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- - Virginia Tech’s SmartFarm Innovation Network will build the farm of the future
    The university is creating the SmartFarm Innovation Network, a decentralized network of interconnected centers across the commonwealth. Virginia Tech’s interdisciplinary researchers and Virginia Cooperative Extension specialists and agents will partner with producers and the commercial sector to develop and deploy a wide array of innovative technologies which will increase overall efficiency, resilience, and sustainability of agricultural and natural resources production systems.
- - Carlyle Brewster honored with emeritus status
    A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1999, Brewster made significant contributions to entomology through his scholarship in quantitative ecology focusing on approaches for the management of arthropod pests in natural, urban, and agricultural ecosystems.
- - David Bevan honored with emeritus status
    Bevan, professor of biochemistry in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of professor emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
- - Peter Schultz honored with emeritus status
    A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1985, Schultz served as entomologist and director of the Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Virginia Beach from 1992 to 2017.
- - Virginia Tech researchers find novel insights into soil biodiversity, Earth’s global engine
    A Virginia Tech professor was part of an international team of researchers that discovered new advances about the major ecological patterns driving the changes in soil biodiversity that occur over millions of years.
- - 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.
- - Virginia Tech Board of Visitors members to tour university facilities across commonwealth Feb. 25-28
    Some members of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors have accepted an invitation to join some of the university’s operational leaders for a tour of the Agricultural Research and Extension Centers (ARECs) and other teaching and research facilities across the state from Monday, Feb. 25, through Thursday, Feb. 28.
- - Lancet Commission recommends that political leaders take bold decisions to tackle pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change
    Leaders must take a hard line against powerful commercial interests and rethink global economic incentives within the food system in order to tackle the joint pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change, according to a new report released by the Lancet Commission on Obesity.
- - Matthew Hulver named assistant dean of health sciences in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
    In his new role, Hulver will provide leadership and coordinate efforts that span research, extension, and teaching to further the college's reach in the health sciences.
- - Global Agricultural Productivity Report enables Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to expand its global reach
    The Global Agricultural Productivity Report examines strategies to produce food, feed, fiber, and biofuel in a sustainable manner to meet the demands and needs of a growing world.
- - National Thanksgiving Turkey landing at Virginia Tech Gobblers Rest again
    For the third consecutive year, the famous birds will make the journey from the White House, where the turkeys are “pardoned” by the president in a formal ceremony, to Blacksburg’s Gobblers Rest, where they will live out their days and get to know the HokieBird.
- - Bert Dodson Sr. Urban Entomology Enrichment Fund improves lives by battling urban pests
    The newly established Bert Dodson Sr. Urban Entomology Enrichment Fund in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will enable researchers, faculty, and Virginia Cooperative Extension professionals to implement solutions to urban pest problems and to share that knowledge with students, pest management professionals, and citizens.
- - Joseph R. and Mary W. Wilson Endowed Urban Entomology Professorship to help fight urban pests
    The Wilson Urban Entomology Professor will lead entomology research efforts with the goal of discovering new and innovative ways to fight the scourge of urban pests.
- - Virginia Tech research team works across disciplines to boost U.S. edamame production
    The challenge with American’s edamame consumption is the fact that at least 70% is imported from China. But an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is out to change that.
- - Michael Denbow honored with emeritus status
    A member of the university community since 1979, Denbow was involved in research emphasizing the neurochemical control of food intake in chickens, emphasizing how selection for body weight alters the neurochemical mechanisms within the central nervous system.
- - Michael J. Weaver honored with emeritus status
    Weaver, professor of entomology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, director of Virginia Tech Pesticide Programs, and Extension coordinator of pesticide programming, has been conferred the title of professor emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
- - Sally Johnson reappointed Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor of Agriculture
    Johnson, who has held the title of Mellon Distinguished Professor since 2013, is an internationally known scholar who seeks to uncover the biological mechanisms that mediate tendon and muscle progenitor cell activity during periods of growth and damage repair in horses.
- - Richard E. Veilleux honored with emeritus status
    A member of the university community since 1981, Veilleux conducted genetic research on potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes, tobacco, and orchids that contributed significantly to our knowledge of plant genetics and genomics.
- - Virginia Tech names Vernon Meacham chief advancement officer in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
    In his new position, Meacham will lead the Advancement Team, which is comprised of development, alumni relations, and communications and marketing professionals. The team works to increase engagement and philanthropic support for the college and Virginia Cooperative Extension.
- - Roger Harris honored with emeritus status
    A member of the university community since 1993, Harris conducted research on the ecology of woody landscape plants from nursery production through the established landscape, seeking to provide tools and knowledge to create environmentally sustainable landscapes.

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