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Video ItemNitrogen on the vine impacts the terroir of your wine , video
Amanda Stewart, Associate Professor in Food Science and Technology, studies the terroir of wine, or the characteristics and environmental factors that give wines a "taste of place." Through wine sensory studies and chemical analysis, she and her research students try to pinpoint how nitrogen conditions at various vineyards affect the quality, taste, and mouthfeel of wine.
Date: May 24, 2023 -
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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences honors students and faculty at the college’s 2023 commencement ceremony , articleNumerous students and faculty will be honored for their outstanding service, leadership, engagement, personal growth and development, and academics.
Date: May 08, 2023 -
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Class of 2023: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences celebrates departmental outstanding seniors , articleStudents are honored for their service, leadership, engagement, personal growth and development, and academics.
Date: May 05, 2023 -
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Innovating around complex problems , articleVirginia Tech inventors who contributed to the innovation ecosystem last year by disclosing 169 new innovations, executed 30 new license agreements with commercial partners, and created 10 new start-up companies, were honored at the second annual Celebrating Innovation event, last Monday.
Date: Apr 28, 2023 -
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Hokie Tracks now available in grocery stores and specialty shops , articleVirginia Tech alumni, friends, and fans can now purchase pints of Hokie Tracks — the official ice cream of the Hokie Nation — in grocery stores and specialty shops around Virginia.
Date: Mar 30, 2023 -
Video ItemHokie Tracks ice cream makes its official debut , video
Now available in stores across Virginia, Hokie Tracks ice cream is a result of a collaboration between the nationally ranked Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences , Department of Food Science and Technology, and the award-winning Homestead Creamery, bringing innovative food science research to market with proceeds benefiting student engagement and scholarship as well as Virginia’s economy.
Date: Mar 24, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech researchers to develop a snacking pepper suitable for indoor agriculture , articleResearchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are studying how to make sweet snacking peppers suitable for growing in indoor environments, which have different specifications for the plant.
Date: Mar 21, 2023 -
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New food science class brings diverse flavors and students to the table , articleA new Virginia Tech class, called From Raw to Burnt: Exploring Science and Society through Foods, studies scientific principles and the development of society through the lens one of humans most desirable and most critical basic needs: food.
Date: Mar 15, 2023 -
Video ItemTeaching students the history and science of food , video
The Department of Food Science and Technology is offering a new course to students combining lectures and hands-on lab work. "From Raw to Burnt" stresses the importance of food throughout human history and the process on how it's prepared. Take a look at two of the classes, "The Physics of Cooking Hamburger" and "Jammin' Preserves with and without Sugar".
Date: Mar 14, 2023 -
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Tart, sour, or sweet? Virginia Tech researchers create hard cider lexicon for accurate, shared descriptions , articleThe sensory descriptive analysis study resulted in 33 terms that will aid in cider quality communication and in the production of hard cider.
Date: Mar 02, 2023 -
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Grants support new faculty partnerships with HBCUs , articleSeed investments provide two years of startup funding to faculty members at Virginia Tech collaborating with colleagues at historically Black colleges and universities or other minority-serving institutions.
Date: Feb 20, 2023 -
Video ItemThe science of hot sauce , video
What brings the heat in this popular condiment? Professor Sean O'Keefe in the Department of Food Science & Technology gives us the facts.
Date: Feb 06, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech researchers developing method to improve long-term storage of pears , articleTo help keep prices low and pears fresh longer, researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are examining how fresh pears change during storage and how that can be used to keep food safety risks low over time.
Date: Jan 19, 2023 -
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Turning food waste into biodegradable bioplastics , articleResearchers in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences received a $2.4 million USDA grant to create affordable bioplastics and reduce plastic waste remaining both on land and in the sea.
Date: Jan 17, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech researchers study flavor, shelf life of Virginia cherry tomatoes , articleResearchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences seek to enhance the competitiveness of Virginia cherry tomatoes by comparing the flavor, nutrition, and shelf life qualities of produce from conventional fields and indoor hydroponic systems.
Date: Jan 05, 2023 -
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Bridge Experience Program to make experiential learning a hallmark of undergraduate education , articleThrough the program, the subject of Virginia Tech's Quality Enhancement Plan, academic departments are making internships, undergraduate research, and other experiential learning opportunities more accessible and meaningful for students.
Date: Dec 05, 2022 -
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Student spends summer in Thailand as a monk seeking nirvana , articleVirginia Tech sophomore Theeratart “DJ” Sukthavorn ventured to his parent's home country of Thailand to take part in the deep cultural and religious experience of becoming a monk to come of age. In the solitude, Sukthavorn did more than fulfill the experience. He found himself.
Date: Nov 10, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech Seafood researchers work with oyster hatcheries to grow climate resiliency , articleVirginia’s aquaculture industry brought in more than $177 million for the commonwealth in 2019. Shellfish, including oysters and clams, comprise up to 84 percent of the total economic output from aquaculture.
Date: Oct 31, 2022 -
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In memoriam: Sue Duncan, associate director of Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, director of Center for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture , articleSue Duncan, an ebullient and well-respected leader, professor, and researcher in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for more than 32 years, passed away suddenly on Oct. 12.
Date: Oct 16, 2022
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