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- - May 12, 2020 University Libraries’ student teams respond to White House call to action to analyze COVID-19 data
    University Libraries at Virginia Tech faculty members Anne M. Brown and Jonathan Briganti challenged their undergraduate data students in the library’s DataBridge program and the Bevan & Brown Lab to jump in and create tools and look for patterns and trends in COVID-19 research data using machine learning and molecular modeling.
- - May 11, 2020 Class of 2020: Colleen Pramenko launches Air Force career with goal of working with the space program
    Colleen Pramenko will commission into the U.S. Air Force and put her meteorology degree and her experience with the Corps of Cadets to use as an environmental science officer with the 28th Operational Weather Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.
- - Jan 29, 2020 Virginia Tech launches the Center for Coastal Studies to address complex issues in the coastal zone
    The new center, housed under the Fralin Life Sciences Institute, will engage with a diverse set of stakeholders, create a safe space for difficult conversations with the public around coastal-zone issues, and establish a Coastal Zone Observatory.
- - Dec 04, 2019 VDGIF executive director is College of Natural Resources and Environment’s inaugural visiting executive
    The college welcomed Ryan Brown as its inaugural visiting executive under an initiative that seeks to bring professionals to campus to share their knowledge and experience with students and staff.
- - Dec 03, 2019 Helping coastal communities face the challenges posed by flooding and sea level rise
    Assistant Professor Anamaria Bukvic is using a fellowship from the National Center for Atmospheric Research to examine the issue of population mobility in the face of coastal vulnerability.
- - Sep 26, 2019 College of Natural Resources and Environment welcomes eight new faculty members
    New faculty members have joined each of the college’s four departments: fish and wildlife conservation, forest resources and environmental conservation, geography, and sustainable biomaterials.
- - Sep 11, 2019 Students scale new heights during Rocky Mountain field course
    Seven meteorology students traveled to Colorado to learn about weather systems and meteorology while negotiating the challenges of high altitudes and rapidly changing weather conditions.
- - May 01, 2019 Coastal@VT researchers lead Kids’ Tech University session about sea level rise
    The Kids' Tech University program is different from other kids' programs because it puts real researchers in front of children to give exciting interactive sessions based on those famous "why" questions that have always intrigued children.
- - May 01, 2019 Class of 2019: Geography major Neil Schubel charts a path around the world
    Schubel’s quest for cultural awareness and desire to experience different physical environments and worldviews firsthand have defined his time at Virginia Tech.
- - Apr 03, 2019 Internships help ready the next generation of U.S. Air Force weather officers
    Alumni from Virginia Tech filled more U.S. Air Force weather officer positions than any other university in the country this year.
- - Mar 07, 2019 Meteorology faculty and students anchor weather stations on highest peaks in Virginia and West Virginia
    There are currently eight weather stations that translate data directly to a central website.
- - Dec 07, 2018 Class of 2018: Molly McKnight uses GIS to show data in 3D
    McKnight is using geographic information systems to help give a clearer sense of the impact that solar farms and other energy projects would have on a landscape.
- - Dec 05, 2018 Keith Goyne named associate dean of College of Natural Resources and Environment
    Goyne is currently associate director and professor of soil and environmental sciences at the University of Missouri School of Natural Resources.
- - Nov 26, 2018 2018 Summit of the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine: Securing Prosperity in the Coastal Zone
    At the request of the Virginia Academy of Science Engineering, and Medicine, Virginia Tech researchers Robert Weiss and Jennifer Irish of the Coastal@VT initiative led the organizing committee for the 2018 VASEM Summit.
- - Nov 20, 2018 New position to equip College of Natural Resources and Environment students for career success
    Ken Morgan of Morgan Lumber Company is funding a new director of employer relations position in the college.