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Article ItemServing community and the arts , article
As a service-learning project, students in Professor Robert Bush’s Senior Seminar in Forest Products Marketing and Management built an outdoor “theater” for the Blacksburg New School.
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Article ItemLocal landowner benefits from gift-supported undergraduate research projects , article
The Morton and Spapperi Family Foundation funded an undergraduate research opportunity in which four students worked with a local landowner.
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Article ItemTwo students present research at 2016 T-Summit , article
Christina Nelson and Emily Schlake from the college were among the four Virginia Tech undergrads selected to present their work at the T-Summit in Washington, D.C.
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Article ItemHabitat model to help protect piping plover , article
Doctoral student Katherina Gieder has created a model combining sea-level rise, shoreline change, geomorphology features, and piping plover nesting habitat suitability to help managers protect the birds.
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Article Item2016-17 Leadership Institute , article
Now in its seventh year, the Leadership Institute helps students understand and experience leadership up close.
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Article ItemFormaldehyde emissions challenge wood-based composites industry , article
Wood-based composites are used to make American homes and many of the wood-based items in them. These composites, often made from wood fibers, chips, and flakes, are versatile and useful, and they make timber resources more sustainable.
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Article ItemWentzel studies black bears with the Fralin SURF program , article
Lindsay Wentzel, a junior double majoring in wildlife conservation and fish conservation, worked with a team that studied black bears for evidence of pseudopregnancy.
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Article ItemStudents brighten up Color Canyon trail , article
Some of Associate Professor Marc Stern’s students created interpretive signs for New River Trail State Park’s new Color Canyon trail as part of a service-learning opportunity.
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Article ItemSustainable biomaterials students do their part at Shack-a-Thon , article
About 30 students built an 8-foot- square structure for the university’s annual Shack-a-Thon event, which raises donations for Habitat for Humanity.
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Article ItemSpend summer in the Great Smokies! , article
Join students and non-students alike for a unique summer course, Natural History of the Great Smoky Mountains (FIW 2984), open to anyone interested in learning about the area’s diverse ecology and natural history.
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Article ItemWooden homes prefabricated in U.S. could help reduce housing deficit in Latin America , article
A research team from the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials is examining the market potential for wooden houses prefabricated in the U.S. as a way to help decrease the housing deficit in Latin America.
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Article ItemNew environmental informatics major opens a world of opportunity , article
As efforts to manage natural resources grow increasingly reliant on computer-based approaches, the need for professionals trained in data gathering and knowledge integration has skyrocketed.
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Article ItemNew Zealand is an ideal venue for studying sustainability , article
Over winter break, 26 students and two faculty members embarked on a three-week study abroad course called Sustaining the Natural Environment and Human Societies in New Zealand.
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Article ItemAksha raises funds for Nepal earthquake relief , article
Sanam Aksha, president Virginia Tech’s Nepalese Student Association, led a fundraising drive that raised $5,000 for relief efforts.
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Article ItemCall to decrease salt introduction in fresh water to protect biodiversity , article
An international, multi-institutional team of researchers recommends ways that humans can protect fresh water from salts in an article in the journal Science.
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