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Mar 7, 2025

The Heart of the N.C. PSI: Morgan Menaker

For Morgan Menaker, being a North Carolina Cooperative Extension field crops agent in Union County means being a linchpin in ensuring that the nation’s research-and-extension system continues to deliver agricultural… 
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Mar 5, 2025

Bridging Disciplines for Creative Solutions

Judging from the kind of creative thinking presented at last week’s BRIDGE Symposium at North Carolina State University, two heads can indeed be better than one when it comes to… 
Geoff Bock speaks to a group of students

Feb 28, 2025

The Heart of the N.C. PSI: Geoff Bock

There’s no one who knows the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative quite like Geoff Bock. Hired in 2016 as its first employee, Bock has seen it grow from a seed… 
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Feb 25, 2025

Cultiv8 Group, N.C. PSI Partner to Help AgTech Startups Deliver Solutions

The North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative at NC State University and Cultiv8 Group — comprising Spark Labs Cultiv8 and Cultiv8 Funds Management of Orange, Australia — have entered a new partnership… 
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Feb 20, 2025

The Heart of the N.C. PSI: Sarah Cochran-Murray

Editor’s Note: As we gear up for NC State’s 2025 Day of Giving on March 26, the N.C. PSI is highlighting passion-inspired, donor-fueled staff, students and others behind our plant sciences research, extension and… 
Jevon Smith and Joe Chiera look at a computer in a greenhouse.

Feb 13, 2025

The Heart of the N.C. PSI: Jevon Smith

Editor’s Note: As we gear up for NC State’s 2025 Day of Giving on March 26, the N.C. PSI is highlighting passion-inspired, donor-fueled staff, students and others behind our plant sciences… 
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Feb 12, 2025

N.C. PSI Seeds Project to Improve Apple Production

An interdisciplinary North Carolina State University team has kicked off new research exploring whether imaging technologies paired with artificial intelligence might prove useful for apple farmers. Seed funding for the… 
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Jan 30, 2025

Moving Plant Disease Diagnosis from Lab to Field for Faster Results

North Carolina State University researchers continue to push the field of plant disease diagnosis forward, developing simple-to-run tests capable of delivering results in minutes, sometimes before plants show visible signs… 
Adrian Percy

Jan 13, 2025

What’s Ahead for the N.C. PSI in 2025

As the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative enters its fourth year in the Plant Sciences Building, Executive Director Adrian Percy sees it growing beyond its startup phase into a stage… 
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Dec 19, 2024

Preparing for a Future that Matters

For North Carolina State University Ph.D. candidate  Sina Jamalzadegan, 2024 has been a big year. Not only has the engineering student made headway in using artificial intelligence (AI) to create…