Virginia Tech recently published an in-depth article on how the Controlled Environment Agriculture Innovation Center…
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Interns Gain Valuable Work-based Learning Experience
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) welcomed nine interns for the 2021 summer…
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IALR July 2021 Newsletter
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VT-IALR Controlled Environment Ag Center Ramps Up
The Controlled Environment Agriculture Innovation Center is now fully operational and open for research, industry…
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IALR Announces 2021 Internship Opportunities
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) is pleased to announce and accept applications…
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IALR to Host Fourth Annual Industrial Hemp Summit – Virtual Edition
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) is pleased to host the 2021 Industrial…
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IALR October 2020 Newsletter
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LiveGrow Bio and IALR’s Plant Endophyte Research Center Partner on Microbial Biological Solutions for Growers and Agribusiness
LiveGrow Bio’s manufacturing, formulation, and delivery system, IALR’s endophytes may present natural alternative to chemical treatments…
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IALR Announces Internship Opportunities
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) is pleased to announce and accept applications…
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Institute for Advanced Learning and Research and Virginia Tech launch the Controlled Environment Agriculture Innovation Center in Danville
The partnership will create a hub of innovation and economic development in an industry expected…
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IALR Shares Growth Across All Divisions in Newly Published Annual Report
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) has published its 2019 Annual Report, which…
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IALR to Host First Hemp Grower Expo in 2020
Growers to Connect with Vendors, Attend Sessions to Prepare for Next Growing Season The Institute…
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West Town Bank & Trust Named Sponsor for Industrial Hemp Summit 2020
The Industrial Hemp Summit is pleased to announce West Town Bank & Trust as a…
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IALR Installs Advanced Testing Instrument Helpful to Agricultural Producers, Processors
Agilent instrument offers heavy metal analysis for hemp, other emerging crops The Institute for Advanced…
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IALR Lunch and Learn to Unravel Mystery of Hemp Testing
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) will hold a lunch and learn event…
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IALR Launches Nation’s First Plant Endophyte Research Center to Enhance Agricultural Solutions
Over 2,000 plant endophyte strains explored as natural biostimulants The Institute for Advanced Learning and…
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IALR Installs Elite Testing Equipment with Tobacco Commission Funding
Waters instrument offers premier, accurate analysis for emerging crops The Institute for Advanced Learning and…
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IALR Awarded Funding for ISO-Certified Analytical Testing Facility
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) has been awarded $395,105 in funding from…
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New Grape Grower Workshop to be Held November 13
In its ongoing efforts to support economic revitalization efforts, the Institute for Advanced Learning and…
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High-Tech Farming
Scientists are halfway through the first year of a two-year Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission (TRRC)…
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Natural Products & Chemistry
The Institute works to develop analytical methods for analyzing small molecules as well as natural…
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Institute Scientist Receives Virginia Tech Honors
Senior Scientist Scott Lowman received the 2017 Outstanding Recent Graduate Alumni Award from the Department…
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Students Shadow Scientists at the Institute
Sacred Heart Catholic School students visited the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research as part…
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