Feb 5, 2016
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.
Environmental economist Dr. Laura Taylor makes the collaborative connections to ensure public policy aligns with smart economics.
Feb 3, 2016
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
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.
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.”
Feb 1, 2016
New jobs, new companies, new products and new solutions: These are among the benefits of NC State University's Plant Sciences Initiative, which is part of the NC Connect bond package.
People often compare the economic pace in North Carolina to the nation's, and NC State University economist Mike Walden says there is a pattern.
Jan 28, 2016
Our economy is very much like a rollercoaster. There are periods of time when the economy is improving – meaning the rollercoaster is rising – but these “ups” are followed by months or years when the economy is dropping – similar to the drop in the rollercoaster.
Jan 25, 2016
Although dropping gas prices have put smiles on many drivers' faces, others are unhappy because prices at the pump don't seem to fall as fast as oil prices at the well-head. NC State University economist Mike Walden explains that it's not a new phenomenon.
Jan 21, 2016
A mentor once told Gabe Gusmini, “You and I have the same problem: We see something broken, we’ve got to fix it.” And fix things, Gusmini does. A plant breeder by training, the CALS alumnus is a PepsiCo junior executive and research-and-development director.
