PMB News

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… 

Oct 2, 2025

NC State Announces Interim Leaders for Agricultural and Life Sciences Research

Amy Grunden and Loren Fisher will become interim associate deans and co-directors of the research arm of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences on Nov. 1, following the retirement… 

Sep 24, 2025

New Biosensor Could be Key to Timing Fruit Ripening

A new biosensor targeting ethylene, a fruit ripening hormone, is shedding light on how ethylene impacts plants not only during ripening but also in processes such as seed germination and… 

Sep 23, 2025

Mark Your Calendar for CALS Wolfpack Harvest

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at NC State University is launching a new fall tradition with Wolfpack Harvest, an event designed to bring together alumni, students, faculty and friends of…