PMB News

Feb 3, 2026

Seed2Grow Spotlight: Elysia Creative Biology’s Eli Hornstein

Branching beyond his biotech company’s early focus on methane emission reductions, CALS alumnus Eli Hornstein is developing a range of feed-based solutions for animal agriculture. 

Feb 3, 2026

Pathways to Plant Science

The North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative provides a pathway from high school through college — and across many majors — that prepares students for innovative STEM careers in North Carolina… 

Jan 8, 2026

NC State’s REFRAME Project Will Harness AI To Identify Business Opportunities in Crop Leftovers

NC State University researchers will use a grant from Schmidt Sciences to develop an AI-enabled, open-source platform that can analyze the potential to convert agricultural leftovers — biomass such as misshapen… 

Jan 6, 2026

Jones to Lead N.C. PSI Education and Workforce Development Platform

Dani Jones joins the N.C. PSI leadership team, planning to expand on the groundbreaking efforts of former Education and Workforce Development Platform Director Terri Long. 

Jan 5, 2026

Celebrating Our Fall 2025 Graduates

Our fall graduates turned their tassels on December 13th. They leave NC State with knowledge, skills and an entire Wolfpack behind them. Get to know six new members of our alumni… 

Dec 10, 2025

NC State Announces 2025-26 Goodnight Early Career Innovators

NC State announced its 2025-26 class of Goodnight Early Career Innovators, including nine faculty members from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. This program recognizes and rewards promising NC State early-career… 

Nov 12, 2025

CALS Wolfpack Harvest: ‘A Brand New Tradition’

The first-ever Wolfpack Harvest on Nov. 8 was a statewide celebration, showcase and alumni reunion for NC State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. 

Oct 14, 2025

Long To Lead Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

Terri A. Long, a respected CALS faculty member and platform director for Education and Workforce Development for the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative, will take the helm as the head of… 

Oct 8, 2025

Unearthing a Passion for Ethnobotany

Kai Hearty spent the summer abroad taking an archeological methods course in the foothills of the Troodos mountains near the coastal town of Polis, Cyprus. Hearty is a rising junior,… 

Oct 2, 2025

Paying It Forward: CALS Alumni for Student Success

CALS alumni are helping grow the next generation of agricultural and life sciences professionals by sharing their time as career coaches for the CALS Alumni for Student Success Program, offering…