Administrative updates
- In the news
- Tom Thompson named associate dean and director of international programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Jamie Lucero elected president of the National Agricultural Alumni and Development Association
Accolades
- October Employee of the Month – Melanie Huffman
- Megan Seibel, director of VALOR program, named Virginia assistant secretary of agriculture and forestry
College updates
- Food justice advocate Karen Washington visits Virginia Tech as CALS Diversity Council Fellow
- Bugfest Recap
- Vitor R.G. Mercadante hired as assistant professor of animal and poultry sciences, Extension specialist
- Catherine Larochelle named assistant professor of agricultural and applied economics
- Haibo Huang named assistant professor of food science and technology
- Julie Shortridge named assistant professor of biological systems engineering
Academic programs updates
- StREAM Lab creates a healthy future for historic Stroubles Creek
- Fourteen students awarded new Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellowships
Research updates
- Governor approves funding for specialty crops
- Virginia Tech scientist finds sterile soil and rice-damaging nematode in Cambodia
- Nemo found at Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Extension updates
- Virginia 4-H member wins tractor contest
- Virginia Cooperative Extension offers farm-to-restaurant market ready training