CALS Magazine

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

Regaining What’s Been Lost

At Sankofa Farms, doctoral student Kamal Bell looks to agriculture and to the past to break down educational barriers for young African American men.

I AM CALS: Dalton Dockery Wins Public Service Award

NC State’s winner of the 2020 Excellence in Public Service Award has a history of caring for his community through challenges ranging from hurricanes to racial strife.

Sa Tin, Kee Lar, Htoo Saw Ywa, Ker Kapaw Shee and Htoo Paw Loe stand in the garden with Kree Paw Sain, seated.

Growing a Future for Myanmar Refugees at the Karen Community Garden

A blossoming Wake County farm provides refugees from Myanmar with new income and new hopes.

A Leading Advocate: Master’s Student Coleman Simpson

Graduate student Coleman Simpson takes on a new supporting role, bringing counseling services to fellow CALS students through a grant he wrote.

Members of the Debnam family at the seed library

Master Gardener Volunteers Tend to the Community

With deep roots in their communities, Master Gardener volunteers are a vital source of gardening advice, fresh produce and compassionate service.

What’s the Big Deal About CRISPR?

If you’ve had a bite of cheese, yogurt or another commercially produced dairy product, you’ve eaten a CRISPR-enhanced food. Learn more about this Nobel-winning technology.

Taking a sample from a leaf via cellphone

GRIP4PSI Funding Backs Plant Sciences

Visionary ideas are taking shape among four interdisciplinary research teams that received seed funding from the Game-Changing Research Incentive Program (GRIP).