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- - iTHRIV, community groups partner to improve health of Virginians
    The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia has awarded a total of $80,000 in community health research grants to four multi-institutional biomedical research projects.
- - Nighttime campus safety walk brings university community together to improve safety, security
    Participants put themselves in the shoes of students, faculty, and staff as they walked along a route that included the Duck Pond, the Overflow Lot, Oak Lane, Burchard Plaza, and Burruss Hall – in the dark.
- - Veterinary students combat animal and human diseases through transdisciplinary research program
    The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine hosted an 11-week transdisciplinary program designed to expose participants to research best practices and the diverse career opportunities available in the field.
- - Office of Environmental Health and Safety receives national award recognition
    EHS was recently honored by the Campus Environmental Management Association and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities with the 2018 Innovation Award of Merit for Process Improvement.
- - Hard hats required: First Girls Day event held for area eighth graders
    The girls from schools in Montgomery County and Roanoke City will tour different areas of the university's Facilities Department to see the range of career opportunities that are available to them.
- - Brett Farmer and Brian Tissue recognized for unwavering commitment to safety
    The two were recently given the 2017 Virginia Tech Award for Safety Excellence. The honor recognizes members of the university community whose safety efforts or initiatives have resulted in a safer work environment or substantially helped eliminate or minimize loss or injury.
- - All scheduled classes and activities return to Wallace Hall
- - Kathleen Alexander presents NSF funded human-wildlife interface projects on Capitol Hill
    Kathleen Alexander, a veterinarian and wildlife professor, will showcase some of her research projects on Capitol Hill on April 26.
- - NSF grant to send two undergraduates to study disease ecology in Africa
    Two minority students will conduct infectious disease research in northern Botswana.
- - Eric Hallerman advises FDA on approving world’s first genetically modified animal
    Fish Conservation Professor Eric Hallerman advised the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the environmental issues surrounding transgenic Atlantic salmon.
- - Water professor Stephen Schoenholtz to attend White House Water Summit
    Stephen Schoenholtz, director of the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, is one of 150 invitees from across the nation to participate in the Water Summit.