Category: Research
CAES, University Farm Shine During National Group’s Inaugural Visit
The need for collaboration and mutual support among the nation’s public and land-grant universities in the face of uncertainties was a common theme at the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities’ (APLU) summer meeting, held July 28-31 in Chapel Hill and, for the first time, at N.C. A&T and the University Farm.
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CEPHT Opens Labs to Charlotte Food Science Scholars
Charlotte-Mecklenburg students studying the principles of “food is medicine” got a closer look at food analysis through the labs of N.C. A&T’s Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, or CEPHT.
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Minor Named Interim Dean of N.C. A&T’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Immunologist Radiah Corn Minor, Ph.D. has been named interim dean of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, effective July 1.
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College Honors Research Excellence
Researchers from the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T won awards at the college’s Awards of Excellence luncheon, held May 16 at the University Farm.
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College Undergraduates Present at N.C. A&T Undergraduate Research Symposium
More than 200 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University undergraduates participated in this year’s Undergraduate Research Symposium and Graduate College information session.
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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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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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N.C. A&T to Use $4.5 Million Grant to Build Biomedical Research Infrastructure
Animal sciences student Eryka McDougald holds a rat in the university vivarium. A new U.S....
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From High Tunnels to Hot Cocoa: Versatile Ginger Has a Field Day
That’s the message researchers in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T offered small-scale producers during the first annual Ginger Production Field Day on Oct. 21, along with growing tips and market opportunities.
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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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N.C. Agromedicine Institute, N.C. A&T Host Farm Health and Safety Symposium
Agricultural safety, equitable farming and navigating mental and physical stress were among the topics at an Agricultural Health and Safety Symposium held this month at the University Farm Pavilion.
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CAES Researcher Receives Grant to Study Medicinal Crops
Kathleen Liang, Ph.D., W.K. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, has received a $20,000 grant from a division of the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to study the growth, use and marketability of medicinal crops.
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