A look at the farming strategies of two communities of North American farmers in Brazil and how they make sense of thorny subjects such as farmland financialization, genetically-engineered crops, and labor management.
A discussion about the experience of receiving and responding to public comments on proposed regulations
Genetics and Genomics Scholars, AgBioFews, and Global One Health Fellows from all cohorts are invited to participate in monthly workshops on Fridays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The topic for the November 17th workshop will be Promoting your Research, the Who, What, Where on all things grants, persuasive writing, and science communication/engagement. Meet us in Plant Science Building Seminar Room, Seminar Room 1322 A.
ZOOM. An exploration of the containment paradigm in gene drive research and discourse, drawing on feminist and Indigenous science studies, and proposes a connectivity-based approach to gene drive governance.
Genetics and Genomics Scholars, AgBioFews, and Global One Health Fellows from all cohorts are invited to participate in monthly workshops on Fridays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The topic for the December 8th workshop will be Managing your Graduate Research, learn about ORCiD profiles, literature review techniques, data management & sharing (GitHub), citation index (Zotero), responsible authorship, resumes/CVs/headshots, moving goal posts of an academic career, building a website. Meet us in Witherspoon Student Center, Room 201.
IN-PERSON - Enjoy a complementary lunch from Neomonde while you catch up on what everyone’s been up to! There will be NO ZOOM option for the welcome back lunch.
Scholars and funders alike have increasingly recognized engagement as an important dimension of innovation, but is engagement accomplishing what we think it is?
Genetics and Genomics Scholars, AgBioFews, and Global One Health Fellows have joined forces to create this professional development workshop series available to all NC State graduate students. The topic for the January 19th workshop will be The Mechanics of Graduate Research. Refreshments will be served.
Animal feed is our number one use of agriculture; Elysia engineers all of those feed crops to vastly suppress carbon emissions from the animals that eat them. Note: There will be no Zoom option for this week's colloquium. Please plan to attend in person.
Make-A-Thon is NC State’s sustainability innovation competition. Students research, design and prototype solutions to solve a sustainability challenge and then pitch their ideas to community and industry judges. Make-A-Thon Kickoff on 1/26 includes a workshop on Responsible Innovation presented by Katie Barnhill, senior research scholar for the Genetic Engineering and Society Center
The Mendelian eugenics movement in NC provides a useful case study into the lasting impact of over-generalized genetic theory on governments, medical professionals, and activists.
Ecological and evolutionary perspectives have greatly influenced the development of genetic engineering as exemplified by significant events from history.