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Article ItemCategory: campus experience VT Alert cleared for area near Roanoke campus , article
Police activity has been reported near the Evans Mill Road area in South Roanoke.
Date: Aug 13, 2025 - -
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Category: research 'Big Science, Small Pod' podcast: What do you do when your body is its own enemy? , articleCancer researcher and physician-scientist Cheng-Chia "Fred" Wu describes how the blood-brain barrier, meant to protect your brain from viruses and toxins, also stands between cancers and the drugs that could kill them. Focused ultrasound could change that.
Date: Aug 13, 2025 - -
Video ItemCategory: impact Former Neuromotor Research Clinic Patient Returns – as a Student Researcher , video
Arden Grim suffered a stroke in utero, and visited the Neuromotor Research Clinic for therapy multiple times as a child. Now she’s back at the clinic at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, but as summer undergraduate research fellow.
Date: Jul 28, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Enrollment open for K-12 school leadership programsFor more than two decades, Virginia Tech’s School Leaders Institute has helped shape the careers of hundreds of educational leaders across the commonwealth.
Date: Jul 25, 2025 - -
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Category: research 'Big Science, Small Pod' podcast: How does a brain even happen? , articleNeuroscientist Meike van der Heijden of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC explains how understanding childhood brain development could guide treatments for movement disorders.
Date: Jul 08, 2025 - -
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Category: news directly from around campus Golfing for a cause: Swing It to End It supports Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine , articleSwing It to End It, a charitable organization based in Roanoke, has established a fund to support the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine’s work in aging-related education and research. The donation comes ahead of the nonprofit’s 11th annual golf tournament, which raises awareness and funds to fight Alzheimer’s disease.
Date: Jul 02, 2025 - -
Video ItemCategory: research Cancer Researchers Spurred to Move Faster at the Cancer Research Symposium , video
For every careful step forward in cancer research, there is a patient waiting — a family holding its breath in the middle of the night. That reality was clear at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Cancer Research Symposium in Roanoke. The annual event, organized this year by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC Cancer Research Center in Roanoke, was created to bring together researchers — including faculty, clinicians, and students — who are united by a passion to understand cancer, improve treatments, and develop cures.
Date: Jun 25, 2025 - -
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Category: research Future takes flight with new advanced air mobility program , articleThe Virginia Advanced Air Mobility Smart Airspace Program is a university-led initiative to research and develop low level routing and instrument flight procedures for the departure and arrival of advanced air mobility aircraft. This includes the use of vertiports, ultra short access points, and other community-friendly infrastructure.
Date: Jun 24, 2025 - -
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Category: research Hundreds convene to address rural health disparities , articleMore than 250 researchers, practitioners, community leaders, and industry partners gathered in Roanoke for the Whole Health, Whole Communities symposium to address rural health disparities.
Date: May 28, 2025 - -
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Category: campus experience 'The Anatomy of Her Healing' exhibition spotlights women’s resilience, creativity, and transformation , articleThe bold new art exhibition at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine opens Thursday, June 5, with a public reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Riverside 2 Building at 2 Riverside Circle in Roanoke.
Date: May 28, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Medical school invites community to opening of spring art exhibitionThe Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine invites the community to the opening reception of its spring art exhibition, "The Anatomy of Her Healing," on Thursday, June 5, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event will be held in the Riverside 2 Building at 2 Riverside Circle in Roanoke.
Date: May 26, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Award recognizes medical school dean's commitment to community , articleThe Roanoke branch of the NAACP honored Lee Learman a Citizen Award for his outstanding contributions to medicine in the Roanoke Valley during the organization's 25th annual awards banquet.
Date: May 22, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Clinical trial at Virginia Tech provides dog with comfort and innovative treatment that could help other pets with cancer , articleRather than pursuing aggressive surgical intervention, the dog's owner learned about a clinical trial at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine.
Date: May 20, 2025 - -
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Category: academics More than 6,000 to be awarded degrees in commencement ceremonies , articleVirginia Tech will honor 6,119 bachelor’s degree candidates from all colleges throughout the week at its commencement ceremonies, including 3,043 graduating Hokies completed their baccalaureate degree programs with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.4 on a 4.0 scale.
Date: May 09, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction Exploring a rare genetic disorder that almost exclusively affects girls , articleA geneticist who uncovered the cause of Rett syndrome will share how her discovery continues to fuel brain-development research at the next Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Apr 25, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Pet iguana successfully treated for cancer at Virginia Tech animal cancer center , articleWhen their well-trained 6-foot iguana developed cancer, the Smiths turned to cutting-edge treatment at the veterinary college's Roanoke hospital.
Date: Apr 25, 2025 - -
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Category: news directly from around campus VTCSOM faculty member co-chairs international conference on artificial intelligence , articleNicholas Rider, a faculty member in Health Systems and Implementation Science at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, recently co-chaired an international conference in New York that focused on ways health systems can leverage artificial intelligence to improve patient outcomes.
Date: Apr 23, 2025 - -
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Category: culture Running toward purpose: Medical student’s passion fuels his path in health care , articleVirginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine student Varun Mishra blends a love of long-distance running with his pursuit of medicine, finding purpose, community, and balance in both.
Date: Apr 22, 2025 - -
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Category: academics James W. Schmidley honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 14 years, Schmidley served as director of the Carilion Clinic stroke program, mentored more than 200 medical students and residents, and was recognized through awards for outstanding teaching.
Date: Apr 18, 2025 -
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