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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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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 ItemThe 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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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 ItemResearch 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 ItemCollege 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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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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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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CNRE Hokie highlights in photos , article Date: Jan 15, 2025 -
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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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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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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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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 -
Video ItemResearch aims to reduce waste and reuse materials , video
Jennifer Russell, assistant professor in sustainable biomaterials, works in the area of circular economy and sustainability. Russelll takes her students to organizations across Virginia for what she calls "junior consulting projects." These trips have students examine operations and give insight to how organizations can reduce their environmental impact.
Date: Oct 02, 2024 -
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Reducing carbon footprint , article Date: Oct 01, 2024 -
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College of Natural Resources and Environment Dean Paul Winistorfer to retire , articleWinistorfer, himself a first-generation student, fostered a culture of forward-looking innovation in the college, creating successful degree programs and student initiatives while emphasizing the college’s research portfolio.
Date: Sep 20, 2024 -
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Max Esterhuizen named College of Natural Resources and Environment director of communications and marketing , articleEsterhuizen ’12 will lead the planning and execution of a comprehensive strategic communications and marketing plan for the college that aligns with and advances universitywide strategic goals and initiatives.
Date: Sep 05, 2024 -
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Natural resources in an urbanizing world , articleThe College of Natural Resources and Environment is leveraging research in natural resources to shape the cities of tomorrow.
Date: Aug 07, 2024 -
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Alumna packages a career in innovation , articleThird-generation alumnus and packaging graduate Morgan Bright ’23 is making her mark as a packaging engineer for Newell Brands.
Date: Jul 31, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech researchers work to create biodegradable bioplastics from food waste , articleResearchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are making affordable bioplastics.
Date: Jul 05, 2024
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