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Dec 14, 2017

High School Culinary Student finds Recipe for Success

KANNAPOLIS, NC — For an eager culinary arts student, the challenge was intriguing: Find a palatable culinary use for watermelon concentrate. Samuel Jijon (Sammy), a senior at A.L. Brown High… 

Oct 24, 2017

Cooking challenge has kids clamoring for a taste of fresh lettuce

Chef Mark and his fifth grade sous-chefs first did a demo preparing the Star Wars Fruit Salad and all the fifth grade students got sampling. Then, two teams faced off… 

Sep 14, 2017

Video: Equipping Tomorrow’s Workforce through P2EP

PHHI is proud to be a partner in the Plant Pathways Elucidation Project. This video features the research happenings of Kelsey Zielinski’s intern team, while Dr. Mary Ann Lila discusses… 

Aug 25, 2017

PHHI Extension and Lowe’s Heroes install grant-awarded school garden

CONCORD- When Pitts School Road Elementary students go back to school next week, they will be surprised by a colorful, new garden set up to teach them lessons across all… 

Aug 15, 2017

Dole and PHHI team up to investigate disease threatening bananas

There’s a problem in the world of bananas. The fungal disease black sigatoka is infecting banana leaves, reducing yield by up to 50 percent. The disease is devastating Cavendish bananas,… 

Aug 7, 2017

Chinese students visit PHHI as part of the Global Training Initiative

Seventeen college students from 4 Chinese universities are visiting PHHI at the NC Research Campus as they wrap up a 3-week visit to the United States. Dr. Keith Harris, the… 

Aug 3, 2017

Bowman leads PHHI-based STEM session at Grow Academy

North Carolina high school teachers have a unique new opportunity to gain hands-on experience in agriculture and life sciences education, thanks to NC State’s new Grow Academy. Created by Helen Kraus… 

Jul 27, 2017

Guzman returns to PHHI to assess bioaccessibility of phytochemicals in peppers.

Dr. Ivette Guzman, who is now an assistant professor in horticulture at New Mexico State University, worked at PHHI from 2010-2013 as a post doc in the labs of Dr.… 

Jul 14, 2017

Dr. Giuseppe Valacchi looks at how oxidative stress is associated with Rett Syndrome

Giuseppe Valacchi, PhD, arrived in Kannapolis, North Carolina from Ferrara, Italy in the summer of 2016. As the newest Associate Professor with the N.C. State Plants for Human Health Institute (PHHI) at… 

Oct 4, 2016

Three new faculty enhance PHHI research effort

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Seating at weekly staff meetings is available on a first-come basis at the Plants for Human Health Institute  (PHHI), and recently it’s become a standing room only situation for…