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September 2021 News and Notes

September 27, 2021

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Dingha research highlighted in Southern SARE newsletter

Beatrice Dingha, Ph.D.

The research of Beatrice Dingha, Ph.D., was featured in an article in July’s digital newsletter of the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program. In her research, Dingha found that intercropping cowpea plants with vegetable crops can increase yields up to 50%.

CAES alumna Johnson featured in podcast

CAES alumna and former Environmental Defense Fund intern Maya Johnson was featured in EDF’s podcast, Degrees, which covers all aspects of green careers. As a green jobseeker, Johnson gave a real-time coaching session in the episode Five key questions to turbocharge your job hunt.

Jaiswal featured in Women in Design video

The Center of Excellence in Product Design and Advanced Manufacturing at N.C. A&T featured fashion merchandising faculty member Geetika Jaiswal, Ph.D. in their Women in Design and Advanced Manufacturing Academy. Jaiswal, of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, was chosen to be profiled for her work in research, education and outreach. Jaiswal was also the recipient of the seed grant from CEPDAM in 2021.

Jaiswal featured in Women in Design video

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services made a short video to document the summer internship program with N.C. A&T, featuring alumnae Taylor Peele and Leah Freeman.

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Faculty win top university, research awards

Faculty win top university, research awards

N.C. A&T’s “Rookie of the Year” researcher, an excellent advisor and an outstanding teacher all earned top awards from the university this month, while a host of grant winners and researchers were honored by the college during end-of-year award ceremonies.
CAES Alumni Celebrate, “Shout Out” Their Peers at Homecoming Cookout

CAES Alumni Celebrate, “Shout Out” Their Peers at Homecoming Cookout

More than 450 young and young-at-heart Aggies came to the Webb Hall lawn to dance, feast and fellowship during the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences’ annual Alumni Celebration and Cookout on Oct. 18 ahead of the university’s football game against the Hampton Pirates.
Sang awarded two grants to study foods’ effects on the body, disease prevention

Sang awarded two grants to study foods’ effects on the body, disease prevention

Shengmin Sang, Ph.D., a professor of functional foods and human health at N.C. A&T’s Center of Excellence for Post-Harvest Technologies at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, has been awarded two grants totaling nearly $1 million from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
When politics and food production collide: State ag leader gives semester’s first forum

When politics and food production collide: State ag leader gives semester’s first forum

N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler paid a visit to N.C. A&T’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences to discuss the state of farming, agribusiness, and food security in the wake of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
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