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- Administrator honored for contributions to global food security, poverty reduction, and Green Revolution in AsiaRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-06-25)S.K. De Datta of Blacksburg, associate vice president for International Affairs and director of the Office of International Research, Education, and Development at Virginia Tech, received two plaques of recognition in the Philippines for his contribution to agriculture in that country and to the Green Revolution in Asia in the 1960s.
- Back to the earth in Haiti -- Virginia Tech team improves soilsRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-12-13)
A team works to improve soil health as Virginia Tech researchers create grains of hope in the Central Plateau.
- Father of India's Green Revolution to speak at Virginia TechRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-09-01)M.S. Swaminathan, widely known as the Father of India's Green Revolution, will present the keynote address at Virginia Tech's fifth Outreach NOW conference on Sept. 14.
- Food security in Indonesia focus of new pest management projectRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-11-12)
The Office of International Research, Education, and Development at Virginia Tech has won an award of $500,000 from the United States Agency for International Development to improve food security in Indonesia over a three-year period.
- Global pest management program wins international awardRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-04-16)An agricultural research program managed at Virginia Tech has won an international award for its work with pest-management practices that show economic benefits with minimal impact on health and the environment.
- Google awards full graduate scholarships to Haitian computer science studentsRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-07-27)
Google, the Web search engine company, has provided funds to fully support four Virginia Tech students from Haiti to pursue graduate degrees in computer science.
- Indian Institutes of Technology official to speak at Virginia TechRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-03-17)M. Anandakrishnan, chair of the Indian Institutes of Technology Board of Governors, will present a seminar, "The current state of Indian higher education," at Virginia Tech on Thursday, March 19.
- Invasive papaya pest discovered by Virginia Tech team in AsiaRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-10-09)Thanks to efforts by scientists in a Virginia Tech-led program, the papaya mealybug -- an emerging threat from India to Indonesia --is being identified and contained.
- Memorial Center of Excellence for forestry opens in NepalRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-05-16)Virginia Tech is coordinating a Memorial Center of Excellence at the Institute of Forestry in Nepal to honor 24 of the country's leading natural resource conservationists killed in a 2006 helicopter crash.
- Office of International Affairs sponsors World Food Day telecast, canned food driveRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-10-07)Virginia Tech's Office of International Affairs will host the 2009 World Food Day teleconference on Oct. 16 from noon to 3 p.m. This year's broadcast will be held in the Cardinal Room at Squires Student Center.
- Office of International Research, Education, and Development garners $30 million from U.S. Agency for International Development for two global projectsRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-10-13)S.K. De Datta, associate vice president for international affairs and director of Virginia Tech's Office of International Research, Education, and Development, has announced that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has renewed two five-year grants totaling $30 million.
- Paul Farmer to speak on campusRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-03-31)Noted anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer, cofounder of the international health and social justice organization Partners in Health (PIH), will speak at Virginia Tech on April 27 as part of the university's Distinguished Speaker Program.
- S. K. De Datta to be named American Association for the Advancement of Science fellowRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-12-19)S.K. De Datta, associate vice president for International Affairs at Virginia Tech, will be named a Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) at the society's 2009 meeting.
- Two professors direct food security researchRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-03-17)Two Virginia Tech professors are leading research teams that will work with scientists and small-scale farmers in South America and the Caribbean to increase food production, improve soil quality, and reduce risks associated with climate change.
- University awarded $2.5 million from U.S. Agency for International Development Mali missionRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-01-11)Virginia Tech has won a $2.5 million contract to manage a program that will promote agriculture-led growth, increase rural incomes, and reduce hunger in Mali.
- University awarded grant to improve food security in AfricaRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-11-11)Amid global concerns about food security, the U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded a $1 million grant to Virginia Tech's Office of International Research, Education, and Development to improve agricultural productivity and ease trade barriers in Africa.
- University helps Haitian college seniors complete their degreesRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-06-07)Twenty Haitian undergraduate students will come to Virginia Tech next year to finish their final year of college while working on internships with Virginia Tech professors.
- University names program director for education abroadRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-11-03)Matthew McMullen of Christiansburg, Va., formerly a Presidential Management Fellow at the United States Department of Health and Human Services in Washington D.C., has been named program director for the Office of Education Abroad at Virginia Tech.
- University program empowers women through gender workshop in MaliRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-07-31)As part of a program to raise the standard of living in developing countries, a Virginia Tech researcher led a four-day gender workshop in June at Baguineda, Mali.
- University scientist plays key role in saving the livelihoods of papaya farmers in Sri LankaRich, Miriam Sommers (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-09-15)A university scientist has played a key role in saving the livelihoods of papaya farmers in the South Asian nation of Sri Lanka.