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Category: academics At home in the forest , articleQ&A with Mike Aust, who spent 35 years teaching forestry at Virginia Tech.
Date: May 15, 2025 - -
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Category: news directly from around campus College of Natural Resources and Environment presents distinguished alumni, student, faculty, and staff awards , articleCNRE gave out awards to its top undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students, along with distinguished alumni and faculty.
Date: May 13, 2025 - -
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Category: research Inaugural winners of new research awards named , articleEstablished by the Office of Research and Innovation and Office of Faculty Affairs and funded by the Virginia Tech Alumni Association, the new awards were created to complement the Jacob A Lutz Award for Eminent Scholars.
Date: May 05, 2025 - -
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Category: academics W. Michael Aust honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 35 years, Aust made significant contributions to sustainable management of soil, water, and forest resources through his research.
Date: Apr 18, 2025 - -
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Category: research Students help National Park Service improve interpretive programs for visitors , articleAs part of a National Science Foundation study, Virginia Tech graduate students visited dozens of national parks to help the National Park Service understand what makes interpretive ranger programs effective.
Date: Apr 16, 2025 - -
Video ItemCategory: impact Planting for the future , video
The Big Plant is an annual community event where thousands of trees are planted to restore a riparian buffer ecosystem around Stroubles Creek at the StREAM Lab and on Virginia Tech Foundation land. The effort is a collaboration between Virginia Tech Biological Systems Engineering, Office of Sustainability, Urban Horticulture Center, Student Budget Board, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Ecological Restoration Field Practicum Course, and sponsored by New River Conservancy, Environmental Coalition, VA Dept of Forestry, and VA Dept of Environmental Quality.
Date: Mar 27, 2025 - -
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Category: research Professor receives pilot funding to conduct study to increase forest farming in Appalachia , articleThe $500,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission wants to improve economic development in the region through sustainable non-timber forest farming practices.
Date: Mar 19, 2025 - -
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Category: academics College of Natural Resources and Environment advisor earns university award for advising , articleMelissa Cumbia ’12, an academic advisor in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment, was honored with the University Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising.
Date: Mar 11, 2025 - -
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Category: news directly from around campus National Champion Trees program revitalized , articleThe Virginia Big Trees program continued after the national program went dark. Now that the national register was restarted, the work by Virginia Big Trees helped land 96 Virginia champions on the list of national champions.
Date: Mar 04, 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 California wildfires highlight the importance of fire preparedness in all communities , articleAs Virginia’s fire season begins, all communities can take steps now to prepare for risks posed by wildfire.
Date: Feb 17, 2025 - -
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Category: research 'Curious Conversations' podcast: Adam Coates talks about wildfires , articleCoates explained some of the science behind fire behavior, the role of landscape, and the challenges posed by urban areas to fire management. He also shared insights about preventative measures communities can take, including the use of prescribed burning.
Date: Feb 03, 2025 - -
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Category: academics Future leaders in the College of Natural Resources and Environment learn firsthand from top experts , articleLeadership Institute students visited state and federal agencies as well as top private organizations to learn leadership techniques.
Date: Jan 24, 2025 - -
Article ItemCategory: news directly from around campus College of Natural Resources and Environment by the numbers , article
A snapshot of the college presented in a series of infographics.
Date: Jan 15, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction The intersection of natural resources and policy , articleKelly Cobourn returned to Virginia Tech with valuable experience working in the field of policy-making after two years working with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France.
Date: Jan 15, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction A new forest health champion at Virginia Tech , articleJust 16 short months ago, Carrie Fearer stepped onto Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg campus, ready to make her mark. Now, she’s not just a faculty member in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, but also a driving force in the College of Natural Resources and Environment’s conservation efforts.
Date: Jan 15, 2025 - -
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Category: news directly from around campus Arlice Banks retires , articleAt Arlice Banks’ retirement celebration, one overarching characteristic was repeatedly mentioned: Arlice is a genuinely nice person. Sure, other adjectives adequately describe Arlice: “smart, competent, organized, caring, sincere,” to offer a few — but she is known as much for being the person who brightens the day of everyone she encounters.
Date: Jan 15, 2025 - -
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Category: academics From the dean's perspective , articleWe launch the year-long celebration of 100 years of forestry education, research, and outreach at Virginia Tech on February 25 with the inaugural John F. Hosner Distinguished Lecture, made possible with an endowment created by the generosity of his wife Tenna Hosner, and enabling an annual distinguished lecture in perpetuity. Hosner, honorary founding dean of the college, would have been 100 years old on this date and our celebration comes at a serendipitous timing of events, including honoring J. Wilbur O’Byrne, the first forester hired at Virginia Tech 100 years ago. Click the photo to read more.
Date: Jan 15, 2025 - -
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Category: academics Alumni look back: Bob Garst - Class of ’66 , articleClass of ’66 alumnus Bob Garst reflects on his time at Virginia Tech in the Corps of Cadets and the professors who inspired him.
Date: Jan 15, 2025 - -
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Category: news directly from around campus CNRE Hokie highlights in photos , article Date: Jan 15, 2025 -
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