College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Oct 29, 2025

Coloring Outside the Lines

New student-led garden unites and surprises the Pack.

Blake Layfield leans on a bourbon barrel.

Oct 29, 2025

A Spirited Approach

Blake Layfield ’07, ’09 MS, ’16 PHD cultivates flavor from field to pour for Maker’s Mark.

Chancellor Kevin Howell walks through his office.

Oct 27, 2025

A Man on the Move

Chancellor Kevin Howell ’88 is already a familiar face around NC State’s campus.

A collection of plant and flower specimens from Henry David Thoreau's collection at the Harvard University Herbaria.

Sep 9, 2025

Walden’s Way South

In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers, a new exhibit designed by an interdisciplinary team of Wolfpackers, opens at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design this week.

In an outdoor setting, a veterinary student presses a stethoscope to the side of a horse.

Apr 9, 2025

Country Doctors

A College of Veterinary Medicine program tackles the rural veterinarian shortage.

Ann Bybee-Finley stands near a farm gate in a lush, green landscape.

Feb 18, 2025

Home Grown

The Agroecology Education Farm is a place where crops — and possibilities — flourish.

Vanessa Woods stands in a greenhouse full of green, tropical plants.

Jan 6, 2025

Indoor Species

Ph.D. student Vanessa Woods studies the desire people have — or don’t have — to be outdoors.

Sep 6, 2024

Plants on the Plate

NC State gets $30 million from the Bezos Earth Fund for a center to advance alternative protein sources.

Jun 10, 2024

Chasing a Ghost

Under the darkness of night, entomologist Clyde Sorenson ’80, ’84 MS, ’88 PHD pursues what could be a new species of firefly.

May 31, 2024

Wildlife in Watercolor

The paintings of John Sill ’70 bring the natural world to young readers.