Events

Mike Schwieterman, Senior Director of Plant Science at Plenty heads fields including metabolomics, sensory and molecular approaches for vertical farming in a variety of crops (including strawberry). Plenty shares insights into it's philosophy, structure and collaborative vision. Come and join us for a 30 min presentation + Q+A.

Please attend this interview seminar for the AI Cluster faculty candidates to provide feedback and participate in the hiring process.

Our open house will showcase demonstrations of the tools available to makers. Tour our space, enjoy light refreshments and start planning your next project. The Makerspace gives students, faculty, and staff hands-on access to emerging digital fabrication technologies, including 3D printers, 3D scanners, desktop CNC mill, circuit board printer, a laser cutter, and many other Maker tools.

Are you a faculty member, post-doc, or graduate student interested in expanding your experience and collaborations in sustainable food and farming? The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), a partnership of North Carolina State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, invites you for “Networking with CEFS” on April 20, 2023 from 4 to 6pm in the N.C. Plant Sciences Building.

State of Change: Natural Solutions - Screening and Panel Discussion
Please join us in person (or virtually) on Thursday, April 20, at 7 PM, for a special screening of State of Change: Natural Solutions, followed by a panel discussion with scientists and journalists from around the state who will provide an up-close look at climate change issues and answer your questions in-person and via the virtual chat. Two NC State faculty members from CALS are featured in the segment: Matt Ricker and Alex Woodley. 

The Integrative Science Initiative and the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative are excited to announce that medical ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave will presenting a seminar at NC State. As a medical ethnobotanist, Dr. Quave’s work focuses on the documentation and pharmacological evaluation of plants used in traditional medicine. Her science memoir, The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines, was published in 2021.