BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 12 (TNSper) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Kevin Rice has been named the new director of the Alson H. Smith Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center (AREC), effective Aug. 10. Rice most recently served as an assistant professor of entomology in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri. "We are very pleased to announce Dr. Rice as the new director of the Alson H. Smith Agricultural Research and Extension Center," said Saied Mo  more