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2003

November 10 -- Study of primitive life form expected to provide clues to biological processes in higher organisms
November 7 -- Judith Jones Named Interim Director of Virginia Cooperative Extension
October 28 -- High school students to analyze plant genes for national project under leadership of Virginia Tech
October 1 -- Virginia Tech Awards Two Honors To Reaves
September 19 -- Leadership Of Ag Technology Program Retires As Program Founder Retires
September 9 -- Anderson Inducted In Ag Hall Of Fame; Whitacre Named Young Ag Alumni At Virginia Tech
September 8 -- Public Invided To Dedication Of Stream Garden At Virginia Tech's Horticulture Garden
July 29 -- Storey Named Director Of Virginia Tech's Center For Food And Nutrition Policy
June 17 -- Virginia Tech Helps More Than 13,000 Students Across The State Learn About Biotechnology
June 9 -- Ebola, Development Of Materials By Nasa, And The Potential Of Transgenics In Foods To Be Subjects At Biotechnology Conference
May 29 -- Virginia Tech Professor Advises U.S. Delegation To World Health Assembly
May 23 -- Mosquito Bearing Lacrosse Encephalitis Found In Four Additional Southwest Virginia Counties
May 21 -- Student Agri-Marketing Team Places 3rd Nationally
May 20 -- Virginia Tech Names New Dean for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
May 20 -- Virginia Tech Among Top 10 Universities In Ag And Natural Resources Research
May 15 -- Virginia Tech Student Named Young Scientist Of Year By American Forage And Grassland Council
April 28 -- College Of Natural Resources Participates In Global Seminar Course
April 24 -- Outstanding Graduates Named For Virginia Tech's College Of Agriculture And Life Sciences
April 23 -- Virginia Tech Team Repeats Top Performance At Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge
April 10 -- Virginia Tech Horse Judging Team Rides Away With Honors
April 9 -- Virginia Tech Professor Named To National Biotech Adivsory Committee
March 24 -- Study Of Insecticide Neurotoxicity Yields Clues To Onset Of Parkinson's Disease
February 20 -- Leader Of Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Succumbs To Cancer

2002

December 18 -- Natural Resources Dean To Run Two Colleges
December 4 -- Medical Industry Adopts Seafood HACCP as a Model of Quality Assurance
December 4 -- Geyer To Be Head Of Ag And Applied Econ; Myers Retiring
November 11 -- Virginia Tech Works To Save Hemlocks
November 8 -- Virginia Tech Professor Leader In Effort To Bring Rural And Urban People Together
November 1 -- Virginia Tech Agriculture Professors Win National And Regional Teaching Awards
October 16 -- Animal And Poultry Sciences Wins Second Exemplary Department Award From University
October 10 -- Roundtable Tackles U.S.-European Deadlock On Biotech Food
October 7 -- Summer Environmental Program In Europe Seeks Students
October 7 -- Arline Inducted In Ag Hall Of Fame; Bryant Named Young Ag Alumni At Virginia Tech
October 3 -- Transposable Elements In The Genome Of The Malaria Mosquito May Offer A Tool For Control Of Disease Spread
October 2 -- Virginia Tech Students, Programs Win Horticultural Therapy Association Awards
October 2 -- Relf Named Fellow Of Ashs
October 1 -- Virginia Tech Scientists Awarded $6.7 Million To Study Genetics Of Soybean Disease
August 22 -- Virginia Tech Dairy Club Name No. 1 In Nation
August 1 -- High School Teachers Learn Genomics, Molecular Biology
July 31 -- Minority Intern Program On Campus Completes Anohter Successful Summer
July 31 -- Students Statewide To Graduate From Governor's School For Agriculture
July 9 -- London Next Stop For Virginia Tech Fulbright Student
June 13 -- Ag Dean at Virginia Tech to Retire
June 13 -- Improving Water Use in Growing Corn Possible, Study Shows
June 4 -- Virginia Tech Alum Returns to Direct Academic Programs for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
May 20 -- Haugh Named Outstanding Engineering Alumnus of Penn State
May 16 -- Virginia Tech Helps More than 10,000 Students Across the State Learn About Biotechnology
May 3 -- Bioterrorism and Biotechnology in Agriculture and Medicine Among Topics at Biotech 2002 Conference
April 29 -- Hokie Dairy Students Take Top National Honors
April 22 -- Hypertension Association with Obesity and Heavy Alcohol Consumption Documented in Virginia Tech Study
April 18 -- Local Resident Awarded Research Funds at Virginia Tech
April 12 -- Raines Awarded Research Funds at Virginia Tech
April 11 -- Lexington-Area Residents Awarded Scholarships at Virginia Tech
April 11 -- Valley-Area Residents Awarded Scholarships at Virginia Tech
April 8 -- Sarah Wise Awarded Research Funds at Virginia Tech
April 8 -- Local Resident Awarded Research Funds at Virginia Tech
April 4 -- Maryland, New Jersey Residents Awarded Scholarships at Virginia Tech
April 4 -- Out of State Residents Awarded Scholarships at Virginia Tech
April 4 -- Tidewater Resident Awarded Scholarship at Virginia Tech
April 2 -- Virginia Tech Student Evaluates Bioterrorism Effect on the Farm
March 28 -- Piedmont Virginia Residents Awarded Scholarship at Virginia Tech
March 28 -- Richmond-Fredericksburg Residents Awarded Scholarship at Virginia Tech
March 28 -- Southwest Virginia Residents Awarded Scholarship at Virginia Tech
March 25 -- Progressive Farmer Magazine Names Virginia Tech Economist Man of the Year
March 13 -- Virginia Tech Poultry Science Club Receives Top Honors In Atlanta
February 26 -- Virginia Tech Professor Named Deputy FDA Commissioner
February 18 -- Scientists to Examine DNA of George Washington's Trees
February 14 -- Virginia Tech Horticulture Gardens Begin Expansion
February 14 -- University of the Westindies Student Studies at Virginia Tech
February 13 -- Soil Scientist to Take Lead of Virginia Tech's Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Science
February 6 -- Ken Bovard, Retire Professor and Community Leader, Dies at 73
February 4 -- Virginia Tech Professor Named to Nation's No. 2 Food Safety Post
January 31 -- Virginia Tech Again Ranked Among Top Universities in Ag Research
January 31 -- Program Helps Minorities Thrive at Virginia Teach
January 28 -- Virginia Teach Turf Expert to Receive National Award
January 28 -- Galax Resident to Study in South Africa
January 25 -- Former Head of Research at Virginia Tech Dies
January 23 -- Virginia Beach Resident to Study in South Africa
January 16 -- Mack Receives National Entomology Teaching Award

2001

November 30 -- Hohenboken Gets Fulbright Award to Travel to Turkey to Teach Animal Genetics
November 14 -- Virginia Tech-Local Project to Help Schools Reduce Pesticide Use
November 12 -- Discovery of Synamic Sub-Cellular Processes by Virginia Tech Researchers Could Lead to Medical Applications
October 23 -- Foriegn Boxwoods Could Help Improve Domestic Varities, Virginia Tech Professor Believes
October 22 -- Eller Inducted in Ag Hall of Fame; Fravel Named Young Ag Alumni at Virginia Tech
October 8 -- CALS Forms New Department
October 5 -- Virginia Tech Leads Global Effort to Sort Out Social and Economic Impacts of Agricultural Biotechnology
October 4 -- Virginia Tech Grad Appointed Head of Food Safety For USDA
October 6 -- No Link Found Between Soft Drink Consumption and Cavities In Teens and Young Adults
September 10 -- Virginia Tech's Farm & Family Showcase Helped Bridge Gap Between Farmers and Non-Farmers
September 10 -- Center for Food and Nutrition Policy Affiliates With Virginia Tech
July 31 -- Genetics, Environment Among Subjects Of Projects; LT. Gov. Candidate To Speak At Governor's School Graduation
July 31 -- High School Teachers Learn Genomics, Molecular Biology
July 17 -- Governor's School for Agriculture Draws Students from Across State
July 10 -- Commitment to youth, families Earns agent Extension Award
July 9 -- Virginia Tech Entomologists Find No Trace Of Africanized Bees
July 9 -- Diabetes And Breast Cancer Targets Of Virginia Tech Research
June 27 -- Dodson Urban Pest Management Lab Dedicated
June 21 -- Promoting food safety earns Sumner Alumni Extension Excellence Award
June 21 -- Students center of university for Sporn Award winner
June 21 -- Compassion, creativity net teaching award for Abaye
June 20 -- Cancer, Bio-Engineering, and Aids Among Topics at Biotech 2001 Conference
May 3 -- Outstanding Graduates Named for Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
May 3 -- Reaves Earns Teaching Award
April 27 -- Students Receive Scholarships at Virginia Tech
April 25 -- Alum Named to Head Dairy Science
April 16 -- Susan Miller, Outstanding Senior Award Winner for the College Of Agriculture and Life Sciences
February 13 -- Virginia Tech Named One of Nation's Top Universities in Agricultural Research