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From classroom question to research partnership , articleAn alum returns as an industry partner, collaborating with her former professor on a $559,000 research project to address emerging tree diseases.
Date: Jan 22, 2026 - -
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New partnership advances pollinator research and outreach , articleThe university's Conservation Management Institute joins Monarch Joint Venture to advance monarch and pollinator conservation through research, outreach, and collaborative land management strategies.
Date: Jan 20, 2026 - -
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Alumni to lead key statewide agriculture and forestry roles , articleVirginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has appointed Charles Green '97 commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and Terry Lasher '01 as state forester.
Date: Jan 15, 2026 - -
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Students apply GIS skills to help city planners in Boston , articleThree undergraduates worked with Boston city planners to analyze transit accessibility, applying skills learned in Assistant Professor Junghwan Kim's Geospatial Analysis of Mobility class and shaping future urban mobility with innovative geospatial modeling.
Date: Jan 13, 2026 - -
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Graduate student’s work connects life to environment , articleDoctoral student Sithuni Mimasha works with Indigenous communities in Sri Lanka to understand how the environment affects food systems, health, and daily life.
Date: Jan 07, 2026 - -
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Alumnus Alex Thornton carries Hokie storm chasing history forward , articleThornton ’16, a veteran of Hokie Storm Chase, continues to share his time and expertise with student storm chasers. He also leads guided tours for others across the Great Plains in the StormCruzzer, a custom-built chase truck and the passion project of the late Travis Cruz ’16.
Date: Jan 06, 2026 - -
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Taking teamwork to new heights , articleChallenge Course builds trust and leadership among sustainable biomaterials students, faculty, and advisors.
Date: Dec 18, 2025 - -
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William A. Hopkins awarded Thomas H. Jones Professorship , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2005, Hopkins has broken new ground in several major areas of study, including unveiling the environmental health risks associated with open surface impoundments for solid waste disposal, pioneering research that revealed how these ponds attract biodiversity while adversely affecting their health and reproduction.
Date: Dec 15, 2025 - -
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Randolph H. Wynne awarded Honorable Garland Gray Professorship in Forestry , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 1996, Wynne has defined and advanced the field of remote sensing for forestry and natural resource management.
Date: Dec 15, 2025 - -
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A.L.'Tom' Hammett honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 30 years, Hammett has made significant contributions to the use of sustainable forest and agricultural resources
Date: Dec 15, 2025 - -
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Valerie A. Thomas awarded Thomas M. Brooks Forestry Professorship , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2007, Thomas is an internationally recognized scholar in the field of remote sensing of forest ecosystems, forest cover and condition, and forest change.
Date: Dec 15, 2025 - -
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New Virginia Bird Atlas opens window into conservation , articleVirginia Tech and partners unveil a digital atlas mapping decades of bird data to guide conservation, research, and land-use decisions across the commonwealth.
Date: Dec 11, 2025 - -
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Class of 2025: Evan Beall finds purpose in fish conservation and its community , articleBeall spent his undergraduate years exploring how to protect and understand aquatic ecosystems.
Date: Dec 10, 2025 - -
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Audrey Zink-Sharp honored with emerita status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 32 years, Zink-Sharp made significant research contributions to the study of wood science, the impact of wood anatomy, and the quality of the creation of sustainable wood and forest products.
Date: Dec 10, 2025 - -
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Partnership with Forest Service launches $8.8 million initiative to assess Appalachian hurricane damage , articleThe university will lead the human resources component, hiring and training technicians and crew leaders to conduct fieldwork. Those teams will document, evaluate, and prioritize damage to aquatic and forest ecosystems from Hurricane Helene.
Date: Dec 08, 2025 - -
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Study reveals centuries of forest change hidden in a small Virginia woodland , articleA research team made up of students and faculty members used dendroecology to trace the hidden history of a forest fragment and its ecological value.
Date: Dec 03, 2025 - -
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Introduced species are changing how seeds move on islands, global study shows , articleVirginia Tech’s contribution helped reveal how the loss of native dispersers and the rise of invasive species are transforming island forests.
Date: Dec 02, 2025 - -
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Researchers find secure land rights protect the rainforest , articleA new collaborative study shows that secure land tenure, not just legal titles, helps curb deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.
Date: Nov 20, 2025 - -
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Mapping the past, shaping the future , articleFrom the first graduate to new degrees in climate science and GIS, the Department of Geography is charting how people, data, and the planet connect, both in the past and into the future.
Date: Nov 18, 2025 -
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