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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences launches Center for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture to prepare industry for future , articleThe Center for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture will focus on scientific discovery and the application of technology-driven innovative solutions for the agricultural challenges of tomorrow.
Date: Jan 22, 2021 -
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Grant aims to accelerate sustainable shellfish aquaculture and boost Virginia coastal economies , articleTo help bring seafood aquaculture farming on par with its land-based counterparts, the Virginia Seafood AREC received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of a multi-institutional effort to accelerate sustainable farming efforts.
Date: Jan 21, 2021 -
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From Virginia Cooperative Extension to the Virginia Tech classroom , articleWhen classes went virtual due to COVID-19, Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty and teaching assistants adapted the way they taught in order to continue to deliver a world-class education.
Date: Jan 13, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech, Children’s National Hospital award $100,000 to fund collaborative cancer research pilot projects , articleChildren’s National Hospital and Virginia Tech have awarded two $50,000 one-year pilot grants to multi-institutional teams of scientists for pediatric brain cancer research.
Date: Jan 12, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech researchers find that removal of dairy cows would have minimal impact on greenhouse emissions , articleResearchers found that the removal of dairy cows from the United States agricultural industry would only reduce greenhouse emissions by about 0.7 percent while significantly lowering the available supply of essential nutrients for humans
Date: Jan 06, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech genome scientist Ed Smith elected American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow , articleSmith, the program director of two competitively funded National Institutes of Health training grants, was among 489 distinguished fellows in this year’s cohort.
Date: Dec 21, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech researcher appointed to National Research Institute’s advisory panel , articleSamantha Harden, an associate professor in Virginia Tech's Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been appointed by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute as a member of its Advisory Panel on Clinical Effectiveness and Decision Science.
Date: Dec 11, 2020 -
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Cortney Steele: Virginia Tech will always feel like home , articleSteele, who recently defended her doctoral dissertation in the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise in Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will be the fall graduate commencement student speaker on Dec. 18.
Date: Dec 01, 2020 -
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Alumna named head of the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise , articleStella Lucia Volpe comes to Virginia Tech from Drexel University, where she had served as chair of the Department of Nutrition Sciences for almost 10 years
Date: Nov 24, 2020 -
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New Virginia Tech facilities include the William M. Etgen Large Animal Learning Center and Metabolic Research Laboratory , articleA new Metabolic Research Laboratory will be ready in early 2021 and will allow faculty and students in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to conduct research that addresses current and emerging issues in the animal industry.
Date: Nov 20, 2020 -
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Research team led by Virginia Tech professor awarded $4 million grant to improve boxwood blight prevention , articleThe USDA NIFA grant was one of five involving Virginia Tech that total more than $18.6 million.
Date: Nov 19, 2020 -
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The human dimensions of water , articleLuke Juran’s research ranges from flooding and drought in India to residential water quality in Virginia.
Date: Nov 18, 2020 -
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The Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens announces team-building pilot grant awards , articleFunded by the Fralin Life Sciences Institute and Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 10 interdisciplinary research teams were awarded team-building pilot grant awards to tackle some of these complex zoonotic and vector-borne emerging infectious disease problems.
Date: Nov 16, 2020 -
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Introducing PromethION24: the newest machine to join the Genomics Sequencing Center , articleThe new genomics sequencing machine, acquired through a first-of-its-kind USDA equipment grant, will be housed within Steger Hall's Genomics Sequencing Center and will provide genomic data for 18 diverse research groups at Virginia Tech.
Date: Nov 09, 2020 -
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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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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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Grant awarded to study how plants affect microbiomes , articleA four-year $500,000 grant was awarded to a School of Plant and Environmental Sciences research team by the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Date: Oct 06, 2020 -
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Provost Cyril Clarke featured in film on agricultural productivity and pandemics , articleIn a new film tied to the annual release of the Global Agricultural Productivity Report, “Agricultural Productivity in a Time of Pandemics,” Virginia Tech Executive Vice President and Provost Cyril Clarke discusses the linkages between human, animal, and environmental health — a concept known as One Health.
Date: Oct 02, 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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Workforce readiness grant prepares next generation of agricultural leaders , articleWith a $500,000, five-year grant from the United States Department of Agriculture, the multi-institutional team will participate in the AFRI Agricultural Workforce Training program that will help design educational resources to prepare the agriculture workforce for effective leadership in an increasingly diverse environment.
Date: Sep 18, 2020
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