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- - Using data to predict the future of ecosystems
    Quinn Thomas is a quantitative ecosystem ecologist who focuses on understanding how forests and other ecosystems will respond to global environmental change.
- - Using data to ensure your package arrives safely, every time
    The Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design tests packaging to ensure that it meets the demands of the shipping and delivery process.
- - Researchers collaborate to address water and health issues in rural China and Appalachia
    Earlier this month, the first-ever Water & Health in Rural China & Appalachia Conference kicked off at Virginia Tech on the Blacksburg campus. This event also marked the formal inclusion of Virginia Tech in a collaborative research program with researchers from UC Berkeley and China.
- - Using data to prepare communities for disasters
    Professor Chris Zobel has been using data to help the Red Cross pre-position resources for optimal disaster response.
- - Happy Halloween: Meet the Batmen and Batwomen of Virginia Tech
    While bats are often portrayed as scary in myths and folklore, especially around Halloween, they play a critical role as insect regulators and pollinators. At Virginia Tech, assistant professors Kate Langwig and Joe Hoyt focus their research on endangered bats and the proliferation of the fungal disease white nose syndrome.
- - Workshop to guide adaptive lifelong learning for inclusive knowledge economy
    Virginia Tech is hosting the Adaptive Lifelong Learning for an Inclusive Knowledge Economy workshop from Oct. 25-27 in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area.
- - Using data to protect the lakes we love
    Kelly Cobourn has been exploring the ecological impact of humans on lakes, as well as how these bodies of water can impact people, with a goal of producing a new model for use in protecting and maintaining lakes.
- - Jen Irish selected to the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
    Irish, professor of civil and environmental engineering, was honored as a newly selected member at a reception at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.
- - Virginia Tech announces expansive cancer research initiative
    Virginia Tech has developed a university-wide cancer research strategy to create and expand synergies among more than 30 existing research teams at work finding new ways to diagnose and treat cancer.
- - Partners explore real-world problems with Calhoun Discovery Scholars
    A handful of organizations have partnered with the Calhoun Discovery Program and recently came to campus for their first joint meeting with the program’s inaugural cohort.
- - Sylvester Johnson leads exploration at the intersection of technologies and humanities
    Throughout his academic career, Johnson has researched social systems of power to understand their impact on disparity and equality.
- - Using data to make businesses more efficient
    Lara Khansa works with colleagues to ensure that business analytics, innovation and entrepreneurship, and sustainable global prosperity are the foundation for student academic experiences.
- - Faculty member advocates for open standards in digital communication
    With support from the Center for Humanities, Carlos Evia helps create and maintain open standards for technology.
- - Joseph Simpson appointed director of Integrated Security Education and Research Center
    Simpson will provide leadership for the center’s education, research, and outreach activities, help develop its scenario simulations, and teach courses in the Department of Management.
- - Beyond Boundaries lecture series to offer discussion on ‘generous thinking’ and the future of universities
    Kathleen Fitzpatrick, author of "Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University" and director of digital humanities at Michigan State University, will visit multiple Virginia Tech locations Oct. 8-10.
- - Researchers study the mechanisms behind learning and long-term memory in the brain
    Hehuang “David” Xie, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and his collaborators just published a new study in the journal Nature Communications.
- - University Libraries' DataBridge students poised for success in high-demand data professions
    DataBridge is an undergraduate research experience that gives students interested in working with data a chance to increase knowledge and hone skills by helping graduate students and faculty with data challenges.
- - The American Soldier in World War II project receives National Endowment for Humanities grant
    A digital humanities project led by Edward Gitre, an assistant professor of history at Virginia Tech, received its second National Endowment for the Humanities grant.
- - New human development and family science chair seeks to elevate students, faculty, and staff
    Nineteen-year veteran of the Virginia Tech faculty April Few-Demo brings to her new role a collegial attitude for the advancement of students and colleagues.
- - Virginia Tech on path to connect research, education across many disciplines
    The university has designed courses connected to these areas and hired more than 100 faculty specifically to teach and conduct research within these themes since Thanassis Rikakis, former Virginia Tech provost, launched the Destination Areas in 2016. On Sept. 20, there will be a Fall Kick-Off event at the Inn at Virginia Tech to learn more about the goals of Destination Areas and grant opportunities.

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