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STEPS Center Tackles Full Scope of Phosphorus Sustainability

N.C. PSI News

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Aug 10, 2022

$1M NSF Grant Awarded to Help Better Predict Emerging Plant Disease Pandemics

NC State researchers plan to use real-time analytics through sensor technology, data mining, remote sensing and modeling to better monitor and predict plant diseases. 
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Aug 10, 2022

Brogdon Leading Strategic Engagement for Two Large Initiatives at NC State

Celeste Brogdon will oversee relationship management with key stakeholder groups for NC State as the Director of Strategic Engagement for N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative (N.C. PSI) and the NC Food Lab (NCFIL). 
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Aug 9, 2022

OIT empowers university research

OIT has partnered with N.C. PSI and CALS IT to acquire new positions that will help meet the research data needs of N.C. PSI and beyond. 
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Aug 1, 2022

Colombia Native Excited About FFAR Fellowship Opportunity

CALS Ph.D. student Mariana Prieto Torres loves translational science. As a FFAR Fellow and international student, she is excited to learn how to better share her research with growers worldwide. 
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Jul 25, 2022

When Crops Eat First

NC State researchers investigate if enhanced efficiency fertilizers (EEFs) could benefit both farm profitability and the environment. 
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Jul 20, 2022

All Coming Together

With the new NC State University Plant Sciences Building open, the new hub of plant science innovation is coming to life with interdisciplinary teams working together to solve some of agriculture’s biggest challenges. Learn what we are up to, and meet our final two platform directors: Rachel Vann and Terri Long. 
A group of growers gathered next to a soybean field, some under a tent.

Jul 18, 2022

The Farmer’s Ambassador: Rachel Vann Provides Practical Guidance in New PSI Role 

In her new role as Extension Outreach and Engagement Platform Director, Rachel Vann will leverage her Extension experience to facilitate communication between N.C. PSI research teams and NC farmers. 
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Jun 29, 2022

Long Appointed N.C. PSI Education and Workforce Development Platform Director

Terri Long will join the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative as the Platform Director for Education and Workforce Development. 
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Jun 24, 2022

Welcome Home: NC State Plant Sciences Building

Take a tour of the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative’s state-of-the-art headquarters and discover how it will help launch agricultural research—and our state’s economy—into new frontiers. 
Postdoctoral researcher Lisa Van den Broeck looks into a microscope while STEPS Center director Jacob Jones watches on by her side..

Jun 6, 2022

STEPS Center Tackles Full Scope of Phosphorus Sustainability

Headquartered at NC State, the Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability Center is discovering and developing ways to recycle phosphorus, make our food system more efficient, and protect the environment from waste.