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        <description><![CDATA[ An international group of researchers that includes Virginia Tech’s Xiaofeng Wang and Boris A. Vinatzer discovered the identity of fungal proteins that can catalyze ice formation at high subzero temperatures, which may enable engineered weather. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Extension agents are helping flower farmers find their footing in a market that offers flexibility, diversity, and real growth potential. Cut flowers generated over $3.3 billion in U.S. sales in 2023 with nearly 60 percent being imported, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ As busy schedules and sedentary jobs compete for our time, many people are asking: What’s the least amount of movement I need to still see benefits? According to Stella Volpe, head of Virginia Tech&#39;s Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, the answer may be encouraging. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia families open their homes to youth from Japan through the 4-H International Exchange Program, creating cultural connections and lifelong memories.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Board of Visitors recently awarded the emeritus title to 18 faculty members in recognition of exemplary service to the university.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ An agricultural economist who has conducted research in more than 30 countries, Rich joins the department from Oklahoma State University. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center is a federal-university-tribal research partnership that provides scientific information and tools needed to help fish, wildlife, and ecosystems adapt to the impacts of environmental change.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia lawns will soon be covered with fallen leaves. Many homeowners may feel pressure to rake, bag, and haul them away, but Mike Goatley, Virginia Cooperative Extension turfgrass Extension specialist, says there is a better option.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech media relations office has the following experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news, including football helmets ahead of the season, a new FBI scam warning, beef prices going up, and more. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Navdeep Godara&#39;s Ph.D. journey ended with commencement but not before his research on saving bees through more sustainable turfgrass care practices earned him recognition and accolades. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ With spring seemingly here to stay, Virginia gardeners and lawn care enthusiasts are starting to look forward to the revival of their lawns after a particularly cold winter.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The scholars will attend the honor society&#39;s annual conference at Yale University. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jacob Barney’s unique expertise will bolster federal efforts to manage invasive species. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A Virginia Cooperative Extension agent offers iunformation about growing camellias, a plant with colorful flowers that blooms in winter.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Extension Master Gardeners received the 2024 Governor’s Volunteerism and Community Service Award for a program focused on horticulture education within the public school system. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ James Westwoods research of invasive interlopers weeds with multiple long-time collaborations has led to a $1 million National Science Foundation grant to study the use of parasitic plants for a new method of plant genetic manipulation that could enhance food production. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Erin Cox, an associate Extension specialist for Family and Community Economics for Virginia Cooperative Extension, has some tips to help consumers reduce personal debt and make positive personal finance changes in the new year. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Releasing on Thursday, Oct. 3, the Global Agricultural Productivity Report will highlight obstacles and solutions for meeting world demand for agricultural products. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech and Hardywood have launched their newest collaboration beer: Fightin&#39; Hokies Orange Wheat. This traditional German wheat beer with a Hokie twist of infused orange peel is hitting stores and bottle shops across Virginia.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ferruzzi will officially step into his new role on Oct. 15, succeeding Alan Grant, who is retiring after serving as dean since October 2009. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Megan Pollok will travel to Ghana to improve school-based agriculture education in the country as part of the International Agricultural Education Fellowship Program. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are making affordable bioplastics. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The focus of the Fulbright research projects seek to improve global transportation safety, environmental policy, and climate change. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech media relations office has experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news, including the Supreme Court&#39;s ruling in Trump&#39;s immunity case, the Olympics, and Fourth of July. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Senior Extension Agent Adam Downing talks about his journey connecting forestry knowledge and education with communities and individuals in Virginia. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech researchers discovered a way to synthesize a compound in the mold of blue cheese that has antibacterial and anticancer properties. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech reported a record $419 million in extramural research expenditures for fiscal year 2023, surpassing the university’s strategic plan goal of $410 million two years earlier than planned.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ An infamous hitchhiker, the invasive insect has quickly moved across the region and established itself in Virginia. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ From the second she attended horse camp at 8 years old, Seneca Johnston knew exactly what she wanted to do: create the same experience for those in the deaf community. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 33 years, Wong made significant research contributions to poultry molecular biology focusing on the role of the intestine and yolk sac in nutrient uptake and host defense. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2011, Easton’s scholarship focuses on hydrology, water quality, water management, and non-point source pollution.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2014, Persia’s scholarship focuses on the mechanisms of nutrient utilization in chickens and turkeys. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 14:23:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Patricia &#39;Patty&#39; Raun named Alumni Distinguished Professor</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Using the tools of theatre to develop communication skills in science and technology professionals, Raun’s impact on education transcends disciplines and borders.  ]]></description>
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        <title>For Virginia, Less-Mow April is better than No Mow May, Virginia Cooperative Extension recommends</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Recent studies on urban bees suggest that in addition to specialized pollinator gardens, yards with spontaneous lawn flowers also support bees and are important part of the urban pollinator ecosystem. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Household Water Quality Program provides education and affordable testing</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/ext-water-quality.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The program helps ensure that water from private wells and springs is safe for consumption around the commonwealth. ]]></description>
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        <title>The goal: Safe food for every home</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Two Virginia Tech students traveled to Kpone Katamanso, Ghana, over spring break to build a community garden. ]]></description>
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        <title>Graduate students and faculty mentors honored at the Graduate School&#39;s 2024 awards reception</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Award winners included the graduate students of the year and students who received the service excellence award, graduate teaching excellence awards, and outstanding dissertation and thesis awards.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech Agricultural Research and Extension Centers to host annual field days</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/03/cals-AREC-field-days.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Annual field days are just one of the ways Virginia Tech&#39;s 11 Agricultural Research and Extension Centers place research and innovation into the hands of Virginians. ]]></description>
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        <title>Experts available: March Madness, TikTok ban impact, economics of birth control, and more</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech media relations office has experts available to discuss how women’s college basketball has leveled the March Madness playing field, a potential TikTok ban in the U.S., the economics of birth control and more.  To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. ]]></description>
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        <title>Clay Wright receives MIRA funding to create new molecular tools</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The grant supports Wright&#39;s innovative work in understanding and engineering common cellular signals, a critical mechanism shared across animals, plants, and fungi.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Spicing up safety </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Engineering are working toward ensuring dried fruits, nuts, and spices are free from disease-causing bacteria. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech, Virginia State University to lead USDA urban agriculture projects</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/cals-urban-agriculture.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation and the Virginia State University Small Farm Outreach Program will support two urban agriculture projects from the department’s Farm Service Agency: the National Urban Agriculture Initiative and Advancing Urban Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems in Virginia. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech researchers find that muscle function could lead to early Alzheimer’s diagnosis</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/cals-research-hnfe-drake.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The research findings challenge the notion that Alzheimer’s disease is purely a disease of the brain and show that it has a much broader impact on the body. ]]></description>
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        <title>The Antarctica journals</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/cnre-antarctica-journal.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech students shares experiences and insights traveling to Antarctica over the winter break. ]]></description>
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        <title>Paws for a cause: Virginia Tech students, professors lead dog adoption efforts and research</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In collaboration with the Regional Center for Animal Care and Protection in Roanoke, students and researchers help dogs find forever homes. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech researchers discover that blocking an essential nutrient inhibits malaria parasite growth</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The four-year study could lead to a new way to fight malaria, one of the most devastating infectious diseases in the world. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech researchers discover a new role for a protein that helps form memories</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have discovered a new function for a common protein in the brain. Their findings, published this month in the Journal of Neuroscience, hold promising implications for the treatment of memory loss and post-traumatic stress disorder. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech alumnus Paul Darnell received an Emmy for Outstanding Stunt Performance for his work in &#34;The Mandalorian&#34; “Chapter 24: The Return.”  ]]></description>
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        <title>Timothy Jarome receives Virginia’s highest faculty honor </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jarome, an associate professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences&#39; School of Animal Sciences, explores the neurobiological mechanisms responsible for post-traumatic stress disorder. ]]></description>
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        <title>Experts available: GOP presidential nomination, abortion rights, digital privacy &amp; wellness, and more</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech media relations office has the following experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. ]]></description>
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        <title>Institute endows $2 million for student internships</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Two new funds endowed by the Public Service Education Institute will expand opportunities for student internship experiences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and throughout Virginia Tech. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Faculty and students from two departments team up to find innovative ways to track the spongy moth and pave the way to develop pest management practices.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Search committee announced for next dean of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The next dean will replace Alan Grant, who announced his retirement effective the end of the 2023-24 academic year after 15 years of leadership and service.  ]]></description>
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        <title>A time to be thankful: News about Hokie Nation</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Hokies in Blacksburg and across the world do work that advances study, impacts communities, and leads the charge for positive change.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The researchers found that brief outings and temporary fostering stays increased dogs’ likelihood of adoption by five times and more than 14 times, respectively. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech Science Festival to return on Nov. 11</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The event on the Blacksburg campus will showcase more than 50 exhibitors with science experiments ranging from biology and physics to mathematics and robotics. ]]></description>
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        <title>Trick or treat - how long is Halloween candy safe to eat?</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Every year, millions of kids go to houses for ubiquitous trick-or-treating. To ensure what’s put into each trick-or-treater’s bag is a safe treat when eaten, Alexis Hamilton, an assistant professor of food processing microbiology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Department of Food Science and Technology, has some tips and tricks. ]]></description>
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        <title>Gift takes Bert Dodson Sr. Urban Entomology Enrichment Fund to $1 million milestone</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Dodson Fund has a particular focus on research results for today while keeping an eye on what is needed for tomorrow. The fund empowers entomology faculty with a continuing source of support for a variety of projects. ]]></description>
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        <title>Le Wang named David M. Kohl Chair</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Wang joined the Virginia Tech community this fall as a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics. He has extensive experience and knowledge in applied economics and interdisciplinary research as well as quantitative methods focusing on causal inference, distributional and nonparametric econometrics, and data analytics and machine learning. ]]></description>
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        <title>John Bovay named David M. Kohl Junior Faculty Fellow</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2019, Bovay’s scholarship focuses on the economics of regulation, with applications to the topics of food-safety regulation, food labeling, and food waste.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2016, Brown has continued to focus her research and teaching in the applied data science domain with an emphasis on biomedical and life sciences. ]]></description>
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        <title>Collaborative study focuses on using computer algorithms to find molecular adaptations to improve COVID-19 drugs</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Moving through all the phases of the study would not have been possible without extensive cross-departmental collaboration.    ]]></description>
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        <title>Fall leaves - to bag or not? Turf experts explain why mulching leaves is a better solution</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ October is peak season for admiring fall foliage and soon those leaves will begin to fall, if they haven’t already done so. Before you start to clean them up, Virginia Tech turf experts suggest that you try a different approach instead of bagging and tossing.  ]]></description>
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        <title>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean Alan L. Grant announces retirement</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ With thoughtful and resolute leadership, Grant has served the university for 15 years and guided the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences into a bright future. ]]></description>
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        <title>Translational Plant Sciences Center sows seeds for new research</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The center recently awarded four projects seed grants of up to $10,000 a year for up to two years to support the development of innovative research leading to extramural support. ]]></description>
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        <title>Join the 12th annual Hokie BugFest on Oct. 7</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The free, one-day festival celebrates the exciting science of entomology. ]]></description>
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        <title>Opponents on the field, collaborators off</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech and Purdue University researchers work together to find real solutions for industry and homeowners to common turfgrass management issues. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>In its seventh year, College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund supports new research efforts</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Lay Nam Chang Dean’s Discovery Fund recently announced research awards to support projects that include the discovery of non-opioid pain killers, wildlife disease, a mobile app for rural parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and bat guano. This year&#39;s awarded grants exceed $120,000.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Be wary of low-acidity vinegar options when preserving food at home, Virginia Tech food safety experts say</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[  With low-acidity vinegars becoming increasingly prevalent, consumers can’t just grab any bottle from the shelf. They need to check the label carefully, according to Virginia Tech food safety experts Melissa Wright and Lester Schonberger, as any vinegar with less than 5 percent acidity cannot be used in home food preservation. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 15:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Study findings prompt Maryland governor to take action to improve Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Although there has been success in reducing nutrient pollution from wastewater treatment plants, the study&#39;s findings indicate that actions taken to reduce pollution from farms and developed areas are insufficient to achieve the bay&#39;s pollutant reduction goals. ]]></description>
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        <title>Choose the right brews for your Fourth of July cookout: Virginia Tech food chemist offers beer and food pairing tips</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ With the recent rise of craft beer in the U.S., Americans now have more beer choices than ever before. While it’s tempting to serve your favorite adult beverage with every dish, pairing the right beer style with your dish of choice can elevate your Independence Day meal.     Ann Sandbrook, food chemistry lab manager in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Department of Food Science and Technology has a few tips to help you choose the right beer to take each course of your Fourth of July cookout to the next level. ]]></description>
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        <title>Expert offers safety tips for grilling beef-alternative burgers on Memorial Day</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Hamburgers are an American classic. There are few foods that embody what a Memorial Day weekend should taste like sinking your teeth into a juicy burger hot off the grill. But with more and more Americans opting for beef-alternatives like plant-based and turkey burgers in recent years, it’s important to keep in mind that the requirements for safely cooking and enjoying a beef hamburger won’t necessarily apply to a black bean burger. ]]></description>
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