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Senior Julia Coan searches a rock crevice with a flashlight for the green salamander. Coan’s summer research led her to find that the endangered salamander exists farther east than previously known. Photo courtsey of Charlie Holguin.

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A researcher holds a Northern long eared bat in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.

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Virginia Tech Transportation Institute interns Sarah Jackson, Jessica Hall, Rithika Khanna, and Zaria Khan in front of the Smart Road bridge. Photo by Ashley Wynn for Virginia Tech.

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In Botswana, Monica Ponder, center, worked with the Chobe Research Institute Lab staff in their work studying how bacterial diseases transmitted by food can spread diarrheal diseases. Photo courtesy of Monica Ponder.

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Graduate student Sharon Dorsey carries her spotting scope and other equipment while searching for plovers on Fire Island, New York. Photo courtesy of Sharon Dorsey.

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