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Article ItemVirginia Tech alumna earns prestigious agricultural fellowship , article
Megan Pollok will travel to Ghana to improve school-based agriculture education in the country as part of the International Agricultural Education Fellowship Program.
Date: Jul 15, 2024 -
Article ItemThe goal: Safe food for every home , article
Two Virginia Tech students traveled to Kpone Katamanso, Ghana, over spring break to build a community garden.
Date: Apr 05, 2024 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech is satisfying the craving for semiconductor advancement , article
By increasing opportunities through the development of new majors and professional programs for lifelong learning, Virginia Tech is securing a pipeline of talent to continue to support the semiconductor industry in the commonwealth and across the globe.
Date: Nov 07, 2023 -
Article ItemClean water for students in India , article
Virginia Tech looks to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
Date: Oct 09, 2023 -
Article ItemUnearthing the impact of moisture on soil carbon processes , article Date: Oct 03, 2023
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Article ItemBrain Tumors in Children , article
Experts from Children's National, Virginia Tech, and Columbia University join forces to explore new tactics to fight lethal childhood brain cancer.
Date: Sep 28, 2023 -
Article ItemAccelerating global food production , article
Virginia Tech addresses the need for global agriculture productivity.
Date: Aug 09, 2023 -
Article ItemOptimizing electric vehicles , article Date: Aug 09, 2023
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Article ItemAfghan refugees forge ‘a path forward’ in Virginia sheep farming , article
Relocated to Northern Virginia after the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, a group of Afghan nationals is starting a sheep farm with the help of Virginia Cooperative Extension.
Date: Jul 28, 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 ItemResearch faculty invested in economics of students success , article
Chanit'a Holmes cares so much about her students that her research focuses on how to best help them succeed in college. Holmes recently completed two studies exploring the success weekly electronic feedback and support might have on students’ academic success.
Date: Jun 22, 2023 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech students and faculty support Cambodia’s journey to national rice fortification , article
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty and students, with the help of CALS Global, traveled to Cambodia to create demand for fortified rice that vastly improves the nutritional content of the most popular food in the country.
Date: Apr 07, 2023 -
Article ItemUniversity continues progress toward Climate Action Commitment goals , article
Nearly two years after the university's Climate Action Commitment was approved, Virginia Tech has made significant progress toward achieving critical milestones that help accomplish a carbon neutral Blacksburg campus by 2030.
Date: Nov 14, 2022 -
Article ItemBeauty is only skin deep. As it turns out, so is disease detection. , article
Professor Masoud Agah has received a National Science Foundation grant to develop a novel skin sensor that provides insight into an individual's health.
Date: Nov 10, 2022 -
Article ItemResearch collaboration initiated to increase pedestrian safety , article
The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and NEC demonstrate intersection safety using artificial intelligence-based video analytics.
Date: Nov 10, 2022 -
Video ItemTracking carbon sequestration in forests is more than meets the eye , video
Brian Strahm teaches his students that forests are a lot more than just trees, leaves, and soil. The professor in the College of Natural Resources and Environment shows how forest growth naturally captures carbon dioxide in the environment.
Date: Nov 07, 2022 -
Article ItemBuilding the tools to make environmental data more accessible and forecasts more accurate , article
Quinn Thomas will be leading Virginia Tech’s efforts as part of a $3.2 million National Science Foundation project that will develop the DeCODER platform to assist researchers in predicting environmental change.
Date: Oct 13, 2022 -
Article ItemStudents bring spark, power, and drive to cybersecurity research , article
Meet a few of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative student researchers in Southwest Virginia who are reframing the big questions and finding the answers – all while training to be future cybersecurity leaders.
Date: Oct 10, 2022 -
Article ItemFood for a hungry world: Genetically modified crops may answer the challenges of climate change, hunger, health , article
Pamela Ronald, a plant pathologist known for developing a form of rice that tolerates prolonged flooding, will deliver the next Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC in Roanoke.
Date: Oct 06, 2022
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