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- - 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.
- - 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.
- - Three graduate students take top prizes at the 2018 Nutshell Games
    Using a 5-gallon bucket, a water bottle, and a dinosaur bone, Virginia Tech graduate students Susan Chen, Madeline “Maddy” Grupper, and Brenen Wynd took top honors at the third Nutshell Games.
- - Alumnus helps kids explore freshwater streams and rivers by getting their feet wet
    Craig Roghair helped jump-start the USDA Forest Service’s freshwater snorkeling program for students from fourth grade through high school.
- - Students reflect on lessons learned during study abroad in Ecuador
    Tropical Conservation and Biology, a six-credit course offered at Virginia Tech, is taught in the classroom, followed by a three-week study abroad trip to Ecuador.
- - Seed grants helping to grow Virginia Tech’s transdisciplinary capacities, contributions
    Grant awards are designed to enhance research and collaboration in areas that address global issues including rural health, infectious disease, coastal mitigation and security.
- - 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.
- - 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.
- - Undergraduate academic advisors earn development travel grants
    Grant awards recognize faculty and staff advisors and provide professional development opportunities and support for those who serve undergraduate students in this important capacity.
- - Surface water and flood dynamics increase vulnerability to waterborne disease and climate change
    Professor Kathleen Alexander examined whether surface water dynamics were contributing to diarrheal disease outbreaks and how climate change might increase people’s vulnerability to it.
- - Coastal@VT hosted Rotating Resilience Roundtables to address issues of coastal resilience in Virginia
    The event offered faculty the opportunity to interact with coastal scientists and stakeholders in person and in small group settings.
- - Meet the maverick mayor of Glen Lyn in new Save Our Towns season
    Hellbenders get help and a no-holds-barred mayor spices things up in season five premiere.
- - NSF awards two grants for polymer research
    Professor Kevin Edgar’s research focuses on drug delivery within the body while Assistant Professor Li Shuai’s research examines the utilization of lignin.
- - Dedication and passion elevate Virginia to second on Champion Trees national register
    The Virginia Tech campus is home to 13 state champion trees.
- - 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.

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