CALS Magazine

News from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at NC State.

The New Face of Biochemistry

From your medicine cabinet to your garden fertilizer, nearly every aspect of your life is impacted by biochemistry. Under the direction of new department head Melanie Simpson – and a broad university partnership thanks to METRIC – the halls in CALS’ Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry are buzzing with excitement.

NC State CALS' Food Science's Fred Jimenez knows everybody

I Am CALS: Fred Jimenez Knows (Almost) Everything

Longtime CALS employee Fred Jimenez wrangles budgets, organizes events and serves as an unofficial CALS search engine in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Science.

Alamance County's Lisa Glosson, smiling, in the paddock with two of her cattle.

How A Widow Saved A Family Farm (With A Little Help From Extension)

High school sweethearts David and Lisa Glosson were partners in everything from 4-H leadership to dancing the two-step. Then he passed away, leaving her heartbroken – and worried she’d lose the 35-acre cattle farm that had been in his family for generations.

NC 4-H's Sadie helps after Hurricane Florence

4-H’ers Help Heal After Hurricane

From dramatic animal rescues to overwhelmingly successful children's book drives, our state's 4-H'ers lived up to their motto after Hurricane Florence: clear thinking, greater loyalty – and larger service.

Here are all the new professors hired in NC State's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' recent hiring push – the biggest in college history

Meet Our New Faculty

We're in our final year of the most aggressive hiring phase in CALS history. It's a three-year push to bring in 90 new faculty members – almost a third of our faculty total. Here's our first 74.