News

Aug 8, 2013

CALS scientist honored as emerging scholar

Dr. Julie Hicks, a postdoctoral scholar and recent Ph.D. degree recipient from N.C. State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, recently won a top regional award for her research into the molecular-level processes involved in one of the world’s most important swine diseases. 

Aug 8, 2013

Graduate student’s discovery can enable tick population management

Doctoral student Ann Carr is hard at work developing ways to attract ticks so that the general population can avoid them. Under the direction of Department of Entomology professors Dr. Charles Apperson, Dr. Michael Roe and Dr. Coby Schal, Carr recently discovered that two chemicals – acetone and ammonium hydroxide – attract high numbers of the tick species Amblyomma americanum. The development of this chemical cocktail could open new doors for the screening and management of tick populations in North Carolina and beyond. 

Aug 8, 2013

Modernizing Food Safety

It’s been called the biggest change to food safety and farming practices in modern history. And though it’s been more two and a half years since the Food Safety Modernization Act was signed into law, there is still much work to be done. The good news is that in North Carolina, organizations that support agriculture haven’t been sitting on their hands. Groups like CALS, the N.C. Farm Bureau and the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have been active in helping to shape regulations and educate growers on how the Food Safety Modernization Act will affect the way they do business. 

Aug 8, 2013

Transforming the Future celebrated at CALS annual donor recognition

A snowy weekend did not daunt the more than 400 guests who attended the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ annual donor recognition event, Feb. 17. Among the hundreds assembled at N.C. State University’s McKimmon Center for the occasion were CALS donors, scholarship and professorship recipients, faculty members, alumni and students, along with university administrators. 

Aug 8, 2013

Dean from Liberian university visits CALS

At Cuttington University in Liberia, the College of Agriculture and Sustainable Development is slowly coming back to life, thanks in part to support from and involvement by several faculty members from N.C. State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. 

Aug 8, 2013

Speaking of Extension

North Carolina Cooperative Extension clients statewide tell how Extension is empowering them and providing solutions that have improved their lives. 

Aug 8, 2013

2013 Arb Gala is an elegant Asian Reflection

The April 28 Gala in the Garden, the annual garden party and fundraiser at JC Raulston Arboretum, came with cool temperatures and April showers, yet it was as magical and beautiful as ever. This year’s theme was “An Asian Reflection.” 

Aug 8, 2013

Unique Reflections

Dick Thompson ’39 was a sophomore at N.C. State when he first saw Yates Mill. His visit there brought back memories of grist mills he'd seen as a child. And it inspired his commitment to the mill and surrounding land, now a historic site and Wake County park. 

Aug 8, 2013

A passion for his work takes Cal Lewis to the state growers’ Hall of Fame

With his innovative and progressive style, alumnus Cal Lewis has been named to the N.C. Vegetable Growers Association's Hall of Fame. 

Aug 8, 2013

CALS students work with AgrAbility to help create ‘hallelujah moments’

Pam Martin’s organic vegetable farm is her livelihood. But a respiratory disease and diabetes make it difficult for the Macon County farmer to work for longer than 15 minutes at a time. One of her biggest struggles? Dragging a hose 50 to 100 yards from her house to water the garden and nourish her chickens and horses. Enter the North Carolina AgrAbility Partnership.