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Sep 8, 2026

Check Out the Latest Issue of CALS Magazine

Take a peek inside the new issue of CALS Magazine to discover how the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is helping future-proof egg production with robotics, preserve North Carolina farmland, find solutions for the bioeconomy and more. 
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Sep 1, 2026

NC State Researchers Pioneer New Carbon Capture Technology

Pablo Ortiz Paciello, a graduate student in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering’s Biocarbon Utilization and Sequestration (BUS) Lab, is working on research and related technology that aims to collect carbon dioxide directly from compost piles before it reaches the atmosphere, capturing the gas as a value-added product. 
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Aug 25, 2026

From Code to Coop

From egg-collecting robots to intelligent systems that assess the health of individual birds, Ramesh Bist and his Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Lab are cracking into AI to develop innovative tools that help poultry producers better manage their flocks. 
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Aug 25, 2026

Excrement Enterprise

For farms with a waste-not, want-not approach, animal feces offer untapped potential. The new Food Animal Resource Management and Sustainability Center works to harness this digestion by-product to help create self-sustaining farm systems. 
NC State student Sawyer Exum with NASA astronauts

Aug 11, 2026

CALS Student Helps NASA Cultivate Crops for Space

As a NASA space crop production intern, biological and agricultural engineering technology major Sawyer Exum has spent the summer researching how hydroponic systems function under simulated International Space Station conditions. 
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Jul 21, 2026

Gaining a Global Perspective in Germany

George Hotelling approached his study abroad experience eager to learn how sustainability fits into a global agricultural context. Hotelling recently spent two weeks studying Sustainable Livestock Production in Germany (BAE…