All College of Natural Resources and Environment News and Stories
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Category: research Researchers to lead $2 million effort to restore red spruce forests in Appalachians , articleThese forests, which scientists consider globally rare, once played a vital role in carbon storage, water retention, regulating microclimates, and maintaining biodiversity, a critical component for tourism. Many were severely degraded from exploitative harvesting and wildfire a century ago and have been slow to recover.
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Category: impact When science looks like art , articleAn exhibition at the Reynolds Homestead showcases breathtaking satellite imagery in a collaboration that blends research, creativity, and community engagement.
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Category: impact Experts available: Wildfires and flooding, AI executive order and in the classroom, keeping kids off screens, and more , articleExperts from Virginia Tech can discuss news in the headlines, including causes of wildfires and their impact on air quality and flooding, the expected executive order on AI, integrating AI in the classroom, how to keep teens engaged over the summer, and more.
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Category: academics College of Natural Resources and Environment celebrates a century of forestry education , articleThe university's first forestry professor, Wilbur O'Byrne, joined the faculty in 1925. Since then, the college has grown to include four departments and offer 12 undergraduate majors.
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Category: research eDNA testing for sharks in the Mediterranean Sea yields fin-tastic results , articleVirginia Tech SeaQL Lab is collaborating with the nonprofit organization International SeaKeepers Society and Virginia Tech’s Genomics Sequencing Center to detect white sharks across the Mediterranean Sea.
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Category: impact These alumni boast an affinity for Clydesdales , articleRob and Robin Bell turned their love for Clydesdales into a horse breeding business at their farm in Southwest Virginia.
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Category: academics Meet new College of Natural Resources and Environment Dean Saskia van de Gevel , articleVan de Gevel brings a global perspective shaped by living in both the Netherlands and the United States and by her interest in diverse forest ecosystems worldwide.
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Category: impact Experts available: Texas floods and fallout, Netanyahu in Washington, measles, tourism shortfall, and more , articleVirginia Tech experts are available to discuss issues around the flooding in Texas, Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington, rising measles cases, Elon Musk's intent to form a new political party, the U.S. tourism shortfall, and more.
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Category: academics Sustainable Impact Academy connects students, faculty, staff, and community leaders , articleA pilot program within the College of Natural Resources and Environment is using projects on the Blacksburg campus to help students learn how to confront everyday sustainability challenges.
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Category: academics Ashley McKeon found a master’s degree that 'checked all the boxes' for her career , articleThe Executive Master of Natural Resources degree program advanced McKeon's career in agriculture and leadership in the Washington, D.C., area
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Category: academics Helping lead global packaging innovation , articleVirginia Tech hosted the 2025 International Association of Packaging Research Institutes conference, showcasing global innovations in sustainable packaging.
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Category: research Experts available: LA protests, LLM hallucinations, hurricane season, wildfires and air quality, and more , articleVirginia Tech experts are available to discuss stories in the news, including reactions to the protests in Los Angeles, the power of LLMs, the impact of an above-average hurricane season, how wildfires impact air quality, and more.
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Category: research Groundbreaking study maps the movements of marine megafauna , articleVirginia Tech joined a global research team that tracked more than 100 species and identified ocean hotspots critical for protecting threatened marine megafauna that fall beyond current conservation zones.
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Virginia Tech Advantage It’s already tomorrow in New Zealand , articleIn a whirlwind study abroad, students in the Online Master of Natural Resources program learned firsthand how New Zealand is leveraging modern techniques and Māori traditions to preserve a shared world.
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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.
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Category: campus experience Alpha Gamma Rho celebrates 50 years of brotherhood, service, and agriculture at Virginia Tech , articleMore than 400 alumni and friends of the Beta Eta chapter are expected to attend reunion events May 30-31 in Blacksburg.
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