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        <description><![CDATA[ If your gift can’t survive a 12-inch drop, it’s not ready to ship. That’s a test Virginia Tech packaging expert Laszlo Horvath, director of the Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design, wishes everyone would use before sealing a box. Horvath says a few smart decisions, starting with that one-foot-drop rule, can mean the difference between a smooth arrival and a broken surprise.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jerry McCarthy, a student in the Sustainable Biomaterials, shares what Pack Expo International was like from his perspective ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jessie Imorde, a student in the Sustainable Biomaterials, shares what Pack Expo International was like from her perspective. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Sophia Fitzgerald and Marta Ghigo are the recipients of the Pallet Alliance Tyson Steffens Memorial Scholarship. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Third-generation alumnus and packaging graduate Morgan Bright ’23 is making her mark as a packaging engineer for Newell Brands. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Students in the College of Natural Resources and Environment are getting a head start on career success through summer internships. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The critical shortage of baby formula across the United States is being exacerbated by many of the same issues implicated in the global supply chain crisis borne by the Coronavirus pandemic, says a Virginia Tech industrial packaging and shipping expert. ]]></description>
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