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- - Students’ summer research experience focuses on forest ecological assessment
    The students gained valuable experience while collecting a range of data in a patch of forest on the edge of the Blacksburg campus.
- - Virginia Tech welcomes new and returning students with Welcome Week 2019
    A packed schedule of Welcome Week events and activities will help students get to know campus and find friends.
- - Forest landowners 'retreat' to the woods
    The retreat, designed for beginning woodland owners, will take place Sept. 20-21 near Providence Forge, Virginia.
- - Researchers receive NSF grant to create Ecological Forecasting Research Coordination Network
    A group of researchers, led by Quinn Thomas, associate professor in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation in the College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech, received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to tackle environmental challenges with the creation of a new network.
- - Search committee for Fralin Life Sciences Institute director announced
    Stefan Duma, executive director of Virginia Tech’s Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science, will chair the search committee.
- - Jason Holliday receives $2.5 million NSF grant to research poplar genome
    Holliday’s research will seek to understand how variation in genomes and environmental conditions impact desirable traits in poplars, fast-growing trees that are a crucial source of forest products.
- - Scientists seek to understand genomic variation in American chestnut to help restore it to North American forests
    Associate Professor Jason Holliday will work with the American Chestnut Foundation to research methods for utilizing genetic diversity as part of broader efforts to introduce disease-resistant American chestnuts to U.S. forests.
- - 'Leaving no stone unturned' at the Ninth Eastern Hellbender Symposium
    The hellbender is one of the largest salamanders in North America and the third largest salamander in the world after the closely related Chinese and Japanese giant salamanders.
- - Grant helps Virginia Tech scientists find new ways to use secondary logging materials
    The study, in collaboration with Auburn University, West Virginia University, and the University of Maine, will examine the collection of branches, tops, and other residue materials to determine how to make them an economically viable resource.
- - Six students receive Sigma Xi Awards for 2019
    Six students — two undergraduates and four doctoral students — received grants from this endowment. They were honored at the annual Sigma Xi induction ceremony on April 25.
- - Julia Allen joins College of Natural Resources and Environment as assistant dean of advancement
    Allen has 20 years of fundraising experience in higher education and will be directly involved in planning and outreach efforts to support the strategic priorities of Virginia Tech.
- - Wildlife conservation students take on real-world projects in capstone course
    Students in Professor Sarah Karpanty’s senior capstone course synthesize what they’ve learned and apply it to field projects with local agencies and organizations.
- - Marc Stern facilitates local solutions to global climate challenges
    Stern will use a National Science Foundation grant to study and develop workshops that will empower local communities to take action against climate challenges.
- - First InsideTREES camp brings sustainable biomaterials to life for high schoolers
    At InsideTREES camp, students learned about wood science, forestry, and engineering through hands-on activities, group projects, labs, and field trips.
- - Local weather forecasting technology heralds the advent of a SmartFarm network
    Thanks to a new collaboration between the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and weather-intelligence provider WeatherSTEM, local forecasting technologies around the state are helping farmers prepare for and weather the storm.
- - Burning issues
    Conducting a burn with the Virginia Department of Forestry gives Virginia Tech students one-on-one time with professionals, transfers classroom learning to the field, and creates an experience that helps bring a new generation of foresters to the field.
- - Industry turns to Newport News program to build data science workforce
    The first cohort of 12 graduates will complete the business analytics certificate program on June 22.
- - Remote sensing with ArcGIS Pro workshops offered in Blacksburg and Williamsburg
    This comprehensive workshop is targeted to natural resource professionals, planners, public safety professionals, agricultural operators, educators, and others.
- - Twenty students awarded Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
    The SURF program is designed to give students hands-on research experiences during a 10-week curriculum that mimics graduate training.
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  - Jeff Marion receives George Wright Society Award for natural resources achievement
    Marion is a founding contributor to the field of recreation ecology and a leader in promoting the principles of ‘Leave No Trace.’

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