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        <description><![CDATA[ Electronics often get thrown away after use because recycling them requires extensive work for little payoff. Two Virginia Tech researchers have found a way to change the game. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech succeeded in the 2025 Virginias ASCE Student Symposium at WVU Tech, winning first place in nearly every competition, including surveying, sustainability, technical paper, concrete canoe, and steel bridge. The civil and environmental engineering undergraduate students now prepare to compete on the national stage. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Horvath explained all the factors that need to be considered during packaging design. insights related to affordability and sustainability, as well as the effects of international tariffs and other supply chain disruptions. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Taylor Engle oversees millions of animals as a consulting veterinarian and part owner at Four Star Veterinary Service. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Kelly 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. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jingqiu Liao is linking human activity to increased gene transfer from soil bacteria to humans.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A research team led by Wencai Zhang of the Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering has received a $1.8 million grant from the Department of Energy to recover high-demand metals, such as lithium and rare earth elements, from produced water from the Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian Basin.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ This year, the Virginia Tech earned its highest score ever through universitywide collaboration focused on key sustainability initiatives.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Emilia Jones is among 15 students selected for the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Veterinary Student Research Fellowship. The program addresses critical challenges facing the agriculture industry and global food security.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Veterinary student Carla Gutierrez worked with two experienced veterinarians to gain new perspectives and more hands-on experience during a Virginia Academy of Food Animal Practitioners internship. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Yoon Choi, assistant professor in Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture, Arts, and Design, launched the Food Magic project in 2023. The project utilizes a multi-stream recycling approach to capture food waste that can be transformed into natural powder pigments for art. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which assess universities against the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, were released Wednesday, and Virginia Tech ranked in the top 75th percentile of participating world universities in six of the goals. Overall, the university received a top-200 ranking globally out of more than 1,800 schools worldwide. ]]></description>
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