16+ hour, 25+ min ago   (813+ words) Through the CALS Rural Works! Internship Program, animal science major Lauren Schulte-Hock got real-world experience in both business operations and animal care at Sunset Ridge Bison Ranch in Roxboro, North Carolina. A group of bison, serenely grazing in a field,…...

13+ hour, 17+ min ago   (204+ words) NC State University During the summer, I’ve had the opportunity to join Professor Hitoshi Sakakibara laboratory studying Plant Signaling at Nagoya University. The research focused on how plants adapt their root architecture during nutrient stress. Specifically, plants dynamically adjust root…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (42+ words) NC State University Welcome CALS New Hires From Extension personnel and research scholars to administrative specialists and faculty, CALS welcomed 27 new employees in August. Let’s give a big welcome to the newest members of the CALS Pack!...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (152+ words) NC State is moving university-managed Apple devices to a new Jamf software environment. This is a university-wide change, not a CALS-only initiative. Jamf is used to manage and secure university-owned Macs, iPads, and other Apple devices. If you do not…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (366+ words) Fernandez holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Ripon College, a master’s degree in horticulture from the University of Minnesota and a doctorate in pomology from Cornell University. Before joining NC State in 1996, she worked as a research specialist in…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (885+ words) The 2025 North Carolina 4-H Alumni Award winners were recently honored during a ceremony in the McKimmon Center at NC State University. The achievements and service of 4-H Alumni Award recipients exemplify 4-H’s mission of “Making the Best Better,” living out…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (719+ words) Horticultural science alumna Maegan Luckett focused her graduate research on how garden bed layout and plant selection impact bees and humans alike. More than 75% of all flowering plants depend on pollinators for effective pollination, and one out of every three…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (736+ words) With a job already lined up at a new golf course near Aiken, South Carolina, Alex Boone, a turfgrass management major with the Agricultural Institute, is ready to hit the greens when he graduates in December. Growing up in Canton,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (455+ words) Richard T. Olsen, director of the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C., will lead NC State University’s Department of Horticultural Science, beginning Oct. 12. His leadership experience includes serving as the acting assistant director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Beltsville Agricultural Research…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (729+ words) While grocery shoppers in North Carolina and throughout the country are concerned about iceberg lettuce being contaminated with cyclospora, NC State University student Sawyer Exum is focused on how two other varieties of lettuce — Outredgeous and Dragoon — can tolerate high…...