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Joe Tiera, with laptop, and a student alongside a Phenospex robot.

Mar 26, 2025

Indigo Ag Adds Tech Tools to the N.C. PSI Toolbox

An ag tech company with operations in RTP donates advanced imaging tools to enhance NC State University plant sciences research.

David Peele and granddaughters, all wearing NC State T-shirts

Mar 26, 2025

The Heart of the N.C. PSI: David Peele

NC State alumnus David Peele sees plant sciences students as the engines of research vital to our agricultural future, and he’s supporting their success with a gift to the N.C. PSI.

Mar 15, 2025

The Heart of the N.C. PSI: Suhanee Anand and Olivia McCormack

Through N.C. PSI internships, two NC State undergraduates not only gain skills to prepare them for plant sciences careers, they also inspire a next generation to follow suit.

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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…

Sarah Cochran-Murray presents a research poster

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…

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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…

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…

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…

Dec 16, 2024

Counting Down N.C. PSI’s Top Five Hits of 2024

2024 marked Adrian Percy’s third full year as executive director of the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative, and with the new year approaching, he shared a list of what he sees…

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Nov 7, 2024

‘A Meaningful Impact’

Amid rising interest in the rapidly expanding field of artificial intelligence, promising undergraduate and graduate students at NC State University are gaining experience in applying AI and data analytics in agriculture.…