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Virginia Tech researchers awarded $1 million grant to study the survival of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces in the food supply chain , articleVirginia Tech researchers are studying how long SARS-CoV-2 survives on surfaces, focusing on its survival on food, food contact surfaces, and other points along the food supply chain.
Date: Oct 19, 2020 -
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Virginia 4-H asking the communities it helped build to give back , articleVirginia 4-H is in the need of help from the communities it helped build. It needs investments to ensure it preserves this life-changing experience now and for future generations.
Date: Oct 16, 2020 -
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Innovative air filtration system could lead to recycling of captured pollutants , articleA proof-of-concept created by a collaboration between Virginia Tech and MOVA Technologies has resulted in a ground-breaking filter that can capture gasses while allowing them to be recycled and reused.
Date: Oct 14, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech engagement efforts take center stage at national awards panel , articleA Virginia Cooperative Extension project to address access to healthy food and a College of Engineering program that adds hands-on learning to Appalachian middle schools will be featured at the Oct. 15 virtual discussion.
Date: Oct 13, 2020 -
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Hokie BugFest goes virtual for its 10th anniversary , articleThis unique, virtual event, to be held Oct. 7-17, celebrates the exciting science of entomology with 10 days of activities that culminate with a full day of online programming.
Date: Oct 06, 2020 -
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Mapping With Drones workshops offered online , articleThe goal of this introductory-level yet intensive workshop is to provide participants with the knowledge to operate a drone legally, safely, and effectively.
Date: Oct 01, 2020 -
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Extension, Virginia and National 4-H, Google, launch Mars Base Camp initiative , articleThroughout the month of October, youth from across the country will use their knowledge, creativity, and innovation in learning about STEM topics during the 13th annual 4-H STEM Challenge. This year’s challenge, Mars Base Camp, will explore the theme of sending humans on a mission to Mars.
Date: Oct 01, 2020 -
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26th annual Hokie Harvest and cattle auction to go online in 2020 , articleIn keeping with Virginia Tech and CDC guidelines, the 26th annual Hokie Harvest is going online in 2020. The online auction will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 30 through www.cowbuyer.com.
Date: Sep 28, 2020 -
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Natural Area Management Services Webinar Series: Grow your business to provide natural areas , articleA four-part webinar series offered by Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Department of Forestry, and partners from Pennsylvania and Maryland will give green industry professionals the knowledge they need to provide natural area management services.
Date: Sep 22, 2020 -
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Virginia Cooperative Extension continues education and outreach for Ag Expo producers despite COVID , articleThis year, Ag Expo was canceled due to COVID-19, but that didn’t stop Virginia Cooperative Extension from continuing to deliver the research-based scientific knowledge that producers know and trust.
Date: Sep 21, 2020 -
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44th Annual Fall Forestry and Wildlife Field Tours begin Oct. 2 , articleThe tours offer the opportunity to spend a day in the field learning about a variety of woodland and wildlife management activities. The tours will include COVID-19 mitigation protocols.
Date: Sep 15, 2020 -
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Six industry leaders inducted to 2020 Livestock Hall of Fame , articleSix outstanding Virginia livestock industry leaders are being inducted into the Virginia Livestock Hall of Fame this year. Their portraits will be permanently displayed in the gallery at the Virginia Tech Alphin-Stuart Livestock Arena in Blacksburg along with 72 others who have been inducted since 2010.
Date: Sep 14, 2020 -
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Heat and dry weather pose problems for landscape plants , articleHigh temperatures, combined with recent dry weather, pose a threat to Virginia’s home landscapes. Vegetable gardens, lawns, and even trees and shrubs are all susceptible to the effects of drought.
Date: Aug 24, 2020 -
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Virginia Cooperative Extension helps get food from the field to the table during COVID-19 , articleExtension agents continue the history of helping by creating innovative solutions and digital tools designed to help farmers adapt to the unique agricultural challenges created by COVID-19.
Date: Aug 12, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech Foundation CEO John Dooley to retire , articleDooley, who has served as CEO of the Virginia Tech Foundation since 2012 and has helped the university fulfill its land-grant mission by making a difference in communities for nearly 40 years, has announced he plans to retire in the spring.
Date: Aug 10, 2020 -
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Virginia Cooperative Extension helps farmers by providing mental health resources , articleExtension is helping farmers cope with stress by providing mental health resources and by training professional agency partners to identify signs of stress in farmers.
Date: Aug 07, 2020 -
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Eric Kaufman, Tamarah Smith represent faculty and staff on Virginia Tech Board of Visitors , articleKaufman, a professor and Extension specialist in the Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education, is president of the Faculty Senate. Smith, who has been at Tech since 1988 and is business operations specialist with the Office of Summer and Winter Sessions, is president of the Staff Senate.
Date: Aug 04, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech partners with Nepal to provide virtual pesticide safety training , articleOrganized by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management, the webinars will help increase farmer knowledge on the sound use of pesticides.
Date: Jul 22, 2020 -
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Shenandoah Valley AREC to host virtual field dayThe Virginia Tech Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Research and Extension will host its biennial Field Day on Aug. 5, 2020.
Date: Jul 15, 2020 -
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Reynolds Homestead raises a virtual toast to 50 years , articleThe Reynolds family donated the former Rock Spring Plantation in Patrick County to Virginia Tech in 1970. In the years since, it has become a dynamic community hub, a thriving arts and education destination, and a vital forest research center.
Date: Jul 14, 2020
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