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Fostering soil health in Senegal

Lydia Fitzgerald, a partnership conservation agronomist with the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, recently traveled to Senegal to assist Ozzie Abaye in research efforts on mung beans.…

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Taking Ut Prosim to Africa

In 2016, a safari adventure among family and friends led to a group of Virginia Tech faculty, students, and alumni starting a nonprofit organization to build a school in Tanzania. Today, the Maasai…

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Stella Volpe heads to Women's Field Hockey World Cup

Stella Volpe, department head for Human Nutrition Foods and Exercise within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, preps to travel to and compete in the Women's Field Hockey World Cup in…

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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute occupational therapists train colleagues, treat children in Morocco clinic

Kelsey Burke and Megan Price, occupational therapists in the Neuromotor Research Clinic at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, took a personal volunteer trip to Morocco with a…

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OIA Conversations on Race: Experiences of Faculty Members From Africa

Faculty members Emmanuel Frimpong, Khaled Hassouna, and Joseph Mukuni explore their perspectives on race and how their experiences with ethnicity and race in Africa shape their experiences and…

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Exploring agriculture in South Africa

Follow a group of students through South Africa as they learn about agriculture, conservation, and wildlife management during a winter term abroad

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