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Category: impact Experts available: Tariff math, avoiding ticks, northern lights return, lifesaving dog blood transfusions, and more , articleThe Virginia Tech media relations office has experts available this week on topics including the two sides of tariffs, tips to avoid summer ticks, Senate pushback to the tax cut and border bill, the return of the northern lights, life-saving dog blood transfusions, and more.
Date: Jun 02, 2025 - -
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Category: research Bed bugs are most likely the first human pest, new research shows , articleA team led by two Virginia Tech researchers compared the whole genome sequence of two genetically distinct lineages of bed bug, and their findings indicate bed bugs may well be the first true urban pest.
Date: May 28, 2025 - -
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Category: impact College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean Mario Ferruzzi prioritizes listening, collaboration in first six months , articleThe new dean met with students and stakeholders to identify essential priorities for the college: community and ecological health, land and water use, and workforce development.
Date: May 20, 2025 - -
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Category: news directly from around campus Class of 2025: Elizabeth Sicking connects insects, ecosystems, and outreach , articleA graduate of the Master of Life Sciences in Entomology program, Sicking pairs hands-on insect research with a passion for aquatic ecosystems.
Date: May 09, 2025 - -
Video ItemCategory: impact Pollinator garden generating a buzz on campus , video
Students, faculty, and staff work together to plant a pollinator garden outside the Virginia Tech Visitor and Undergraduate Admissions Center as part of Virginia Tech's Bee Campus USA certification for commitment to helping native insect pollinators.
Date: Apr 29, 2025 - -
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Category: research Researchers find first evidence of potential bed bug insecticide resistance in gene mutation , articleA study published in the Journal of Medical Entomology detailed how a team of Virginia Tech researchers, led by urban entomologist Warren Booth, discovered a gene mutation that could contribute to their insecticide resistance.
Date: Apr 21, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Where have all the butterflies gone? , articleVirginia Tech entomologist Theresa Dellinger offers insight into why butterfly numbers may be dwindling and what we can do to help.
Date: Apr 07, 2025 - -
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Category: research Virginia Tech study reveals that honeybee dance ‘styles’ sway food foraging success , articleHoneybees use the waggle dance to communicate to their sisters where optimal food foraging sites are. Each bee has an individual way of interpreting this dance communication, and Virginia Tech researchers have learned that differences in communication can lead to the dance being more successful not less.
Date: Feb 24, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Virginia Tech invasive species experts available to speak on environment, human health, biosecurity, and policy, and economics , articleAs part of National Invasive Species Awareness Week, celebrated Feb.24-28, the Invasive Species Collaborative has several experts to speak on invasive species, the threat that they pose, and what can be done to prevent their spread.
Date: Feb 24, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Hybrid fire ants turn up the heat in far Southwest Virginia , articleVirginia Tech entomologists have partnered with Virginia Cooperative Extension to help track and prevent the spread of hybrid fire ants in the commonwealth.
Date: Jan 27, 2025 - -
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Category: campus experience Intruder alert: New exhibit unravels the impacts of invasive species , articleThe exhibit, a joint effort of University Libraries, the Insect ID Lab in the Department of Entomology, and the Invasive Species Collaborative at Virginia Tech, surrounds viewers with information and images about invasive species in Virginia.
Date: Jan 23, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Researchers track the flight journey of the destructive red-headed flea beetle , articleVirginia Tech entomologists are working to develop an environmentally sensitive approach to managing this emerging nursery pest.
Date: Dec 05, 2024 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction Doctoral student tackles barley yellow dwarf virus threatening wheat crops , articleShirin Parizad is developing effective strategies to help manage the most significant disease of small grains globally.
Date: Nov 18, 2024 - -
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Category: research Researchers receive USDA funding to combat devilishly invasive tree-of-heaven , articleThe award will help Virginia Tech researchers see if the spotted lanternfly can help spread a fungus that kills the tree-of-heaven.
Date: Oct 21, 2024 - -
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Category: news directly from around campus Researcher finds nature’s hidden threshold for saltiness in the space where forests meet streams , articleCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences researcher Sally Entrekin is co-leading a nearly $1 million National Science Foundation-funded study of how salinization impacts aquatic and terrestrial life in riparian zones.
Date: Oct 11, 2024 - -
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New USDA grant helps Virginia Tech researchers combat barley yellow dwarf virus in southeastern winter wheat , articleBarley yellow dwarf virus has been a threat to winter wheat in the southeastern United States in recent years, but thanks to a new a Virginia Tech-led project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, that may soon be changing.
Date: Sep 04, 2024 - -
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Category: impact International scientists converge at Virginia Tech to further plant health research , articleVirginia Tech hosted the International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, bringing 250 plant health scientists from 27 countries to Blacksburg for an exchange about the global food chain.
Date: Aug 16, 2024 - -
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Category: research Virginia Tech researchers find potential method to control mosquito populations through genetic breeding , articleUnderstanding mosquito genetics for mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and Zika can lead to better control methods, reducing their spread around the world.
Date: Jul 25, 2024 - -
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Category: impact Experts available: Biden ends campaign, potential for first female president, Olympics begin, and more , articleThe Virginia Tech media relations office has experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news, including Biden ending his campaign, Harris' potential to be the first female U..S. President, Paris Olympics beginning this week, spotted lanternflies hit their invasive peak, and more. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu.
Date: Jul 22, 2024 -
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