Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University A land-grant institution
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Spotlight
U.S. News & World Report has ranked the Department of Biological Systems Engineering’s graduate program among the best in its field. The “America’s Best Graduate Schools 2010” survey released in April ranked the program No. 7 among biological/agricultural engineering graduate programs. Since 1987, the newsmagazine has gathered the peer assessments of deans, senior faculty, and other professionals to provide prospective students with information about the nation’s top graduate schools and programs of study.
News
- Teachers offered environmental education training through Extension
- Virginia Bioinformatics Institute scientists sequence genome of the nitrogen-fixing, soil-living bacterium
- New Virginia Cooperative Extension website connects citizens with research-based knowledge
- University scientists warn Asia of widespread invasive pest threat
- Powe Award supports infectious disease research
