Impact

Scientist in a lab holding a tray of Arabidopsis

May 9, 2025

Four Faculty Members Win the 2025 Outstanding Research Award

With the award, Felix N. Castellano, Bill Rand, Melanie Simpson and Ross Sozzani will be automatically inducted into the Research Leadership Academy.

Apr 30, 2025

Protein Sources Change the Gut Microbiome – Some Drastically

A new study by researchers from North Carolina State University shows that protein sources in an animal’s diet can have major effects on both the population and function of the…

Apr 25, 2025

Celebrating Excellence in CALS

At the heart of CALS are our people, who drive the college forward each and every day. To honor the students, faculty and staff making an impact, the CALS community…

Apr 10, 2025

2025 Graduate Student Research Symposium Winners Named

Nearly 200 NC State graduate students presented their research projects during the 18th annual Graduate Student Research Symposium held at the McKimmon Center on April 2nd. This year 24 graduate students…

Mar 28, 2025

I Am CALS: Giuliana Mendoza

Plant biology major Giuliana Mendoza hopes to grow her lifelong interest in plants into a career dedicated to addressing food insecurity.

Mar 24, 2025

Students Build Industry Connections

Stop by Witherspoon Student Center, and you’ll find it bustling with students. Last Friday, a group of graduate students hosted their own Industry Fair, with representatives in attendance from eight…

Mar 17, 2025

The Heart of the N.C. PSI: Suhanee Anand and Olivia McCormack

As they open doors to the plant sciences for hundreds of middle and high school students, two North Carolina State University undergraduates are also gaining skills that will equip them…

Video still of growing microcolonies of the single-celled fungus, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is used to produce bread and wine. The green masks on top of some cells represent how a computer algorithm learns to detect mating yeast cells. (Miranda Lab)

Mar 13, 2025

The Libraries’ Research Facilitation Service helps a CALS researcher open up “a bottleneck of scientific progress”

Sometimes small problems lead to big solutions. When Plant and Microbial Biology researcher Orlando Arguello-Miranda needed a central place to store large image files for a 50-person workshop, he asked…

Mar 6, 2025

Optimizing Corn Production for Greater Efficiency

From juicy corn on the cob and crunchy tortilla chips to livestock feed and ethanol for gasoline, corn is an essential crop for many of the products of daily life.

Mar 5, 2025

Bridging Disciplines for Creative Solutions

The second annual BRIDGE Symposium gave graduate students and postdoctoral scholars the chance to share ideas for bridging disciplines to address complex scientific challenges.