College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Deborah Good, an affiliated researcher with the Fralin Life Science Institute, helps students learn during the Summer Undergraduate Research Scholars Program.
Features
Work of undergraduate students recognized at regional research symposium
Alysha Simmons of Virginia Beach, Va., a junior majoring in animal and poultry sciences won second place in the Virginia/North Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation’s Sixth Annual Research Symposium's oral competition.
Dairy science students place second in the dairy challenge competition
A team of dairy science students from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences recently garnered a second-place finish in the 12th annual North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge against 223 competitors from 37 colleges and universities hailing from throughout the United States and Canada.
Dianne Bourne receives 2013 President's Award for Excellence
Dianne Bourne, lab and research specialist for the Department of Food Science and Technology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, has received the university's 2013 President's Award for Excellence.
Our People
Faculty: Bingyu Zhao
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
AEE senior Shasta Sowers, of Floyd, Va., is the 2013 Outstanding Senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Innovations
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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