Dr. Hopkins presents Interdisciplinary Graduate Education initiatives to VT’s Board of Visitors

Bill Hopkins had the opportunity to brief the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors on April 1, 2019 about Interdisciplinary Graduate Education initiatives at Virginia Tech.  He used his experience directing the Interfaces of Global Change IGEP to discuss how these programs benefit the University, including their impact on achieving our land grant mission, as well as their positive influence on student recruitment and the research enterprise.  This is the third time Bill has addressed the BOV over the ...

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On NPR: The Search For Giant, Rare Salamanders That Live In Georgia

(Header image: Juvenile hellbender salamander. Photo by Bita Honarvar for WABE)

In the deep woods of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a cold, clear stream flows. Below a canopy of twisted rhododendrons, seven people in black wetsuits creep upstream through the water. They look like Gollum, sleek in their neoprene, crouching in the water, feeling under rocks.

They’re looking for a kind of giant salamander known as ...

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Dr. William Hopkins to deliver keynote speech at Graduate School Commencement ceremony on Dec. 14

Judge Josiah Showalter Jr. ’84 and William Hopkins, professor of wildlife in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, will deliver the keynote addresses at Virginia Tech’s 2018 fall University and Graduate School Commencement ceremonies on Friday, Dec. 14.

Showalter will speak to undergraduate students at the University Ceremony, which begins with a procession at 10:30 a.m., and Hopkins ...

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Eastern Hellbender conservation efforts spotlighted on latest episode of Save Our Town series

In the latest episode of Save Our Towns, Ann Brown presents efforts to save the Eastern hellbender. Bill Hopkins, professor of wildlife in the College of Natural Resources and Environment and Director of the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech, describes these salamanders as a national treasure. After the segment was recorded, the National Science Foundation awarded a $738,817 grant to a Virginia Tech research team ...

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Hopkins Appointed Chair for National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee to Review USGS Laboratories

October 10, 2018

From VTx News

William A. Hopkins­­, professor of wildlife in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, has been appointed chair to a committee of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: The Review of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Laboratories: Processes, Procedures, and Best Practices to Meet National Needs.

Hopkins will chair the committee for the duration of a 30-month analysis of all U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) laboratory facilities.

Hopkins, who has served on several National ...

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Fish and wildlife graduate students receive research fellowships

From VT News

June 25, 2018

Two graduate students from the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment have received fellowships that will pave the way for significant contributions to their fields of study as well as increased career opportunities.

Master’s degree student Brian Case, of Rochester, New York, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, valued at more than $130,000. He ...

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William Hopkins receives Mitchell A. Byrd Award for outstanding achievement in ornithology

From VT News

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