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        <title>Virginia Tech earns high marks in Times Higher Education 2026 Sustainability Impact rankings</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech researchers found that everyday dog-handler teams can effectively detect spotted lanternfly egg masses, offering a community-driven tool to fight invasive agricultural pests. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Baptista hopes his fascination with these microscopic invaders will drive innovative research that could one day lead to better treatments for animals and humans.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Fearer explained how storms and disturbances affect forest ecosystems, the importance of human interaction in promoting healthy forests, and the opportunities for restoration following catastrophic events.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech’s Integrated Pest Management Activity, part of the Center for International Research, Education, and Development, launched a biocontrol program that harnesses the use of natural enemies to fight the noxious Parthenium weed and enhance the nation’s food security.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The projects supported in this year’s awards focus on the use of data science methods in the fields of chemistry, computer science, forest health, mathematics, psychology, public health, social sciences, and statistics. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A new paper explores the critical role inland recreational fisheries play in providing affordable nutrition and how climate change threatens access for millions of people globally. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech’s IPM Innovation Lab is partnering with Bangladeshi mango exporters to support the implementation of Good Agricultural Practices and help the country reach its export potential. The initiative, focused on equipping farmers with the tools and knowledge necessary to meet international standards, has already helped several exporters achieve GAP certification. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Doctoral Scholars from the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science answer questions about the program and their research.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Three Hokie-owned and operated family farms in Virginia were honored by the commonwealth for doing their part to preserve Virginia’s waterways and natural resources. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In recognition of National Invasive Species Awareness Week, Feb. 26-March 3, invasive species experts, including those at Virginia Tech&#39;s Invasive Species Working Group, will come together with government officials and agency leaders to discuss prevention and management priorities.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Anna Katogiritis transformed a chance email from Jane Goodall into a career championing animal welfare and environmental education globally.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Forensic science combats wildlife trafficking</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A $2.6 million grant will fund a new wildlife forensic center in Botswana as part of Virginia Tech’s ongoing collaborations with the government of the Republic of Botswana to foster conservation and global research initiatives in Africa.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Forging the global land-grant mission</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech President Tim Sands traveled to Botswana to meet with President Eric Mokgweetsi Keabetswe Masisi and celebrate the expansion of collaborative projects as part of Virginia Tech’s efforts to expand the land-grant mission globally. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Desraeli McBride is an undergraduate research fellowship recipient in the College of Natural Resources and Environment. McBride&#39;s research work focuses on American Oystercatcher chick habitat within barrier islands along the east coast. ]]></description>
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        <title>Turning tree tragedy into triumph</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Dutch elm disease forced the removal of a landmark elm tree on the Upper Quad earlier this fall, but not before a group of committed tree lovers spent years collaborating to save it — and coming up with a plan to replace it  ]]></description>
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        <title>Veterinary college promotes human, environmental, and animal health through One Health concept </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ One Health is the overarching concept that human, animal, and environmental health are inextricably linked and that professionals within the three realms should work together toward research findings and clinical applications that can improve the health in all three areas.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Researcher brings the study of sinking land to the United Nations</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Manoochehr Shirzaei, associate professor of geophysics and remote sensing, was invited to join the United Nations University, which is the think tank and academy arm of the United Nations.  There he will help them include land subsidence models in their policy advising. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech researchers will merge social and geographic information system science to investigate how coastal communities and ecosystems will migrate because of sea-level rise. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ “Our work in Senegal was a way for us to take the research and the development of trainings and workshops done at Virginia Tech and extend that to the global community,” said Lydia Fitzgerald. ]]></description>
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