueled more than 20 years of teaching and research at NC State. Earlier this year, the American Fisheries Society honored him for his contributions to fisheries education. 
a photograph of the back of a group of people wearing red graduation caps and gowns

Dec 8, 2025

Fall CALS Grads Look to the Future

Three soon-to-be graduates reflect on their time with CALS, what they've learned and what comes next. 
pigs in a pen

Dec 4, 2025

New Statistical Tools Sharpen the Search for Causal DNA Changes in Livestock

New statistical framework could help identify genes that influence important livestock traits. 
a young woman and young sit in a golf car with a christmas tree on top

Dec 4, 2025

Growing a New Branch on the Family (Christmas) Tree

Rachel Noble, a first-year agricultural business management major, is leveraging her experience on the family Christmas tree farm and in FFA toward a future career in agricultural law. 
Two men in hair nets working in a food test kitchen at NC Food Innovation Lab

Dec 1, 2025

Chris Patillo: Innovating Healthier Foods + Functional Beverages

NCFIL Food Scientist Chris Patillo will use his master’s in nutrition to bring healthier products to market. 
A corn earworm caterpillar on an ear of corn.

Dec 1, 2025

Crop Pests Can Develop ‘Fighter-Jet Wings’ After Eating Specific Mix of Corn

Consuming a blend of toxic Bt corn and non-toxic corn can give corn earworm moths longer, more narrow and more tapered wings that can send them long distances. 
Sheep graze near solar panels with crowd in background

Dec 1, 2025

Agrivoltaics: Making Marginal Land More Productive With Solar Panels and Sheep

An NC State University demonstration site shows how uneven terrain can be used for grazing sheep and generating electricity.