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NC State Day of Giving 03.20.24. Our Wolfpack. Our university. Our vision for the future.

Mar 13, 2024

What PSI Supporters Are Saying About Day of Giving

As we approach North Carolina State University’s 2024 Day of Giving on Wednesday, March 20, two alumni and a retired staff member who are donors to the N.C. Plant Sciences… 
Stephen and Vicki Briggs

Mar 13, 2024

#GivingPack: Getting (and Keeping) the N.C. PSI Rolling

Stephen Briggs became the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative’s launch director when the effort was little more than a dream for North Carolina State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.… 
Group of nine people standing in a greenhouse

Mar 11, 2024

N.C. PSI Agent Network Expands

Eleven North Carolina Cooperative Extension agents have been selected to join the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative Extension Agent Network, serving as a bridge between the state’s growers and initiative… 
Anna Trolinder in the Kleiner Lab

Mar 8, 2024

Award-Winning Plant Science Grad Student Hopes To Share Research Internationally

With research aimed at helping scientists develop a more targeted approach to the design and development of microbial products for sustainable agriculture, North Carolina State University Ph.D. student Anna Garrell… 
Sensor on a plant leaf

Mar 4, 2024

NC State Scientists Fast-Track R&D for Sensors That Detect Plant Diseases Early

NC State University researchers are taking rapid steps to bring promising plant disease detecting technologies out of the laboratory and into the commercial marketplace. With a one-year National Science Foundation grant… 
BRIDGE Symposium participants standing at the front of a room

Mar 4, 2024

Bridging Disciplines, Generating Solutions

Demonstrating the power of interdisciplinary collaboration, nine pairs of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from 12 NC State University departments recently presented their strategies for bringing different fields together for research… 
Large group standing outside a building.

Feb 19, 2024

Organizations Forge Communications Collaboration To Help Soybean Farmers

Collaboration and coordination were key themes of a recent meeting that brought together Extension faculty members from land-grant universities across the United States with representatives of state and national soybean… 
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Feb 8, 2024

Leaders Named to N.C. PSI Commercialization Council

A commercialization advisory council is helping take the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative to the next level when it comes to achieving the initiative’s vision of creating a healthier, sustainable… 
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Feb 7, 2024

Incubator to Launch April 11

The North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative at NC State University will launch its startup company incubator in the Plant Sciences Building on Centennial Campus on Thursday April 11, 2024. The incubator,… 
Eli Hornstein in science lab in front of a computer.

Feb 7, 2024

Helping Startups Start Strong

The N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative’s Startup Program provides expertise and resources to help emerging companies bring problem-solving agricultural technologies and services to the marketplace.