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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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30 years of ‘Aggie Excellence’: N.C. A&T MANRRS chapter celebrates its founding, future

30 years of ‘Aggie Excellence’: N.C. A&T MANRRS chapter celebrates its founding, future

Past met present as three generations of N.C. A&T MANRRS members gathered to commemorate 30 years of the chapter’s history this month.
Alston Inducted into Black Agriculture Hall of Fame

Alston Inducted into Black Agriculture Hall of Fame

Antoine Alston, Ph.D., who has served the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences for more than two decades as a professor and administrator, is one of two inaugural inductees into the new North Carolina Heritage Black Agriculture Hall of Fame.
Tip Top

Tip Top

N.C. A&T officials and employees, including members of the Board of Trustees and the CAES Advisory Board, gathered on April 26 to sign the pinnacle structural steel beam of the college's Urban and Community Food Complex, currently under construction next to the University Farm Pavilion.
CAES leads climate change session at Brookhaven National Laboratory summit

CAES leads climate change session at Brookhaven National Laboratory summit

The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences recently brought a new perspective on climate change and agriculture to some of the studies in computer and math modeling taking place at the world-famous Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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