Research in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences is a $45 million engine that drives health, wellness and quality of life for North Carolinians and shapes the state’s $103 billion agriculture sector. We’re a leader in food science, nutrition and human health, specialty crops, small-farms innovation, and climate-resilient agricultural practices.
In the latest magazine: Drones fly, tractors "talk," sensors deliver data, and robots "tend animals" on the Farms of the Future. Re:Search is the magazine of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Farms of the Future
Small Farms Innovation
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N.C. A&T Breaks Ground on Urban and Community Food Complex
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Nov. 9, 2023) – University leaders, elected officials, faculty, staff and project team members picked up shovels and officially broke ground on the Urban and Community Food Complex, the latest expansion of the 492-acre University Farm, on Nov. 9.
Food and Nutritional Science
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Same taste, less fat – Oleogels may be the answer to healthier fried foods
Why is deep-fried food so delicious? Is it the crunch of a crispy coating? The salty, tenderizing marinades? Or is it the fact that humans have programmed by years of evolution to love high-calorie dense foods?
Animal Science
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Undergraduate researcher tackles beef industry’s “multimillion-dollar headache”
Same taste, less fat – Oleogels may be the answer to healthier fried foods Uchenna Anele,...
Hemp Research
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A Clean Sweep: Can hemp, mushrooms fight COVID on surfaces?
While the pandemic pushed most people to pause in 2020, it had the opposite effect on Leonard Williams, Ph.D., director, professor and researcher at the Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
Family and Consumer Sciences
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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.
Ag Education
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PROFESSOR LIANG USES USDA GRANT TO OPEN TEACHERS’ MINDS TO AGRICULTURAL POSSIBILITIES
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (July 28, 2023) – North Carolina may be one of the most agriculturally diverse states in the nation, but as rates of agricultural literacy decline among younger generations, teaching middle and high school students where their food comes from – and how to grow more – becomes a vital strategy for combating food insecurity, preventing malnutrition and maintaining the environment.
Landscape Architecture
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A sacred space: CAES professor wins an international competition to design a South Carolina heritage park
Same taste, less fat – Oleogels may be the answer to healthier fried foods Chris Harrison,...
Natural Resources and Environmental Design
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A sacred space: CAES professor wins an international competition to design a South Carolina heritage park
Same taste, less fat – Oleogels may be the answer to healthier fried foods Chris Harrison,...
Student and Community Farm
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Extension and Research Farm Pavilion opens doors, ushers in new season of growth for farm
“A dream 20 years in the making” was realized at N.C. A&T’s 492-acre farm on Sept. 21 as local, state and national dignitaries lined up to cut the ribbon and open its Extension and Research Farm Pavilion.
Fashion Merchandising and Design
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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.
Child Development
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‘THOSE ARE THE CRITICAL YEARS’: CAES RESEARCHER TO LOOK FOR ‘PROMISING MODELS’ TO ELIMINATE HIGH IN-SCHOOL DISCIPLINE RATES OF YOUNG CHILDREN OF COLOR
A $200,000 grant will support an N.C. A&T faculty member as she searches for promising models to reduce the dramatically high rate of suspensions, expulsions and exclusions of young children of color in early care and education settings.
Agribusiness
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CAES professor helping U.S. agriculture get the right take on trade
NAFTA and TPP aren’t just acronyms that baffle most of us. They are actual policies that affect our well-being.
