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- - 2018 Virginia Farm to Table Conference to be held Dec. 5 and 6
    If you’re interested in local and regional food and agriculture, dealing with farming stressors in healthy ways, practical applications of soil health, value-added products, farm profitability, and other food and agricultural system topics, plan to attend the 2018 Virginia Farm to Table Conference, Dec. 5-6 in Weyers Cave, Virginia.
- - Extension offers new stormwater management publication series
    In a new publication series, "Stormwater Management for Homeowners," Virginia Cooperative Extension provides information on how homeowners can use different practices in their landscapes to manage stormwater and protect their property from damage in the future.
- - 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.
- - Board of Visitors adopts campus master plan, approves construction of new living learning center
    During its quarterly meeting held in Blacksburg on Monday, the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved a resolution to adopt the 2018 campus master plan — a document that will help guide the physical development of the Blacksburg campus and its 11 agricultural research and Extension centers through 2047.
- - Water experts to study emerging threat of antibiotic resistance
    Through the awarding of two contracts, the Centers for Disease Control is tapping the expertise of Amy Pruden and Marc Edwards in a wider effort to address emerging public health priorities.
- - 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.
- - Immersive theatrical installation brings the works of Edgar Allan Poe to life
    A theatrical installation in the Cube of the Moss Arts Center titled "Poe's Shadows," opens on Oct. 31 and includes a series of short expert talks on related and complementary topics.
- - Dedication and passion elevate Virginia to second on Champion Trees national register
    The Virginia Tech campus is home to 13 state champion trees.
- - The Proposal Development Institute: A multifaceted program that helps faculty obtain external funding
    One of the biggest challenges for new, tenure-track faculty is obtaining external grant funding. The Proposal Development Institute was created to provide guidance for faculty and help alleviate some of that stress.
- - Virginia Tech students compete to bring home the bacon
    Smithfield foods is sponsoring a competition among Virginia Tech student group Commodity Investing by Students, known as COINS, that will provide the winner with a yearlong supply of bacon.
- - HBCU/MSI Research Summit draws hundreds to Virginia Tech
    Hosted by the Graduate School, the two-day summit, now in its third year, aims to foster connections between Virginia Tech and students and faculty at the visiting institutions.
- - ACC academic leaders begin connecting, collaborating at Virginia Tech
    Virginia Tech hosted the first session in a series that is designed to facilitate cross-institutional connections among academic leaders at 14 ACC universities while building leadership capacity for the participating institutions.
- - Annual symposium aims to diversify STEM workforce
    During its first 10 years, the Virginia-North Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation Symposium has helped produce a 90 percent increase in underrepresented minority students studying in STEM fields and a 174 percent increase in STEM degrees earned.
- - Trailblazing alumna is on a mission to change the face of her field
    Rianka Dorsainvil is considered one of the top financial planning experts in the country and a strong voice advocating for diversity in the field.
- - 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.
- - Virginia Tech Science Festival returns Oct. 27
    Now in its fifth year, the festival returns to campus Saturday, Oct. 27, with 93 interactive booths and activities that showcase dozens of science education and research programs throughout the university.
- - Eric Wong reappointed John W. Hancock Professor of Animal and Poultry Sciences
    A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1990, Wong has an international reputation as a leader in molecular nutrition in poultry.
- - Four industry leaders inducted into the Virginia Livestock Hall of Fame
    Established in 2009, the Virginia Livestock Hall of Fame bestows honor and recognition on outstanding Virginians who have made significant contributions to the state’s livestock industry and its people.

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