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Category: academics Saskia L. van de Gevel named dean of Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment , articleVan de Gevel officially starts on July 1, succeeding Paul Winistorfer, who is retiring after 16 years as dean.
Date: May 28, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction Virginia Tech researchers develop new metallic materials using data-driven frameworks and explainable AI , articleAssociate Professor Sanket Deshmukh and his team have designed a new alloy with superior mechanical properties using the supercomputing power of explainable artificial intelligence. Their findings, supported by funding from the National Science Foundation, were recently published in Nature’s npj Computational Materials.
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: academics Class of 2025: Love for the environment inspires Chloe Taylor’s path , articleDriven by curiosity and purpose, Taylor found a globally minded mission — blending science, sustainability, and innovation at Virginia Tech.
Date: May 01, 2025 - -
Video ItemCategory: academics Students develop sustainable impact solutions for a greener campus , video
The Sustainable Impact Academy is bringing together 15 faculty and staff from across College of Natural Resources and Environment, Pamplin College of Business, and Green Engineering, creating a unique opportunity for students to work in cross-disciplinary teams to tackle sustainability challenges using campus as a classroom. The faculty work as mentors to the students and help them develop a green Request For Proposal.
Date: Apr 23, 2025 - -
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Category: research Plants over plastics , articleResearchers make sustainable packaging more durable, offering a less-expensive, energy-efficient alternative to plastic.
Date: Apr 17, 2025 - -
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Category: academics Annual packaging fair connects students, employers , articleThe 2025 Packaging Job Fair was held in February, linking packaging students with firms looking to fill full-time positions and internships.
Date: Mar 14, 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 - -
Video ItemVirginia Tech Advantage The Wood Enterprise Institute , video
The Wood Enterprise Institute (WEI) provides students a chance to learn business and entrepreneurial skills by immersing them in their own start-up. The team forms and devises a product made from wood, then develops a business and marketing plan to sell their product. Open to all majors, the WEI has been providing a valuable concept-to-market experience for students since 2007.
Date: Mar 10, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Tariffs could have significant impact on packaging, says expert , articleWalk into any store, and nearly everything — except produce — comes in some sort of package. Bottled water, cheese, electronics, even large appliances are wrapped in protective material to ensure that items are not damaged in transit. Changes, such as tariffs in the global marketplace, have a ripple effect on packaging, says Laszlo Horvath, an associate professor in the College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech and director of the Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design in the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials.
Date: Mar 05, 2025 - -
Video ItemVirginia Tech Global Distinction Research focuses on creating greener chemicals , video
Gukeerat Kukal is a 4th year Ph.D. student in the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials. He is using flow biocatalysis, the process of using enzymes (biological catalysts) within a continuous flow system to carry out chemical reactions, allowing for better control, efficiency, and waste minimization.
Date: Mar 03, 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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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: news directly from around campus CNRE Hokie highlights in photos , article Date: Jan 15, 2025 - -
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Category: academics New CNRE faculty , articleFangzheng Lyu and Matthew Baker recently joined the College of Natural Resources and Environment faculty.
Date: Jan 15, 2025 - -
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Category: academics LIVE from Pack Expo: Jerry McCarthy , articleJerry McCarthy, a student in the Sustainable Biomaterials, shares what Pack Expo International was like from his perspective
Date: Dec 04, 2024 - -
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Category: academics LIVE from Pack Expo: Jessie Imorde , articleJessie Imorde, a student in the Sustainable Biomaterials, shares what Pack Expo International was like from her perspective.
Date: Dec 04, 2024 - -
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Virginia Tech Advantage Packaging scholarship eases students' loads , articleSophia Fitzgerald and Marta Ghigo are the recipients of the Pallet Alliance Tyson Steffens Memorial Scholarship.
Date: Dec 02, 2024 -
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