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CEFS Lunch & Learn: Small-Scale Fruit Production (Virtual)

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Join Melissa Bell, Center for Environmental Farming Systems Research Liaison and John Lyttle, NC Extension Agent, Durham County – Agriculture Agent (Small Farms & Local Foods) for the next installment of their Lunch and Learn Webinar series. They will discuss the propagation, cultivation, and maintenance techniques unique to fruit trees and berries.

BASF Two Minute Pitch Research Competition and Innovation Day

BASF RTP 26 Davis Drive Research Triangle Park

CALS and PSI graduate students and postdocs are invited to apply for an attendee and presentation slot at the BASF Two Minute Pitch Research Competition and Innovation Day. The invitation only event will be held from 11 am - 2 pm on September 27, 2023 at BASF's RTP location at 26 Davis Drive. This is a rare…

CEFS: Level 2 Building Community of Practice (Virtual)

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This Level II training is hosted by CEFS CORE and led by and based on the Level II Application Training with our partners at DR Works. Completion of a level one style introductory and analysis training on racism is required to attend this Level II Training. Oct. 3rd and 4th from 9:30am -2:00pm each day.

NC PSI Hackathon

Plant Sciences Building 840 Oval Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina

This year, the PSI Hackathon is centered around Ag-tech innovation in the areas of bioinformatics, data science and hardware fabrication. Each one of these “tracks” will have one or more challenges, and will be inclusive to participants with various levels of experience. The data science and bioinformatic tracks will have a hybrid participation option, and…

CEFS: 2023 NC Farm to Early Care & Education Institute

Rocky Mount Event Center

Network with Farm to ECE leaders and continue growing our movement in NC! Better understand the importance of community outreach, collaboration, and mentoring relationships in Farm to ECE programming. Participate in dynamic learning opportunities, including keynote speakers and hands-on learning experiences Who’s invited? ECE administrators and teachers, technical assistance providers, NC Cooperative Extension Agents, and…

BRIDGE Symposium

The N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative presents the Bridging Research Ideas for Greater Extension — or BRIDGE — Symposium. Interdisciplinary teams of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from across NC State University's campus will present their ideas for research that would meet the needs of growers and those who work in Extension.

N.C. PSI Mashup

Plant Sciences Building 840 Oval Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina

Data science is the focus of this first-in-a-series of North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative Mashups. Speakers Mark Wolff, from leading analytics company SAS, and Haley Houser, from NC State University's Data Science Academy, will highlight their research.

Free

N.C. PSI Startup Incubator Launch

Plant Sciences Building 840 Oval Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina

Come learn about entrepreneurship at the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative and celebrate the launch of the Startup Company Incubator in the Plant Sciences Building. 

Free
Event Series Leaps by Bayer Escape Room

Leaps by Bayer Escape Room

Plant Sciences Building 840 Oval Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina

Leaps by Bayer will set up a mobile, science-themed escape room in front of the Plant Sciences Building on Centennial Campus Aug. 16-18. Student teams are invited to complete the 30-minute challenge.