Earlier this spring a SBIO Video Committee was formed to produce a 2-minute advertising video that will initially be used at the SWST 2020 online conference this summer. It will be used in other marketing campaigns as well . A big thank you goes out to all the people who contributed to this daunting task! Please view and enjoy our first marketing video for the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials:
Source: sbio.vt.edu
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The move could drive regional change and would make UCLA one of the largest universities in the U.S. to take action.
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