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Telework in the time of COVID-19: clear policy helps employees	Bill Becker, an associate professor of management in the Pamplin College of Business, is one of the researchers examining telework and electronic communications during COVID-19 in a new study.	Date: 05/22/2020
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni sow seeds of compassion	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni that work at Riverbend Nursery helped grow 800 lilies that were donated to Carilion New River Valley Medical Center and LewisGale Regional Health System.	Date: 05/22/2020
Hokies help a senior living community during pandemic	When a senior living community struggled to find scarce supplies to care for its residents, staff at Virginia Tech stepped in to help.	Date: 05/22/2020
Extension Master Gardeners meet demand for home vegetable gardening information	The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the number of people interested in home vegetable gardening, said Dave Close, Virginia Cooperative Extension consumer horticulture specialist and Extension Master Gardener program director.	Date: 05/20/2020
Spurred by COVID-19, researcher Linsey Marr evaluates efficacy of sterilized N95 respirators, alternative mask materials	Since March, Virginia Tech civil and environmental engineering professor Linsey Marr, an expert in the airborne transmission of infectious disease, has been testing the efficacy of sterilized N95 respirators and alternative mask materials in filtering out particles.	Date: 05/19/2020