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Article ItemWinter Welcome Week launches spring semester for new and returning students , article
Virginia Tech will kick off the Spring semester with Winter Welcome Week, the premier spring transitional program.
Date: Jan 12, 2021 -
Article ItemFatal attraction: Bats with white-nose syndrome prefer suboptimal habitats despite the consequences , article
Virginia Tech researchers have been studying little brown bat populations to see if bats alter their preferences across hibernacula, or hibernation sites, in response to the invasion of white-nose syndrome. But instead of avoiding these deadly sites, bats continue to use them year after year.
Date: Jan 08, 2021 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech researchers find that removal of dairy cows would have minimal impact on greenhouse emissions , article
Researchers found that the removal of dairy cows from the United States agricultural industry would only reduce greenhouse emissions by about 0.7 percent while significantly lowering the available supply of essential nutrients for humans
Date: Jan 06, 2021 -
Article ItemPaul Emmons named Patrick and Nancy Lathrop Professor of Architecture , article
Emmons has more than two decades of combined teaching, research, and service, and has built an international presence in the field of history and theory of architectural practices that has brought Virginia Tech distinction and respect.
Date: Jan 06, 2021 -
Article ItemDestruction and displacement: History professor earns grant to explore effects of interstate highway system , article
No mapping systems exist to pinpoint every community affected by the displacement and environmental destruction of the interstate highway system in the United States. LaDale Winling is determined to change that.
Date: Jan 05, 2021 -
Article ItemPaul Kelsch named Robert L. Turner Chair of Urban Design , article
Kelsch’s scholarship combines a keen designer’s eye with the reflective gaze of a historical geographer as he reads and interprets cultural landscapes, especially those of the nation’s capital.
Date: Jan 04, 2021 -
Article ItemPathways for Future Engineers and VDOT team up virtually for prospective first-generation college students , article
The multiyear Pathways for Future Engineers program aims to encourage first-generation students’ interest in engineering and equip them with key information about building the academic foundation for a career in it. The program partnered with VDOT to offer these opportunities to Virginia high school students virtually in 2020.
Date: Jan 04, 2021 -
Article ItemPamela VandeVord appointed engineering’s associate dean for research and graduate studies , article
VandeVord will work closely with leadership from Virginia Tech engineering and the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, as well as faculty, departments, institutes, and external constituents to move the college’s research priorities forward toward targeted milestones.
Date: Jan 04, 2021 -
Article ItemTracking fluid flow in tumors, tissues drives new Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientist , article
Jennifer Munson is a biomedical engineer and one of a handful of scientists examining how interstitial flow – the flow of fluids in the spaces surrounding cells within human tissues – can aggravate cancers, accelerate Alzheimer’s disease, and effectively deliver drugs. She joined the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s primary faculty team this summer.
Date: Jan 01, 2021
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