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February 2022 News and Notes

February 22, 2022

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Sang wins food chemistry award

Shengmin Sang, Ph.D.

Shengmin Sang, Ph.D., distinguished professor for functional foods and human health in the Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, is the recipient of the ACS Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division’s 2022 award for Advancement of Application of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

The award recognizes and encourages outstanding contributions to pure and/or applied agricultural and food chemistry.

Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T awarded community garden stipends

Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T has announced 28 recipients of Community Garden COVID Response and Enhancement Stipends. Find the list on the Extension web site.

Bhowmik hemp research article published

Arnab Bhowmik, Ph.D.

The article “Hemp biochar impacts on selected biological soil health indicators across different soil types and moisture cycles,” by soil scientist Arnab Bhowmik, Ph.D., has been published in PLOS ONE, a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Public Library of Science.

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CAES Celebrates First Ag Ed Ph.D., 135 Undergraduates

CAES Celebrates First Ag Ed Ph.D., 135 Undergraduates

Two graduate students were recognized as the college’s first female doctoral candidates during N.C. A&T’s Spring 2026 commencement.
Student Showcase recognizes summer internships, research, studies abroad

Student Showcase recognizes summer internships, research, studies abroad

Nearly 80 students from across the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences reflected on – and were recognized for – their summer internships, research projects and studies abroad  during the 11th annual Student Showcase of Excellence, held Sept. 7 at the University Farm Pavilion.
N.C. A&T Student Secures Medical Internship in Mombasa, Kenya

N.C. A&T Student Secures Medical Internship in Mombasa, Kenya

A rising senior at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will intern with the International Medical Aid in Mombasa, Kenya. Tyra Dennis, who is using a $1,000 grant from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi for the opportunity, is pursuing global health advocacy through this program. Dennis, a child development and family studies major from Chase City, Virginia, is completing this two-week internship from July 5 to July 20. She is shadowing physicians at Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital to gain firsthand experience in clinical care. In addition, she is contributing to public health initiatives focused on menstrual health education for teenage girls, support hygiene clinics for schoolchildren and assist with community clinics that provide routine health screenings, such as diabetes and hypertension checks, for residents of underserved neighborhoods in Mombasa.
Cream of the crop: CAES sophomore receives FFA’s top student honor

Cream of the crop: CAES sophomore receives FFA’s top student honor

As a child, Leila Noufal liked animals but didn’t raise them. She loved agriculture but didn’t live on a farm. Her closest encounter with farming came while in middle school, on the couch, watching a documentary film about sustainable agriculture.
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