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Kathleen Liang, Ph.D., Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Agriculture at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, works with conference attendees at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, where she will conduct teacher training as part of her new $500,000 grant to boost agriculture in education.

Professor Liang Uses USDA Grant to Open Teachers’ Minds to Agricultural Possibilities

07/28/2023 in College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education

Chyi Lyi “Kathleen” Liang, Ph.D., Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Agriculture at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, is taking an innovative approach to agricultural education and a new, $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to implement it.

Dr. Kathleen Liang with Connie Locklear on the Locklear's farm

N.C. A&T’s Liang in $10M USDA-Funded Project to Examine Major Shocks to Food Systems

02/20/2023 in College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education

Chyi Lyi “Kathleen” Liang, Ph.D., the W.K. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Agriculture in N.C. A&T’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES), is a co-principal investigator on the project that received $10 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

N.C. A&T Professor Simpson Appointed to EPA Advisory Committee

12/09/2022 in College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education

Chantel Y. Simpson, Ph.D., a professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has been appointed to an Environmental Protection Agency committee that provides policy recommendations on environmental issues affecting agriculture and rural communities.

N.C. A&T’s Noufal Receives FFA’s Highest Student Honor

11/17/2022 in College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences student Leila Noufal has been named a 2022 recipient of the American FFA Degree, the highest degree awarded by the National FFA Organization.

N.C. A&T Partners in USDA’s $2.8B Climate-Smart Commodities Projects

10/17/2022 in Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will participate in two major projects to reduce greenhouse gases and improve climate-resilient agriculture production as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s major new Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities.

National conference at A&T highlights sustainability, tech in agriculture

09/19/2022 in College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education

Small-scale producers from around the country gathered at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to share ideas and experiences on such topics as farm justice, environmental impacts and innovations in growing practices during a three-day sustainability conference this month.

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Three photos, from left: the back of Mya Harris' bomber jacket designed for Urban Outfitters, the back of the T-shirt she designed for Urban Outfitters, and Harris wearing the trucker hat she designed for Urban Outfitters

Fashion Student Designs A&T-Inspired Collection for Urban Outfitters

12/06/2023 in College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Family and Consumer Sciences

In June 2022, fashion merchandising and design major Mya Harris flew to Philadelphia to attend a 10-week internship with apparel company Urban Outfitters. This fall, the result of that experience – a line of clothing paying tribute to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s cultural history – hit the shelves.

This is a photo of Kennidi Cottle, Santroya Pitzer and Bria Williams

The AdPr Academy Welcomes Three N.C. A&T Journalism and Mass Communication Students

12/05/2023 in Library, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Three students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (JOMC) – sophomore Kennidi Cottle and seniors Santroya Pitzer and Bria Williams – were selected to participate in the University of Georgia’s seventh annual Myra Blackmon AdPr Academy for Diversity & Inclusion one-week intensive seminar in Atlanta.

Shannon Wiley, Ph.D., answers an audience question at the recent Grassroots Leadership Conference’s listening session on urban and nontraditional audiences.

Extension Launches New Effort to Reach Urban and Nontraditional Audiences

12/05/2023 in Cooperative Extension

Cooperative Extension at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has launched a new effort to apply its expertise and experience in community outreach and education to urban communities and nontraditional audiences across North Carolina.

An A&T employee stands with a bicycle to be given to a Guilford County foster child

A&T Grants Winter Wishes for Foster Children for Seventh Year

12/05/2023 in Employees, Students

Hundreds of holiday-festive Aggies gathered at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Alumni-Foundation Event Center on Dec. 1 to deliver gifts for Guilford County children in foster care for a seventh consecutive year.

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