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New Building Supports N.C. PSI’s Team-based Research Through Form and Function

N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative

three people standing in a field of corn

Aug 15, 2025

Cracking the Corn Code

CALS Faculty have teamed up on several interdisciplinary research projects aimed at cultivating new, efficient ways of growing corn to make the crop more resilient. 
people standing around tech equipment on a farm with a cow

Aug 16, 2024

Future-proof Farming Starts with Fiber

A group of dedicated people across the state are bringing high-speed internet and advanced AI technology to our research stations and field labs in a collaborative effort to move our food system into the future. 
Weilong He standing in front of computers.

Aug 16, 2024

Growing Technology

With support from the Trolinder graduate student endowment, Weilong He hopes to use machine learning to help breeders more efficiently assess the health of plants and troubleshoot problems for farmers. 
two women stand with a cow on a research farm

Aug 16, 2024

Innovation. Infrastructure. Industry.

Recent tech upgrades to the Reedy Creek Educational Units have allowed an innovative startup to measure greenhouse gas emissions directly from a cow's gut and send the data to the cloud. 
CALS Dean Garey Fox stands with a drone

Oct 18, 2023

Q&A With Dean Garey Fox

Get to know Garey Fox, the new dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. 
Exterior of the Plant Sciences Building

Jun 24, 2022

Welcome Home: NC State Plant Sciences Building

Take a tour of the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative’s state-of-the-art headquarters and discover how it will help launch agricultural research—and our state’s economy—into new frontiers. 
people at the plant sciences building dedication

Jun 24, 2022

CALS Says Thank You to N.C. PSI Donors

With support from many generous donors, we have fulfilled our $160.2 million fundraising goal for the NC State University Plant Sciences Building. In a strong and unique display of solidarity, stakeholders… 
people celebrate at the opening of the Plant Sciences Building dedication ceremony as the ribbon is cut

May 3, 2022

What Leaders Are Saying About N.C. PSI and the NC State University Plant Sciences Building

During the NC State University Plant Sciences Building’s dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony, a diverse range of speakers representing NC State university’s leadership, donors, state political leaders, federal research administrators, and students… 
Exterior of the NC State University Plant Sciences Building

May 3, 2022

N.C. PSI’s Time Capsule Opening to Coincide with UN’s 2050 Food Security Goals

The NC State University Plant Sciences Building’s dedication, ribbon cutting and tour on April 12 was an event of historic proportions. It was the official day that the full breadth of… 
View of the central staircase in the Plant Sciences Building

May 3, 2022

New Building Supports N.C. PSI’s Team-based Research Through Form and Function

The N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative’s newly constructed headquarters, the NC State University Plant Sciences Building, is home to some of the brightest minds in academia, industry and government – not to…