Category: Animal Sciences
Senior Charts Own Course in Marine Biology
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University may be land-locked, but that didn’t stop senior D’Karia Bascom diving into the field of marine biology.
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Winging It: Challenge Turns Up Heat on Student, Faculty Competitors
The heat was on for nine competitors, and one iron-stomached student took home $50 as champion, during the Poultry Science Club’s annual Hot Wing Challenge on March 28.
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She’s a Star: Senior Breyana Robinson is a Two-Time Astronaut Scholar
In 2023, Breyana Robinson was the first student from the College of Agriculture and Animal Sciences to receive the prestigious Astronaut Scholarship. One year later, Robinson has done it again.
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Student “Chats” Tackle Agricultural Issues
Friendly, but impassioned, debate on pros and cons of various issues in agriculture engaged students in Ag Chat sessions, held during this year’s Small Farms Week.
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Swine Science Students Shine at 2025 North Carolina Pork Conference
Students with an interest in swine science attended 2025’s North Carolina Pork Conference this spring, one of the latest professional development forums presented to students in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences through a partnership with the North Carolina Pork Council.
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Unlocking the Secrets of Climate-Smart Sheep
Descended from the sheep brought to North America by the Spanish in the 16th century, this mid-sized breed thrived in the pastures and piney woods of Florida. For four centuries these feral sheep foraged in the wild for food, dodged alligators and bobcats, and endured the ranchers who rounded them up twice a year to shear them of their wool.
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Animal Geneticist Using AI to Boost Sheep, Goat Health
In the tech hub of Research Triangle Park, the phrase “artificial intelligence” conjures images of advanced algorithms. In East Greensboro, N.C., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, is applying AI in a practical way to address a persistent challenge: controlling internal parasites in small ruminants.
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Lab Animal Sciences Major Plunges into Marine Biology Internship
As a laboratory animal science major, N.C. A&T senior D’Karia Bascom will spend her fall semester in Webb Hall, navigating the courses she needs to complete her degree.
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Record Three N.C. A&T Students Awarded Prestigious Astronaut Scholarship
Three students from N.C. A&T State University have been named 2023 Astronaut Scholars, an elite scholarship awarded annually to the nation’s most academically accomplished students pursuing STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degrees.
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Lab Animal Science Student Robinson Named 2023 Astronaut Scholar
As one of three A&T students to be named a 2023 Astronaut Scholar, Breyana Robinson wants to draw more attention to her field: animal sciences.
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Milking the Moment: N.C. A&T Dairy Unveils New Automated Milking System
As a crowd of legislators, dairy industry leaders, faculty, staff and Cooperative Extension personnel watched, a small, brown Jersey cow stepped up to be milked in the N.C. A&T University Dairy on Wednesday morning.
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Cows, Meet “Precision Agriculture:” N.C. A&T Dairy Unveils New Automated Milking System
N.C. Agricultural and Technical State University’s Aggie cows will mooo-ve into the age of “precision agriculture” next month as the University Dairy hosts an open house for its new, state-of-the-art Automated Milking System.
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