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Senior Vice Provost for University Interdisciplinary Programs Rob Dunn and Jason Delborne, Fred Gould, and Jennifer Kuzma of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center talk about genetically engineered foods

Are you ready to eat marinated crickets and genetically modified pineapple?

5/22/2023

Universities often ask their incoming freshmen to do a summer reading assignment before they arrive on campus in the fall. NC State, however, has developed a truly interdisciplinary online experience…

Author photo of Bethany Brookshire and cover of her book "Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains." Author photo: Lancer Photography, 2022. All rights reserved.

Why do we love cats and hate rats?

3/6/2023

Why do we dote on parakeets but not pigeons? Why do we let cats curl up on our laps but catch rats in traps? Science writer Bethany Brookshire, author of the new book Pests: How Humans Create Animal…

Artists use the lens of biotech to envision our genetic futures at the Gregg and the Libraries

Major art-science exhibition now open at the Gregg and the Libraries

9/26/2019

Evolution has gotten life this far. Design may take it from here Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures is a visually stunning and thought-provoking exhibition aimed at…

From Teosinte to Tomorrow, a quarter-acre corn maze, at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park

Libraries corn maze open at NCMA

7/31/2019

Do you know where the corn on your plate comes from? Enter From Teosinte to Tomorrow, a quarter-acre corn maze, at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park to find…