college of agriculture and life sciences

Jul 10, 2017

Pragya Adhikari

Pragya Adhikari from Nepal is trying to breed a tomato that is tastier and more resistant to plant diseases.

Jul 10, 2017

Shahnee Haire

Graduate student Shahnee Haire says that her certificate program helped prepare her for assisting those in her county who lost everything after Hurricane Matthew.

Jul 10, 2017

Sayed Mashaheet

Sayed Mashaheet, PhD alumnus and postdoc, is developing wheat varieties that are tolerant to ozone and resistant to wheat rust, a devastating disease that could destroy the world's wheat crop.

Jul 10, 2017

Sophia Webster

Graduate student Sophia Webster is trying to fight Zika by engineering mosquitoes that won't spread the disease.

Jul 10, 2017

Brianna Hess Massie

Brianna Massie Hess is looking for simple solutions to help hog producers deal with lagoon waste.

Jun 29, 2017

Hot Cities Spell Bad News for Bees

Graduate alumna April Hamblin is co-author of a new study finds that common wild bee species decline as urban temperatures increase.

Jun 8, 2017

NC State Postdocs Present Research

After the spring semester drew to a close, 56 postdoctoral scholars from NC State University shared their research at the 6th Annual Postdoctoral Research Symposium.

May 31, 2017

$1 Million NSF Grant Launches Unique Master’s Program at NC State

A $1 million National Science Foundation grant will enable the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to create a new interdisciplinary master’s program for students from underrepresented groups.

Mar 1, 2017

AgPack Strong: A Force of Nature

Armed with two NC State degrees and an unflinching desire to help others, Paula Woodall makes a real difference in the lives of youth and farmers alike.

Feb 6, 2017

Student Spotlight: Johnson Studies Farm-Level Food Loss

In addition to the millions of tons of food that goes into the garbage each year, an untold amount of edible produce goes unharvested from farmers' fields. Lisa Johnson, a Ph.D. student in horticultural science, is helping fill in the blanks on the topic of farm-level food losses and taking the first steps toward reducing them.