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- - 06/14/2019 Twenty students awarded Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
- - 06/06/2019 Virginia Tech researchers discover connection between symbiotic worms and the magnetic orientation of crayfish
- - 05/24/2019 Biological Sciences’ Frank Aylward awarded Simons Foundation grant to study evolution of oceans
- - 05/08/2019 Island lizards are expert sunbathers, and it’s slowing their evolution
- - 05/08/2019 Deirdre Conroy named 2019 Outstanding Senior for the College of Natural Resources and Environment
- - 05/06/2019 Virginia Tech paleontologist finds, names new 3-foot-tall relative of Tyrannosaurus rex
- - 05/01/2019 Coastal@VT researchers lead Kids’ Tech University session about sea level rise
- - 04/22/2019 Virginia Tech researchers develop system-of-systems framework to unify knowledge across disciplines
- - 03/27/2019 Researchers use high-powered computer simulations to study reintroduction of bull trout
- - 03/26/2019 Researchers study people who feed birds in their backyards with implications for bird conservation
- - 03/19/2019 Researchers analyze biodiversity patterns in Antarctic Dry Valleys
- - 03/18/2019 Grad students host first communication science conference
- - 03/08/2019 Virginia Tech researchers receive NSF grant to study the honey bee gut microbiome
- - 03/06/2019 Virginia Tech professor researches vaccine efficacy
- - 03/04/2019 Researcher embarks on kayaking trip to assess invasive crayfish species
- - 03/04/2019 Business sustainability expert to visit Virginia Tech and Lyric Theatre March 22
- - 02/27/2019 Paleontologists identify small fossils as that of oldest frog relative found in North America
- - 02/18/2019 Virginia Tech researchers tackle the biological invasions crisis
- - 11/30/2018 Students reflect on lessons learned during study abroad in Ecuador
- - 11/19/2018 Researchers discover how 'cryptic' connections in disease transmission influence epidemics
- - 11/06/2018 Coastal@VT hosted Rotating Resilience Roundtables to address issues of coastal resilience in Virginia
- - 10/11/2018 Virginia Tech researchers receive NSF grant to study parental care in eastern hellbender salamanders
- - 10/10/2018 Professor appointed chair for National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee
- - 09/18/2018 Researchers examine how the laws of physics impact evolution
- - 09/17/2018 Study: Genetic variation can leave long-lasting stamp on evolutionary patterns
- - 09/07/2018 Land use and pollution shift female-to-male ratios in snapping turtles, raising conservation concerns
- - 09/05/2018 Virginia Tech researcher to study the effects of drying streams
- - 08/30/2018 Virginia Tech researchers host international meeting on mange in wildlife
- - 08/09/2018 Virginia Tech researchers collaborate with global scientists to study vector behavior and disease transmission
- - 08/02/2018 Virginia Tech researcher receives ASLO Early Career Award
- - 07/16/2018 Study forecasts growth rates of loblolly pine trees through first half of 21st century
- - 07/03/2018 Study explores connections between land management, water quality, and human response in lake catchments
- - 06/25/2018 Fish and wildlife graduate students receive research fellowships
- - 06/22/2018 University Libraries Data Transformation Lab builds collaboration and enhances research
- - 06/12/2018 Virginia Tech-led study finds oldest footprints of bug dating back 540-plus million years
- - 06/01/2018 Computational modeling may soon help researchers predict, and prevent, food insecurity
- - 05/23/2018 William Hopkins receives Mitchell A. Byrd Award for outstanding achievement in ornithology
- - 05/21/2018 Owner’s connection to the land plays a major role in conservation efforts
- - 05/08/2018 Class of 2018: Budding 'rockhound' journeys forward by looking back
- - 04/18/2018 Virginia Tech mechanical engineering student receives Fulbright research grant
- - 04/12/2018 Geosciences’ Michelle Stocker seeks evolutionary story behind snake-like animals that use heads to burrow
- - 04/10/2018 Statistics’ Leah Johnson seeks to improve quantitative models for fighting diseases in humans, trees
- - 04/09/2018 Land managers, scientists, educators, and policymakers invited to tackle invasive species April 23
- - 04/05/2018 Personal outreach to landowners is vital to conservation program success
- - 03/22/2018 Human-centered design is key to forming partnerships for large-scale conservation success
- - 03/01/2018 Scientists find that, in nature, an imperfect immune system drives the evolution of deadly pathogen strains
- - 02/15/2018 Biological sciences' Frank Aylward awarded 2018 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in Ocean Sciences
- - 02/08/2018 Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History director to visit Virginia Tech and Lyric Theatre Feb. 16
- - 01/24/2018 Virginia Tech students develop strategies to address flooding and sea-level rise in the city of Hampton
- - 01/19/2018 Martha Muñoz is named assistant professor in Department of Biological Sciences
- - 01/19/2018 Virginia climate communication expert will speak at Fralin Life Science Institute on Jan. 25
- - 01/03/2018 Geosciences’ Brian Romans to use Antarctic sea expedition to study ice sheet response to climate change
- - 12/14/2017 New research explores links between deforestation and fisheries yields in the Amazon
- - 12/04/2017 Invasive plants have surprising ability to pioneer new continents and climates, Virginia Tech researchers discover
- - 11/20/2017 Virginia Tech professor named Research Fellow, launches collaborative effort with New Zealand’s forest industry
- - 10/31/2017 Researcher settles decades-old evolutionary biology question by examining Caribbean lizards
- - 10/27/2017 Even small amounts of oil made birds near Deepwater Horizon sick, Virginia Tech researchers say
- - 10/24/2017 Destination Areas spark creative discussion among science and policy topics
- - 10/19/2017 Send a Hokie to Capitol Hill to ensure sound science informs public policy
- - 10/19/2017 Declining baby songbirds need forests to survive drought, Virginia Tech and Smithsonian find
- - 10/13/2017 Neurobiologist receives NSF funding for animal cognition research, education, and outreach
- - 10/12/2017 Global Change Center researchers to forecast water quality with NSF support
- - 10/04/2017 Mixing of farmed fish and their wild relatives could have adverse impacts on environment, Virginia Tech researcher says
- - 09/21/2017 Scientists funded by NSF develop model to explore scenarios for land, watershed restoration
- - 09/07/2017 Student raises money to improve isolated Ecuadorean community's access to education
- - 08/28/2017 Virginia Tech Life Science Seminar Series launches Sept. 1
- - 08/25/2017 Virginia Tech paleobiologists to host dinosaur fossil unpacking party
- - 08/07/2017 Future of coastal marshes lies in the hands of private property owners
- - 08/07/2017 Extreme melt restructured invertebrate ecosystem in Antarctica, scientists say
- - 08/02/2017 Virginia Tech research team calls for examination of connection between human health and environment in Central Appalachia
- - 07/27/2017 Research calls for enhancing long-term benefits of Farm Bill programs
- - 07/24/2017 Fralin Fellow aims to create the most bee-friendly flower garden in Virginia
- - 07/24/2017 Virginia Tech’s Global Change Center and Hollins University partner to increase student careers in life science research
- - 07/24/2017 Hollins University students transform into young environmental researchers at Virginia Tech
- - 07/17/2017 Geological Society of America honors Sterling Nesbitt with Young Scientist Award
- - 05/24/2017 Professor William Hopkins receives Graduate School's outstanding mentor award
- - 04/12/2017 Virginia Tech scientists discover early dinosaur cousin had a surprising croc-like look
- - 04/11/2017 Virginia Tech researchers fill critical gap in fossil record of Chinese phytosaurs
- - 04/04/2017 'Between Earth and Sky: Climate Change on the Last Frontier' will be screened April 12 at the Lyric
- - 04/03/2017 Virginia Tech scientists: Cattle-associated antibiotics disturb soil ecosystems
- - 03/31/2017 Global water expert to visit Virginia Tech and Lyric Theatre April 7
- - 03/15/2017 Global Change Center researchers help water authority create ‘best water possible,’ prepare for warmer temperatures
- - 03/14/2017 Doctoral Fellow studies impact of climate change, deforestation in Namibia
- - 02/23/2017 Leandro Castello awarded Pew marine conservation fellowship
- - 02/16/2017 Climate scientist James Hansen to give keynote talk at Appalachian Studies Conference
- - 02/09/2017 Marc Edwards and Shuhai Xiao named as Virginia Outstanding Scientists for 2017
- - 02/06/2017 It’s a bird! A plane! It’s John Jelesko — Super Poison Ivy Man!
- - 02/02/2017 Ashley Gramza begins role as new national bird conservation social science coordinator
- - 01/19/2017 Meryl C. Mims named assistant professor in Department of Biological Sciences
- - 01/05/2017 Scientists zero in on biological diversity in ‘poor man’s rainforest’
- - 12/07/2016 Virginia Tech geoscientists size-up early dinosaurs, find surprising variation
- - 12/01/2016 Fralin Life Science Institute honors benefactors at 20-year anniversary celebration
- - 11/09/2016 Leah Johnson named assistant professor of analytics in Department of Statistics
- - 10/18/2016 Fellowship gives undergraduate students science policy experience thanks to partnership
- - 10/03/2016 Virginia Tech researcher finds ‘serious games’ help people understand, adapt to climate change
- - 10/02/2016 Leading conservation biologist and naturalist Reed Noss to visit Virginia Tech
- - 09/19/2016 New study of CRISPR-Cas9 technology shows potential to improve crop efficiency
- - 08/09/2016 Students team with Ecuadorean tribes to learn most-effective plants for treating infection
- - 07/15/2016 Virginia Tech researchers itching to learn more about poison ivy on the Appalachian Trail
- - 07/14/2016 Researchers find more aggressive behavior in city birds than rural ones