Two graduate students were recognized as the college’s first female doctoral candidates during N.C. A&T’s Spring 2026 commencement.

Kamal Bell, a two-time graduate of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, is the first Aggie to be named a Loeb Fellow by the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Veronica Godfrey Robinson didn’t think the swampy area of the farm she inherited from her father was of much use financially.

Sydney Bryson has a long-term goal: to keep the planet eco-friendly and sustainable for the next generation.

Now, a new honor brings her closer to that goal: by the time she graduates in May 2026, the senior will be named a Graduate Research Fellow by the National Science Foundation.

NEW ORLEANS, La. (April 2, 2026) — North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University earned a bevy of top awards at the Association of 1890 Research Directors 22nd Biennial Research Symposium this week.

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will collaborate with another Historically Black College and University in the Midwest to apply cutting-edge technologies that could improve the yield and quality of a trendy ancient grain.

In an emotion-packed event recognizing the state’s small-scale growers, first-generation Sampson County farmer and Air Force veteran Darius McKoy of 12:03AM Farm in Faison, N.C., was named the 2026 N.C. Small Farmer of the Year by Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T.

On most sunny days, Harmandeep Sharma, Ph.D., would prefer to be outside, piloting a drone equipped with a high-tech camera above rows of crops to collect virtual acres of data.