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- - Susan Day honored with emerita status
    A member of the Virginia Tech community from 2008 to 2018, Day made significant contributions to the field of urban forestry.
- - Virginia Tech has strong showing in Gilman International Scholarship competition
    The federally funded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship supports undergraduates who might not otherwise study abroad because of financial constraints.
- - Virginia Tech hosts the national 2019 Packaging Jamboree
    The student-led event welcomed 95 students from six universities and 50 industry professionals from 20 companies.
- - InsideTREES free summer camp for high school students
    The program, which seeks to increase awareness of educational and career opportunities in natural resources and sustainable biomaterials for women and underrepresented students, includes meals and lodging on the Blacksburg campus.
- - Virginia Tech’s 36th Annual Mudbass Classic Tournament takes place on April 27
    The tournament, hosted by the Virginia Tech Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, is free to the public and open to all ages.
- - Brian Murphy honored with emeritus status
    A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1994, Murphy’s scholarship and research focused on fisheries management.
- - Virginia Tech celebrates 50 years of graduate education in the National Capital Region
    In 1969, Virginia Tech opened its first Northern Virginia Graduate Center: a white Reston farmhouse with two resident faculty members, a part-time staff, and 65 students.
- - Graduate students receive awards for excellence in teaching, research, and service
    The Virginia Tech Graduate School honored master's and doctoral degree students from across the university at the school’s annual awards dinner during Graduate Education Week.
- - Thomas Fox honored with emeritus status
    A member of the Virginia Tech community from 2000 to 2017, Fox made significant contributions to the field of forestry through his work in forest soils and silviculture.
- - 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.
- - Testing the water: Virginia Tech team launches system to predict water conditions
    A team at Virginia Tech is making it possible for water utility managers, such as the Western Virginia Water Authority in Roanoke, to predict water quality conditions - 16 days before they occur.
- - In memoriam: Charles ‘Jack’ Dudley, former director of University Honors
    Dudley, who led Virginia Tech’s honors program for nearly two decades, was known for his passionate support of students.
- - Researchers study people who feed birds in their backyards with implications for bird conservation
    Researchers analyzed how people who feed birds notice and respond to natural events at their feeders by collaborating with Project FeederWatch, a program managed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that engages more than 25,000 people to observe and collect data on their backyard birds.
- - Botswana president and first lady visit Centre for Conservation of African Resources
    The center, co-founded by Professor Kathleen Alexander, serves as a base for Alexander’s extensive work in Botswana and provides unique opportunities for students involved in both research projects and outreach efforts.
- - 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.
- - More than 300 Virginia Tech authors will be celebrated during VT Authors Recognition Event
    The University Libraries will host the VT Authors Recognition Event from 5 - 7 p.m. March 21 in the fourth floor, Newman Library. This 14th annual event will honor Virginia Tech authors from colleges, programs, and offices across the university.
- - Business sustainability expert to visit Virginia Tech and Lyric Theatre March 22
    Andrew Hoffman, the Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise for University of Michigan and author, will visit Virginia Tech on March 22. Hoffman will give a 3:30 p.m. distinguished lecture titled “How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate” at the Lyric Theatre in downtown Blacksburg.
- - Eleventh annual Virginia Governor’s Conference on Agricultural Trade to focus on shifting trade environment
    The 2019 Virginia Governor's Conference on Agricultural Trade will take place March 5 at the Richmond Mariott. This year will focus on the shifting trade environment and what it means for Virginia products.
- - Paleontologists identify small fossils as that of oldest frog relative found in North America
    Paleontologists from Virginia Tech have identified fossil fragments of what are thought to be the oldest known frogs in North America.
- - Women in STEM networking panels coming to Richmond and Arlington
    The Virginia Tech College of Science and Alumni Relations are hosting two public panel discussions in February focusing on women working in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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