College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Oct 4, 2017

Lee County’s Women in Ag: The Next Generation

Katelyn Thomas, an alumna of NC State and the STEAM program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, helps farmers increase productivity and protect their investments as a sales associate for Bayer Crop Science. In many ways, it’s still a groundbreaking job for women.

Sep 29, 2017

Making an Impact on Biological and Agricultural Engineering

New department chair Garey Fox wants to improve programs to better engage and assist students. With private support, he's building an undergraduate scholars program to offer opportunities to work with a distinguished company for a semester, receive a partial stipend and partner with a faculty mentor for research.

Sep 25, 2017

New Merit Scholarship to Support Production Agriculture Students

The Marsha K. Prestage Scholarship provides full tuition assistance to a student who demonstrates a strong desire to advance the state’s production agriculture industry. Established by Marsha Prestage, treasurer and director of Prestage Farms, the scholarship deepens the Prestage family’s dedicated support for NC State's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Sep 25, 2017

Taking a Different Route

Bret Barnes, a recent graduate of Southern Nash High School, will spend this year at a community college before joining the Prestage Department of Poultry Science next fall through the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' STEAM program.

Sep 24, 2017

CALS Graduate Student Enrollment Rising

Efforts to increase private support for graduate students and faculty are one key to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' strategic vision of becoming one of the top five colleges of its kind in the country by 2020.

Sep 18, 2017

The Value of a Gift

Alissa Allen Stribling speaks about the meaning of the Daniel Fromm Memorial Scholarship, which honors her late uncle by supporting a student in the Prestage Department of Poultry Science.

Sep 18, 2017

Buggin’ Out: NC State’s Insect Museum Grows

When is a gift of more than 60,000 insects a good thing? When it becomes part of NC State’s Insect Museum, a collection of more than 1.5 million specimens that serves as a research and teaching resource for both scientists and students.

Sep 18, 2017

CALS Faculty Focus: Tom Ranney

Tom Ranney, J.C. Raulston Distinguished Professor in NC State's Department of Horticultural Science, improves nursery and bioenergy crops in a greenhouse at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center near Asheville.

Sep 6, 2017

AgPack Strong: Leigh Hammond

Leigh Hammond -- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumnus, CALS faculty retiree, CALS administration retiree and honoree of a CALS scholarship created in recognition of his lifetime of service -- was an early adopter of the Think and Do ethos.

Sep 2, 2017

NC State and Oracle Pilot Big Data Project to Grow Agriculture

Oracle chose NC State to pilot a new program that uses big data to solve grand challenges. As part of the partnership, the firm will give the university cloud credits for five faculty and 100 students – more than a $600,000 value – and will work with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to launch a big data project that focuses on sweet potatoes.