{"id":35771,"date":"2026-07-29T11:24:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/thought-leadership\/?page_id=35771"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:24:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:24:46","slug":"ptl-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/thought-leadership\/ptl-series\/","title":{"rendered":"PTL Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-featured-content ncst-featured-content is-card-style layout-two-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n             <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__content\">\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-featured-content\"><div class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-image with-cta\">\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-33289\"\n            alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/423\/2025\/02\/PTL-extreme-weather.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; 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