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- - Expert: New research on air quality in National Parks suggests EPA may have work to do
    Kevin Boyle, a Virginia Tech Professor with 30 years of experience in natural resource economics who reviewed the study, is avialable for interviews.
- - Virginia Tech professor aids Zimbabwe in poverty analysis amid decades of political strife
    Professor Jeff Alwang has a 20-year history with Zimbabwe doing poverty analysis through periods of hyperinflation and political unrest, but he's hopeful for the upcoming election.
- - Virginia agriculture gains new leaders as VALOR graduates latest class
    Virginia Agriculture Leaders Obtaining Results, Virginia’s premier agriculture-leadership training program, celebrated the graduation of its third class of leadership fellows at the Hotel Roanoke on July 14.
- - Virginia Master Naturalist chapter publishes guide to the state’s poisonous plants
    “The Socrates Project: Poisonous Plants in Virginia” is a collaborative effort between the Virginia Master Naturalist Program and Virginia Cooperative Extension.
- - Virginia Tech researchers discover insights into HIV with implications for drug development
    “We hope this new insight on the druggable surface of HIV will provide routes to novel types of therapeutics to combat this virus that has taken so many lives,” said Anne M. Brown, an assistant professor in research and informatics in University Libraries and an adjunct professor in the Department of Biochemistry in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
- - Escalating trade war with China will hurt farmers and consumers, expert says
    “Nobody will win a trade war. The economies of both countries will suffer,” says Mary Marchant.
- - Study explores connections between land management, water quality, and human response in lake catchments
    The study, which examines the ecological effects of humans on lakes and vice versa, offers a new model for those invested in protecting and maintaining lakes.
- - Visit the Smithsonian’s new infectious disease exhibit and find a Hokie alumna making science accessible
    Ashley Peery, a two-time alumna of Virginia Tech, is coordinating an exhibit called Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World at the Smithsonian. The exhibit opened May 18 and runs until 2021.
- - Virginia 4-H crowdfunds to support Brazilian youth development program
    This month, Virginia 4-H launched the “Bills for Brazil” campaign to solicit donations through Virginia Tech’s JUMP crowdfunding platform. Their goal of $4,999 will help expand the program and reach more educators and students in Brazil.
- - Researchers discover insights into amyloids associated with Alzheimer’s and type 2 diabetes
    A Virginia Tech research team's findings were recently published in the Journal of Molecular Biology.
- - University Libraries Data Transformation Lab builds collaboration and enhances research
    Graduate student Taylor Blackman uses his GIS knowledge to help fellow student researchers transform data in the Data Transformation Studio.
- - Natasha Saunders named director of new program to support underrepresented, underserved students
    In her new role, Saunders will work directly with students to connect them with university resources and opportunities, from job placement to landing internships and studying abroad.
- - Jennifer Schafer Zabinsky named Outstanding Recent Undergraduate Alumna of Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
    Zabinsky, a 2009 graduate of human nutrition, foods, and exercise, is the associate athletics director of sports nutrition at Virginia Tech.
- - Virginia Tech scientists who identified dangerous Giant Hogweed in Clarke County hopeful that it will be contained
    “It’s a dangerous plant but I’m not overly concerned about it. This seems to be an isolated incident,” said Virginia Tech’s Michael Flessner, an assistant professor and extension weed science specialist.
- - Olivera Jankovska named Outstanding Recent Graduate Alumna of Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
    Jankovska, a 2011 graduate of agricultural and applied economics, is a UNICEF Global Citizenship Fellow, a highly coveted position that uses community engagement to create transformational change in the lives of children around the world.
- - Red salamander named official salamander of Virginia thanks to 4-H group
    Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax, sponsored the bill at the urging of young conservationists affiliated with Salamander Savers, an ecological-minded 4-H group based in Northern Virginia.
- - Delbert O’Meara inducted to Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Hall of Fame
    O’Meara, of Walters, Virginia, a 1962 graduate of animal science and a 1967 graduate of agricultural education, was inducted into the hall at the annual college alumni awards ceremony.
- - Virginia Tech student and agricultural advocate to serve in the Virginia Secretariat for Agriculture and Forestry
    Virginia Tech student and agricultural advocate Chandler Vaughan will serve under the Secretariat for Agriculture and Forestry through the Governor's Fellows Program this summer.
- - Virginia Tech professor and 4-H youth team up to establish Community and 4-H Center in Senegal
    After years of fundraising and collaboration, the Samuel and Eleanor Morris Community and 4-H Center has been established in Santamba, Senegal. The center will become a place for youth and adults to develop leadership skills and move forward together.
- - Spot the invasive spotted lanternfly at your farm or home? Report it.
    An invasive insect that has damaged agricultural crops in the Northeast United States and creates a black sticky mess on homeowners’ trees that stinks of sour vinegar has been found in Virginia.

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