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Article ItemClay Wright receives MIRA funding to create new molecular tools , article
The grant supports Wright's innovative work in understanding and engineering common cellular signals, a critical mechanism shared across animals, plants, and fungi.
Date: Mar 06, 2024 -
Article ItemAlumni farming families make conservation a priority , article
Three Hokie-owned and operated family farms in Virginia were honored by the commonwealth for doing their part to preserve Virginia’s waterways and natural resources.
Date: Mar 06, 2024 -
Article ItemInnovative screening can detect 'cancer fingerprint' in dogs , article
Using a unique urinalysis technique, researchers at Virginia Tech have created a simple, noninvasive, rapid screen to detect the presence of cancer in dogs.
Date: Feb 07, 2024 -
Article ItemHarnessing sensors, smart devices, and AI could transform agriculture , article
To meet the need for safe, sustainably-produced food for a growing global population, biosensing expert Azahar Ali points to smart, connective technologies yet to be fully explored.
Date: Dec 12, 2023 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech opens world’s first fully automated AI and cyberbiosecurity water lab , article
In response to the ongoing threats to the world’s water utilities, Virginia Tech opened the AI and Cyber for Water and Ag lab, combining cyberbiosecurity and artificial intelligence automation to research water security.
Date: Nov 15, 2023 -
Article ItemThe decision: Nine Hokies share how they chose their major , article
At the Majors and Minors Fair on Oct. 11, students who are passionate about their major explained how they landed on it—and what they hope to do next with what they studied.
Date: Nov 01, 2023 -
Article ItemFaculty, staff honored with annual College of Agriculture and Life Sciences awards , article
The college announced its 2023 award winners at the 28th annual Celebration of Faculty and Staff picnic.
Date: Oct 27, 2023 -
Video ItemFirst of its kind: Biological Systems Engineering ACWA Lab , video
Learn how Feras Batarseh and his students are using a cyber physical system to monitor cyber and biosecurity for water and agriculture. The ACWA lab is the first of its kind and will give Virginia Tech access to data that's never been documented before.
Date: Oct 16, 2023 -
Article ItemTranslational Plant Sciences Center sows seeds for new research , article
The center recently awarded four projects seed grants of up to $10,000 a year for up to two years to support the development of innovative research leading to extramural support.
Date: Sep 26, 2023 -
Article ItemHigh schoolers get their feet wet in groundbreaking aquaculture program , article
The shellfish industry has always been a huge part of the economy in Virginia’s Northern Neck and middle peninsula regions. It has been difficult, though, to get young people interested in the field.
Date: Sep 26, 2023 -
Article ItemTaking 'Ut Prosim' to Africa , article
In 2016, a safari adventure among family and friends led to a group of Virginia Tech faculty, students, and alumni starting a nonprofit organization to build a school in Tanzania. Today, the Maasai Education Foundation is teaming with Virginia Tech’s student-led Service Without Borders to construct the school and make a difference in many children’s lives
Date: Sep 07, 2023 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech is fertile ground for a new rural environmental health training program , article
A $500,000 institutional research training grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences will support Virginia Tech’s new Rural Environmental Health Ph.D. Fellowship Program by providing a two-year assistantship for six qualifying graduate students during the next five years.
Date: Sep 05, 2023 -
Article ItemFaculty do their homework for the fall semester , article
While students have been preoccupied with thoughts about packing and moving back to campus, faculty have been focused on preparing to be back in the classroom and their teaching content.
Date: Aug 16, 2023 -
Article ItemSaied Mostaghimi honored with emeritus status , article
A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1984, Mostaghimi’s scholarship focused on nonpoint source pollution control; environmental monitoring, modeling and assessment; and the development and evaluation of best management practices to improve soil and water quality.
Date: Aug 03, 2023 -
Article ItemStudy findings prompt Maryland governor to take action to improve Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts , article
Although there has been success in reducing nutrient pollution from wastewater treatment plants, the study's findings indicate that actions taken to reduce pollution from farms and developed areas are insufficient to achieve the bay's pollutant reduction goals.
Date: Jul 24, 2023 -
Article ItemTechnology-enabled water surveillance and control project earns grant , article
Atop a new wave of support from the Fralin Life Sciences Institute, Peter Vikesland is leading a research team in creating wireless sensor networks to survey microbial threats to water quality and to enable operational control and provide real-world feedback for public transparency.
Date: Jul 19, 2023 -
Article ItemOn-campus Peace Corps recruiter builds on Virginia Tech’s commitment to service , article
The university — one of just two in the commonwealth with a Peace Corps recruiter — is sending three recent graduates to volunteer in Kyrgyzstan, Guatemala, and Lesotho.
Date: Jun 30, 2023 -
Article ItemCollaborative seed grants nurture high-impact social and environmental research , article
Each year, the Fralin Life Sciences Institute’s Global Change Center and the Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment allocate seed funding program to support researchers who are interested in tackling major global change issues from both biophysical and sociological perspectives.
Date: Jun 23, 2023 -
Article ItemImpact of Virginia Tech agriculture research highlighted before U.S. House subcommittee , article
Alan Grant, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, highlighted USDA’s impact on the college, including the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and Virginia Cooperative Extension, to the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Date: Jun 14, 2023 -
Article ItemSaied Mostaghimi retires from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences , article
During his tenure at Virginia Tech, Mostaghimi served in several positions as he evolved from professor to department head to his most recent role of advancing the college’s far-reaching and innovative research. His retirement takes effect May 31.
Date: May 30, 2023
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