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- - Research in a 90-second, entertaining spiel? Watch the third Nutshell Games
    The Nutshell Games will be held on Oct. 27 at 4:30 p.m. at the Moss Arts Center in conjunction with the Virginia Tech Science Festival.
- - College of Natural Resources and Environment welcomes new faculty members
    David Carter is an assistant professor of silviculture, and Thomas Pingel is an associate professor of geography.
- - Order 2019 calendar featuring work of fish and wildlife graduate students
    Students in the Fish and Wildlife Graduate Student Association in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment are selling 2019 calendars highlighting their work around the world.
- - Researchers study water’s role in antibiotic resistance emergence and dissemination in Africa
    The researchers’ findings suggest that factors beyond industrial farming and medical facilities may be significant contributors to the global problem of antibiotic resistance dissemination.
- - Virginia Tech researchers receive NSF grant to study parental care in eastern hellbender salamanders
    These giant salamanders were once common in streams across the eastern United States, but have experienced drastic population declines in the past 30 years due to habitat loss caused by erosion and pollution and are increasingly threatened by climate change.
- - Professor appointed chair for National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee
    William A. Hopkins, professor of wildlife in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, has been appointed chair to a committee of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: The Review of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Laboratories: Processes, Procedures, and Best Practices to Meet National Needs.
- - Carolyn Copenheaver receives Society of American Foresters award for outstanding forestry education
    Copenheaver is the first woman to receive the Carl Alwin Schenck Award in its 30-year history.
- - Fifteen students awarded Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellowships
    The Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellowship program is a competitive award program that is open to all Virginia Tech undergraduates. The goal of the program is to increase diversity in research.
- - HHMI Inclusive Excellence Program welcomes new cohort
    The HHMI grant aims to build inclusive educational practices in the sciences and promote institutional change that supports the engagement and success of all students, especially those populations that have been historically underrepresented and underserved in the science disciplines.
- - Center for Geospatial Information Technology builds database to help Virginia’s veterans
    The center’s work will help 15,000 veterans access educational, employment, and support resources across Virginia.
- - Cadets chosen to highlight the colors at the Duke game
    Cadets Delaney McQuade and Mariam Okwei were selected based on their performance in the corps.
- - Susan Hypes’ commitment to service earns her 2018 Facilities Employee of the Year
    Hypes works tirelessly to ensure all faculty, staff, students, and visitors alike receive a warm welcome and attractive, clean surroundings as they enter Cheatham Hall, home of the College of Natural Resources and Environment.
- - In memoriam: John F. Hosner, honorary founding dean of the College of Natural Resources and Environment
    Hosner, who played a significant role in the founding of the College of Natural Resources and Environment and had been recognized with the tribute of “honorary founding dean,” died Sept. 13 in Blacksburg, Virginia.
- - Women in STEM panel discussions to tackle lack of women in sciences, engineering
    The Virginia Tech College of Science in partnership with Virginia Tech Alumni Association will host two public panel discussions in September focusing on the lack of women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
- - Former Brazilian minister of the environment to speak at Virginia Tech
    Izabella Monica Teixeira, who has been recognized by the U.N. for her knowledge and experience in environmental policy, will discuss land use and Brazil’s challenges in the global climate change agenda.
- - Mapping With Drones workshops offered in Blacksburg and Richmond
    This introductory-level workshop is targeted to natural resource professionals, planners, public safety professionals, agricultural operators, educators, and others.
- - Philadelphia Zoo CREW’s high school students get ‘hands-on’ with wildlife
    The Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation welcomed a group of students from the Philadelphia Zoo’s Champions for Restoring Endangered Wildlife program to learn about education opportunities in wildlife research.
- - Land use and pollution shift female-to-male ratios in snapping turtles, raising conservation concerns
    A team of Virginia Tech biologists has found that the nesting environment of turtles in agricultural habitats, which can lower nesting temperatures, can produce more males.
- - Kevin Edgar has been named Graduate School associate dean
    Edgar will assist with the academic enterprises at the Graduate School, including the graduate teaching assistant workshop and professional development.
- - Virginia Tech researchers host international meeting on mange in wildlife
    Cases of mange in animals are on the rise worldwide, and a team of Virginia Tech researchers is spearheading a local and international effort to coordinate the research among a global network of experts studying mange in wildlife.

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