Category: N.R.E.D.
Landscape Architecture Student Wins Law Firm’s First-Time Scholarship
From more than 450 applicants, a Raleigh law firm chose Zuri Askew — a rising sophomore at N.C. A&T — as the first recipient of its $2,500 scholarship honoring a cherished member of the firm.
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Patent-winning Horticulturalist Yang Named 2025 “HortLegend”
Horticulture researcher Guochen Yang, Ph.D., has spent four decades promoting better health, better crops and instructing the next generation of horticultural scientists. Now, he has achieved “legendary” status, according to his peers.
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Student Club is Two-Time Regional Award Winner
The N.C. A&T chapter of ASABE (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers) has been named Best Club of the Year for the Southeastern Region in two of the past three years —2023 and 2025. This is the third time the N.C. A&T student chapter has won the award.
Read MoreBenches Pay Tribute to “Lost, but not Forgotten” Maplewood Graves
Long-deceased, long unrecognized loved ones in Greensboro’s Maplewood Cemetery were commemorated on May 7 with interpretive benches designed and built by students in North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s landscape architecture program.
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College Graduates First Two Ph.D. Recipients
The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will celebrate a landmark event this week: awarding its first doctoral degrees in agriculture and environmental sciences to two students.
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Landscape Architecture Seniors Share Benbow Park Designs with Community
“Good design is listening and creating something where people say: ‘Oh, you did what I wanted,’” said Steve Rasmussen Cancian, an assistant professor of landscape architecture at N.C. Agricultural and Technical State University.
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$1 Million to Grow Organic Fertilizer Study with N.C. State
Faculty members at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and North Carolina State University will use a $1 million federal grant to investigate a promising new method to improve soil health and organic crop yields and mitigate the effects of climate change.
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Ignite Scholar Jaliyah Shepherd: “Landscape Architecture…Was Perfect for Me”
As a child in Chicago, Jaliyah Shepherd would walk through the city’s park district and notice the way the buildings contrasted with the plants, yet they blended and flowed together.
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Boosting Benbow: Students, Community Work Together to Plan a Park
When the nonprofit Benbow Park Community Association sought to improve its neighborhood park, association Vice President Chad Roberts tapped into the talents at N.C. A&T.
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Using Data to Make a Difference: N.C. A&T Team Competes in SAS Hackathon
A team that includes eight graduate students and two faculty members from the Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Design is competing against more than 130 teams worldwide in the SAS Hackathon. And, ultimately, their efforts could benefit small-scale rural farmers who historically have faced gender and racial discrimination.
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Landscape Architecture Project Honoring Esteemed Educator Brown Unveiled to Alumni
A two-year project by N.C. A&T’s landscape architecture students to commemorate renowned civil rights activist and educator Charlotte Hawkins Brown was unveiled recently before a group of friends, students and alumni of the school she founded.
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Renowned Landscape Designer Hood ‘81 Wins Vincent Scully Prize
Walter Hood, ’81, now a U.C. Berkeley department chair, is the 2024 winner of the Vincent Scully...
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