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News and Notes, January 2024

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Fat Reduction Research Highlighted in Futurum Careers

Reza Tahergorabi, Ph.D.

Reza Tahergorabi, Ph.D.’s work into the use of oleogels as a medium to cooking healthier fried foods was featured in Futurum Careers.

The food industry has long sought a new frying medium that could offer the taste and texture of traditional fried foods, but without the dietary drawbacks of a high-fat diet.

Tahergorabi, associate professor of food and nutritional sciences, has taken on the challenge: is there a deep-frying medium that can reduce fat uptake in the food itself without generating trans-fatty acids? Oleogels may pose the answer.

Futurum Careers is a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). For more information, teaching resources, and course and career guides, see www.futurumcareers.com

Read Same taste, less fat – Oleogels may be the answer to healthier fried foods now, on https://caesresearch.news!  

Faulkner Provides Book Chapter

Paula Faulkner, Ph.D

Paula Faulkner, Ph.D., is a co-author of a chapter of a newly published Agricultural Education textbook on the subject “Applied Leadership Development Through FFA.”

CAES In the News

CAES is appearing in local and regional media!

Lab Animal Sciences student Breyana  Robinson, winner of a big national award, the Astronaut Scholarship, is in the HBCU Advocate;

http://www.thehbcuadvocate.com/three-at-students-selected-for-astronaut-scholarship-make-hbcu-history/

Landscape Architecture appeared on WFDD 88.5.FM's "Morning Edition" show:

https://www.wfdd.org/story/nc-students-will-design-outdoor-experience-toyota-megasite

and on WFMY, which not only included professor Steve Cancian and student Cierra Knight, but also footage from Dustin Chandler of CAES (Ag) Comm!

https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/north-carolina-a-t-ncat-toyota-battery-manufacturing-plant-triad-guilford-randoplh-county-economy-education/83-201fe7f3-f80b-4a8d-9b31-f3bc401cfca4

Would you like to learn more about N.C. A&T State University?

Founded in 1891 in Greensboro, North Carolina, N.C. A&T is the nation’s largest historically Black university and a premier 1890 land-grant doctoral research institution. Home to more than 14,000 students, A&T is nationally recognized as the top public HBCU in the country and the number one producer of Black graduates in engineering and agriculture. With over $2.4 billion in annual economic impact, the university combines rigorous academics, pioneering research, and a vibrant campus culture to prepare the next generation of global leaders. 

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Fashion Program Receives $100,000 award from GAP, Icon 360

Fashion Program Receives $100,000 award from GAP, Icon 360

N.C. A&T’s Fashion Merchandising and Design Program’s star continues to rise, thanks to a new $100,000 award from clothier The Gap and the nonprofit organization Icon 360, a nonprofit launched in 2020 to support designers of color.
From Legacy to Growth: N.C. A&T State University Honors the 135th Anniversary of the Second Morrill Act

From Legacy to Growth: N.C. A&T State University Honors the 135th Anniversary of the Second Morrill Act

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will celebrate the 135th anniversary of the Second Morrill Act with milestone events in 2025-26, including a campus-wide dinner, an anniversary celebration of Small Farms Week and a student research poster display.
N.C. A&T BREAKS GROUND FOR FARM PAVILION

N.C. A&T BREAKS GROUND FOR FARM PAVILION

The first phase of $12.3 million worth of construction at the N.C. A&T University Farm began July 11, signaling an expanded era of research, education, community engagement and agribusiness development – including Aggie ice cream.
CAES researchers honored on N.C. A&T Awards Day

CAES researchers honored on N.C. A&T Awards Day

Si Zhu, Ph.D., a post-doctoral researcher in the lab of professor Guibing Chen, Ph.D. at the Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies in Kannapolis, has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 N.C. A&T Outstanding Dissertation Award.
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