Like all other schools in the UniversityofNorthCarolinasystem, including the flagship at Chapel Hill, NCCU has seen its state funding cut significantly.
Obama addressed a crowd of about 15, 000, including more than 1, 200 graduates ofNorthCarolina Agricultural and Technical State University, one of the state university system's historically black schools.
In addition, UniversityofNorthCarolina researchers are building a database of all food consumed in the U.S. They have created a system to classify 600, 000 bar codes for food products.