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- - Virginia Tech trade center becomes knowledge hub for 2018 trade inquiries
    The CALS Center for Agricultural Trade provides analysis to help government, industry, and the public make sense of recent trade issues, threats, and barriers.
- - 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.
- - Virginia Tech student and coach named international soil judging champions
    The Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences was well-represented at the Third International Soil Judging Contest in Seropédica near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 11.
- - Virginia Tech economics departments build rare partnership with Austrian university
    Graduate students in economics and applied economics will now be able to study and do research at the University of Innsbruck as part of a student exchange program.
- - Growing produce from seed to harvest, local children learn the value of nutrition through Market Kids program
    The Market Kids initiative, a partnership between the New River Health District and the Virginia Tech Public Health Program designed to enhance public health instruction, practice, and research, is teaching local youth the importance of focusing on their health and well-being.
- - Virginia Tech research into genetics of mosquito reproduction could help stop spread of disease
    The long-term goal is to use genetic engineering and chemical intervention to suppress mosquito populations and impede their ability to transmit diseases.
- - Cadet chosen to highlight the colors at the Florida State game
    Cadet Hunter Tettelbach, a junior in Naval ROTC majoring in environmental science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, was chosen for this special duty for his enthusiasm while training first-year cadets.
- - Families reclaim their homes and health thanks to Virginia Tech’s Urban Pest Management Program
    A year-long experiment in Housing and Urban Development communities in Virginia and North Carolina could help eradicate German cockroach infestations and transform standard pest-management protocols.
- - Decision to disband EPA economics committee harms agency’s credibility, Virginia Tech expert says
    These decisions, Boyle says, undermine established scientific procedures and facilitates poor analysis.
- - Federal grant renews Virginia Tech program for aspiring graduate school scholars
    Through the year-long VT-PREP, scholars are paired with faculty mentors to do research in their interest areas. The program is one of two in Virginia and 40 nationwide.
- - Natural habitat can help farmers control pests, but the benefits vary widely across the globe
    An international team of authors, including Megan O’Rourke, assistant professor in the Virginia Tech School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, found that natural habitat surrounding farm fields is not always an effective pest-control tool for farmers worldwide.
- - Virginia Tech researchers discover insights into chemical communication of stink bugs
    This knowledge may allow researchers to produce pheromones in expendable food crops — also called ‘trap crops’ — to lure the bugs away from cash crops.
- - VT-FAST: A new resource for Virginia Tech faculty
    VT-FAST is a virtual team of faculty and staff across campus who support faculty at Virginia Tech in all aspects of grant and proposal development. Their goal is to facilitate proposal preparation, formatting, and editing, thereby allowing faculty to focus more directly on their research plan.
- - Nicholas Copeland uses Fulbright to advance food sovereignty in Guatemala
    The anthropologist, who studies rural communities in the Central American country, hopes his research will help farmers create sustainable food resources and land practices.
- - Students more likely to eat school breakfast when given extra time, new study finds
    Adding 10 extra minutes to school breakfast time and providing meals in classrooms could increase the number of breakfasts consumed by elementary students.
- - Paul Rogers Jr., former Virginia Tech Board of Visitors member, named Virginia Farmer of the Year
    Rogers — a former member of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors and strong supporter of the university’s agricultural technology program — has been selected as state winner of the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award.
- - Inga Haugen embraces her roots in her role as library liaison
    As the University Libraries liaison to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Haugen provides workshops and services for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty, including those in the Agricultural Research and Extension Centers across Virginia.
- - Professor recognized at World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists
    Applied Economics Professor Kevin Boyle was named a Fellow of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists during the triennial World Congress.
- - Virginia Tech researchers receive NSF grant to research how plants and bacteria communicate
    Birgit Scharf, an associate professor at Virginia Tech, recently received a $991,204 grant from the National Science Foundation to study plant-bacteria communication. The outcome of her work could result in fewer fertilizers applied to plants and higher crop yields.
- - Virginia Tech launches Feed the Future Senegal Youth in Agriculture project
    The $4 million project — led by the Center for International Research, Education, and Development — promotes youth engagement in Senegal through 4-H and vocational training.

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