Category: Fall 2020
![Bruno Ferreira](https://magazine.grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/bruno-at-farm-think-featured-1024x576.jpg)
Fork to Farmer
In the midst of North Carolina’s thriving farm-to-fork movement, recent graduate alumnus Bruno Ferreira has developed a series of videos that focus on the farmers behind some of the state’s best known local chefs.
![Dean Peter Harries](https://magazine.grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/harries_peter-19475-library-web-460x259.jpg)
Message From the Dean
Graduate School Dean Peter Harries talks about the challenges and successes that 2020 has brought.
![Nikki Inglis](https://magazine.grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/meentemeyer_ross-18045-think-feature-460x259.jpg)
Supporting Graduate Mental Health
A Graduate Mental Health Symposium scheduled for March 2020 was cancelled, but the students behind the event changed course by creating videos to support graduate students.
![Hafizul Islam](https://magazine.grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/islam_hafizul-18513-think-featured-460x259.jpg)
Reducing Food Waste
The winner of the 2019 Three Minute Thesis explained how mathematical modeling could help food banks distribute food efficiently, effectively and equitably.
![Drew Grantham](https://magazine.grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/grantham_drew-12132-think-feature-460x259.jpg)
MALS Provides a Path for Wolfpack Gymnast
NC State gymnast Drew Grantham found a way to integrate her interests in athletics, organizational development and inclusion through NC State's Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program.
![Bridget Lassiter](https://magazine.grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/lassiter_bridget-19939-think-feature-460x259.jpg)
Field Lab Names New Superintendent
Bridget Lassiter brings a can-do attitude to her new role as the first female superintendent of NC State's Lake Wheeler Road Field Lab.
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Hindsight is 2020
Spring at the Graduate School is usually our busiest, most exciting time of year, with lots of activities and events. We take a look back at how 2020 was different.
![Transmission electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first U.S. case of COVID-19](https://magazine.grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/covid-2-460x259.jpg)
Coronavirus Sleuth
Ralph Baric, who earned two degrees at NC State, is now on the frontline of COVID-19 research, seeking both a vaccine and treatments to bring the pandemic under control.