Apps for the 2025's Salute: Food & Health in Switzerland cohort are NOW OPEN! Spend your fall with other food science and Virginia Tech HNFE students in Riva San Vitale! ✈️🌏 Have questions about cost, travel, or requirements? Join an interest meeting! Apply now 👉 bit.ly/SaluteGlobal

FST was well represented at the Virginia Tech CeZAP 2024 Infectious Disease Research Symposium last month! 🦠 🧑‍🔬 Read about the fantastic infectious disease research our faculty and students presented! Virginia Tech CALS ➡️ fst.vt.edu/news-and-event…

Thanks to alum Shahana Malik (M.S. '91) for visiting us while she was in town! She currently runs her own consulting business offering food and beverage companies assistance with regulatory compliance. 👩‍🎓👏 This was her first time visiting campus in 24 years! 🦃

Our first defense of the semester is Jingsi Liu, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Impact of growth stage, supplemental red LED, and salinity stress on the quality and aroma attributes of hydroponic fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) last week! Congrats, Dr. Liu! 👏

Thanks to these expert tips from Virginia Tech Food Science & Technology Department, food safety is one thing you can be grateful for this holiday season. 🦃 Learn how to enjoy food with friends and family while preventing food-borne illness ➡️ brnw.ch/fsttgfs

We're looking for a Sensory Evaluation Lab Manager to join our team! 🍓🧑‍🔬 Learn more and apply now! 👉 bit.ly/sel-manager Virginia Tech CALS #sensoryscience #foodscience #Careers

With Good Reason Radio spoke to #FoodSafety specialist Melissa Wright about #Thanksgiving food safety! 🦃 Is it safer to cook stuffing inside the turkey or out? 🧊 How long do you have to get leftovers in the fridge? Find out! 👉 withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/a-sout…

#HappyThanksgiving from us in FST! 🦃🍽️ This time of year we normally do our bad photoshop holiday post, but times are changing! So here's Bad Photoshop: AI edition! Find all the terrifying inconsistencies in this photo that we told an AI tool to "add all kinds of turkeys" to.

Want to join Salute: Food and Health in Switzerland but have questions about travel, cost, etc.? Come to our interest meeting tomorrow night! 🌍✈️ ‼️ Apps due Feb 15 Interest meeting 📅 Tuesday, Dec 3 📍 HABB1 108 🕒 7 pm Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3j7RAJG

We are looking for a new Administrative Operations Coordinator to join the FST team! Is it you? #hiring #admin #VirginiaTech Virginia Tech CALS Virginia Tech Jobs Read more and apply now! ➡️ bit.ly/fst-admin

The VT Sensory Lab is recruiting volunteers for a tasting study about bean-to-bar dark chocolates crafted from Amazonian fine-flavor cacao! 📅 Tues. 12/10 and Wed. 12/11 🕛 10am to 5pm 🏫 VT Sensory Lab (HABB1 205) 🚶‍♂️‍➡️ No appointment necessary Blacksburg Stuff

Meet Abigail Chin, our entire undergrad class of Fall '24! 🎓👏 On the eve of graduation, we asked Abby what her favorite FST memory was and what's next for her. Join us in cheering her on at commencement! 👉 commencement.vt.edu Virginia Tech CALS #HokieGrad #VT24

Happy first day of classes, everyone! It's good to have you back! Stay warm out there! 🥶❄️

Want to try South African beef jerky for science? The Sensory Lab is recruiting volunteers for an upcoming study on biltong, an air dried and seasoned beef snack popular in South Africa. Spots are limited, so register now 👉 bit.ly/biltongstudy Virginia Tech CALS Blacksburg Stuff