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- - Center for International Research, Education, and Development names communications director
    April Raphiou has been a consultant for the center since 2017 including work on a USAID-funded project in Senegal.
- - Crowdfunding project aims to give underrepresented students a chance to study abroad
    Global Education Office leads October fundraising effort.
- - Trainings required for faculty leading study abroad
- - Virginia Tech ranked among top global research universities
    Virginia Tech was listed in the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Ranking, which assessed 1,258 research-intensive universities on five pillars that represent key areas of higher education excellence.
- - Students study sustainability abroad
    Virginia Tech students explored a variety of cities in Europe as part of a trip with the College of Architecture and Urban Studies to examine sustainability policymaking and planning.
- - Virginia Tech trade center becomes knowledge hub for 2018 trade inquiries
    The CALS Center for Agricultural Trade provides analysis to help government, industry, and the public make sense of recent trade issues, threats, and barriers.
- - Virginia Tech researchers make small discovery that could keep millions from going hungry
    Two natural insect predators will be unleashed to curb a pest devastating to crops in Africa.
- - Virginia Tech economics departments build rare partnership with Austrian university
    Graduate students in economics and applied economics will now be able to study and do research at the University of Innsbruck as part of a student exchange program.
- - Nicholas Copeland uses Fulbright to advance food sovereignty in Guatemala
    The anthropologist, who studies rural communities in the Central American country, hopes his research will help farmers create sustainable food resources and land practices.
- - Virginia Tech’s simple fix for Vietnam cuts pesticide use, sends bugs packing
    The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management implements bagging and sleeving in Vietnam to ward away pests and decrease the use of chemicals on fruit.
- - Virginia Tech launches Feed the Future Senegal Youth in Agriculture project
    The $4 million project — led by the Center for International Research, Education, and Development — promotes youth engagement in Senegal through 4-H and vocational training.
- - Virginia Tech and Hebrew University of Jerusalem to collaborate on research and student exchange
    The two leading research institutions are establishing a partnership to collaborate on research and development. The partnership will not only benefit their home countries, but citizens around the globe.
- - Virginia Tech alumna wins Fulbright English teaching assistant grant to Greece
    Starting in September, alumna and aspiring novelist Amelia Dirks will teach English to high school students in Greece.
- - Brittany Nichols will research drug-delivery systems in Germany
    Nichols, the first African-American student from Virginia Tech to win a Fulbright award, will take her graduate research to the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland.
- - Language and Culture Institute’s English program earns reaccreditation
    After a two-year process, the Language and Culture Institute's Intensive English Program has earned a renewal of its accreditation for a duration of 10 years, the longest period awarded by the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation.
- - New U.S. site for Mahindra’s mega-research arm bolsters Virginia Tech’s Corporate Research Center
    The new center seeks to create breakthrough products for North American markets, while the company’s Virginia Tech research project in mechanical engineering aims to advance emerging farm technologies like fruit-picking robots.
- - Collaboration brings international culture to Auburn High School
    International students from the Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute are taking part in a new collaboration with Auburn High in Riner, Virginia, about 20 miles south of Blacksburg.
- - Virginia Tech provides key intel in U.S. and Egyptian-led battle against a major pest
    A Virginia Tech research collaboration produces advanced modeling about the potential spread of fall armyworm in Egypt.
- - Researchers investigate riverbank erosion, human adaptation, and resilience in coastal Bangladesh
    Researchers want to better understand how riverbank erosion affects residents and develop early-warning measures to help mitigate the effects of the changing shoreline.
- - Student from Niger with ties to Virginia Tech wins major award
    Laouali Amadou's work is projected to prevent hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of crop damage in Niger.

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