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Graduate profile: Future is bright for senior who made unexpected discoveries, completed two degrees

Rebeca Salmeron of Silver Spring, Md., a graduating senior with a double major, will make you feel like you are sitting across from a doctor.

   

Graduate profile: Future is bright for senior who made unexpected discoveries, completed two degrees Rebeca Salmeron of Silver Spring, Md., a graduating senior with a double major, will make you feel like you are sitting across from a doctor.

Graduate profile: Future is bright for senior who made unexpected discoveries, completed two degrees

Rebeca Salmeron of Silver Spring, Md., a graduating senior with a double major, will make you feel like you are sitting across from a doctor.

   

Graduate profile: Future is bright for senior who made unexpected discoveries, completed two degrees Rebeca Salmeron of Silver Spring, Md., a graduating senior with a double major, will make you feel like you are sitting across from a doctor.

Trailblazing environmental sciences major celebrates milestone

The environmental science major was officially created in the 1992-93 academic year, making it one of the first offered at an American university.

   

Trailblazing environmental sciences major celebrates milestone The environmental science major was officially created in the 1992-93 academic year, making it one of the first offered at an American university.

Cicada 'invasion' bugs some, excites others

Soon, parts of the East Coast will experience infestations of small beings with blood-orange bulging eyes and bodies that can generate noise as thunderous as roaring motorcycle engines.

   

Cicada 'invasion' bugs some, excites others Soon, parts of the East Coast will experience infestations of small beings with blood-orange bulging eyes and bodies that can generate noise as thunderous as roaring motorcycle engines.

Human and Agricultural Biosciences Building 1

Construction of new research building on target for November completion

   

Human and Agricultural Biosciences Building 1

Three-person interdisciplinary team receives 2013 XCaliber Award

Ron Lewis, Eric Gilmore, and Oddbjørn Hestnes have received the 2013 XCaliber Award for excellence as a group involved with technology-assisted teaching.

   

Three-person interdisciplinary team receives 2013 XCaliber Award Eric Gilmore, Oddbjørn Hestnes, and Ron Lewis have received the 2013 XCaliber Award for excellence as a group involved with technology-assisted teaching.

Students develop skills and build relationships through summer undergraduate research programs

Deborah Good, an affiliated researcher with the Fralin Life Science Institute, helps students learn during the Summer Undergraduate Research Scholars Program.

   

Students develop skills and build relationships through summer undergraduate research programs Deborah Good, an affiliated researcher with the Fralin Life Science Institute, helps students learn during the Summer Undergraduate Research Scholars Program.

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Faculty: Bingyu Zhao

    Bingyu Zhao, assistant professor of horticulture

Horticulture Assistant Professor Bingyu Zhao studies biotechnology and genomics of biofuel feedstocks. His lab is working on switchgrass (Panicum virginicum), which is considered a prime candidate for large-scale biomass production for ligno-cellulose derived bio-energy.

Undergraduate: Shasta Sowers

    Shasta Sowers

AEE senior Shasta Sowers, of Floyd, Va., is the 2013 Outstanding Senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

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Innovations

    Innovations is published three times a year by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

 

Innovations highlights the latest news about Virginia Cooperative Extension programs and research and academics in the college. It also profiles alumni who champion the mission of Virginia Tech long after graduation.


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