Chancellor Randy Woodson is at the forefront of this effort as the chair of a commission convened by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities to address domestic and global food-security challenges and ensure universal food security by 2050.

Public universities are uniquely positioned to bring together academia and industry to solve the world’s grandest challenges. Few — if any — issues will be more challenging over the next several decades than worldwide food security.”

— Randy Woodson, chancellor

Three faculty in NC State’s Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center have been chosen by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to serve on committees addressing controversial new technologies that offer both opportunities and challenges.

Fred Gould, a professor of entomology and co-chair of the GES Center, chaired a committee on genetically engineered crops, which published its findings in May.

Jason Delborne, an associate professor of forestry and environmental resources, served on a committee on the potential impact of gene drives, which published its report in June.

Jennifer Kuzma, Goodnight-NCGSK Foundation Distinguished Professor of Public Administration and co-chair of the GES Center, serves on a committee on the future of biotechnology and how to regulate it, which will release its report in late 2016.