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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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N.C. A&T Files Provisional Patent for Innovative, Plant-Based Wound Dressing 

N.C. A&T Files Provisional Patent for Innovative, Plant-Based Wound Dressing 

Woundra, an innovative, plant-based wound dressing conceived and designed by N.C. A&T researchers at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, is moving quickly toward being available at a retail store near you.
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.
CELEBRATING 2021: HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM DEAN AHMEDNA

CELEBRATING 2021: HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM DEAN AHMEDNA

Dear CAES Family, Happy Holidays to each of you! As I reflect on the year’s events, I realize that 2021 has been a year of contrasts. It was the year we all came back together with a new appreciation for community, although we began the year apart due to the pandemic. It was a year in which we had much to celebrate, because throughout the year, we did what a college of agriculture does best: We grew.
“It Has Been a Journey”: CAES Aggies’ Resilience Guides Them to Graduation

“It Has Been a Journey”: CAES Aggies’ Resilience Guides Them to Graduation

More than 120 students in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences entered N.C. A&T in the early years of COVID and now leave with master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Spring 2024’s graduation.
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