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Ken Hellevang, Extension engineer and professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, was among the experts quoted in a recent WalletHub story titled “2022’s Most and Least Energy-Expensive States.” The article, by financial writer Adam McCann, was posted July 6.

Graduate students Venkateswara Kadium and Ramesh Pilli received scholarships from the American Society of Enology and Viticulture.

Shahidul Islam has joined the NDSU plant sciences department as an assistant professor leading the spring wheat quality research program.

Two NDSU personnel were recognized with top honors by the National Federation of Press Women at its June 23-25 conference in Fargo. Carol Renner, college marketing and communications lead for the NDSU College of Health Professions, received first place for social media…

Graduate student Anastasia Kurth has received the Dr. Jack F. and Imogene Carter Endowed Plant Sciences Graduate Fellowship.

Asunta Thompson, NDSU associate professor of plant science, has developed a potato variety that recently was selected for McDonald's french fries.

Dogs are known for their keen sense of smell and are regularly used to detect explosives, illegal drugs and illness. It turns out they also can be trained to sniff out plant diseases.

NDSU graduate student Bipin Neupane was awarded first place in the student poster competition at the third biennial Association of Nepalese Agricultural Professionals of Americas International Scientific Conference. Neupane is a master’s degree student in the…

Jiajia Rao, assistant professor in the NDSU food science and cereal science programs, received the American Oil Chemists’ Society Young Scientist Research Award for 2022 during the organization’s annual meeting May 1-4.