College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

May 8, 2018

Cultivating Community

Deirdre An, who soon begins work in California as a viticulturist, found a family and a focus as a Park Scholar at NC State. 

May 8, 2018

CALS Celebrates New Museum, Education Center and Creamery

William R. Kenan Jr.'s bequest to benefit agricultural education continues to make an impact at NC State as the new Randleigh Dairy Heritage Museum opens. The museum will give visitors the unique opportunity to immerse themselves in a dairy farm and to learn about the importance of the dairy industry in North Carolina, the history of Jersey cows and more. 

May 8, 2018

Four Faculty Members Receive Holladay Medal

Four faculty members recently received the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence, the highest academic honor bestowed by NC State and the university’s Board of Trustees: Harald Ade, Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics; Barry Goodwin, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics; Behnam Pourdeyhimi, William A. Klopman Distinguished Professor in Textiles, Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science, associate dean for Industry Research and Extension, College of Textiles and director, Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center; and Abdel-Fattah Seyam, department head, Charles A. Cannon Professor of Textiles, Department of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management. 

May 1, 2018

CALS Student Spotlight: For Abel Walker, Sustainability is Key to Living Well

Plant biology major, Caldwell Fellow and scholarship recipient Abel Walker looks outside his comfort zone as he prepares for life beyond his planned graduation in December. 

Apr 24, 2018

Conservation Pioneer: CALS Philanthropist William Stevens

The late philanthropist and conservationist William Stevens and his wife, Emily Inscoe Stevens, have helped hundreds of students attend NC State's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences through a scholarship they established in 1982. The fund currently supports 12-15 students a year. 

Apr 24, 2018

Developing Wisdom for Med School: Tin Phan

Tin Phan is a Goodnight Scholar who volunteers for multiple nonprofit organizations, and serves on student councils for global health and for Operation Smile — while working toward a career goal of practicing medicine in refugee and immigrant populations. 

Apr 24, 2018

CALS Student Spotlight: Dani Winter Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Dani Winter, a biological and agricultural engineering major, is among 2,000 students nationwide named as 2018 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows. She credits the Park Scholars Program and NC State with helping her become an "exceptional scholar, leader and public servant." 

Apr 17, 2018

This Is Sparta: One Rural Student Fights to Return Home

Caldwell Fellow and Mildred S. Edeson Scholarship recipient David Cox hopes to put his NC State animal science degree to use in his rural hometown. 

Apr 10, 2018

A Commitment to Learning Continues

John and Nell Leazar's bequest to benefit horticultural sciences makes a meaningful difference in a department that played a significant role in both of their lives and honors their deep family connections to NC State. 

Apr 10, 2018

All Paths Lead to Agriculture

With support from College of Agriculture and Life Sciences scholarship donors, Mark Watson is on an uncharted journey pursuing his passion for plants.