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Black Cadet Organization provides community for all cadets , articleThe organization started in spring 2019 as a way to bring Black cadets together. Today, it has grown into a group that offers support for any cadet who feels in the minority.
Date: Feb 12, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech researchers discover 635 million-year-old fungi-like microfossil that bailed us out of an ice age , articleA team of scientists from Virginia Tech, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guizhou Education University, and University of Cincinnati has discovered the remains of a fungi-like microfossil that emerged at the end of an ice age some 635 million years ago.
Date: Jan 28, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech geoscientist receives prestigious National Academy of Sciences geology prize , articlePresented every six years, the $20,000 prize went to Shuhai Xiao for “re-envisioning our understanding of evolution” through his research into “the interactions between the biosphere and its environments at critical transitions in Earth history."
Date: Jan 21, 2021 -
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New fossil provides clarity to the history of Alligatoridae , articleA new fossil has been identified by Michelle Stocker, of the Department of Geosciences in the College of Science, which will provide some much needed clarity into the complex, and incomplete, history of caimans and their movements across time and space.
Date: Jan 15, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech paleontologists find pterosaur precursors that fill a gap in early evolutionary history , articleWith the help of newly discovered skulls and skeletons that were unearthed in North America, Brazil, Argentina, and Madagascar, Virginia Tech researchers Sterling Nesbitt and Michelle Stocker from the Department of Geosciences have demonstrated that a group of "dinosaur precursors," called lagerpetids, are the closest relatives of pterosaurs.
Date: Dec 09, 2020 -
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The human dimensions of water , articleLuke Juran’s research ranges from flooding and drought in India to residential water quality in Virginia.
Date: Nov 18, 2020 -
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New study: East African Rift System is slowly breaking away, with Madagascar splitting into pieces , articleThe African continent is slowly separating into several large and small tectonic blocks along the diverging East African Rift System, continuing to Madagascar – the long island just off the coast of Southeast Africa – that itself will also break apart into smaller islands.
Date: Nov 12, 2020 -
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Geosciences doctoral student discovers new species of ancient rat-like cynodont, 220 million years old , articleFossilized jaw bone fragments of a rat-like creature found at the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona last year are in fact a newly discovered 220-million-year-old species of cynodont or stem-mammal.
Date: Nov 04, 2020 -
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Geoscience’s Ben Gill seeks answer to how the planet changed during Triassic mass-extinction event 200 million years ago , articleGill, a geoscientist within the College of Science, will seek the answer or answers to what caused the Triassic mass-extinction event — one of the largest extinction events in the history of our planet — 200 million years ago.
Date: Oct 19, 2020 -
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Nanoscience group wins a second nod from the NSF , articleA Virginia Tech center with unique expertise in Earth and environmental nanotechnology has again been selected for a prestigious national network funded by the National Science Foundation.
Date: Sep 24, 2020 -
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College of Science debuts annual magazine , articleWhen COVID-19 shook the world at the start of 2020, eventually killing more than 900,000 people worldwide and shuttering economies, the Virginia Tech College of Science took action. The 2020 Virginia Tech College of Science Magazine covers these actions from across every department and program.
Date: Sep 21, 2020 -
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Geosciences’ Steve Holbrook to lead multi-university effort to study the Earth’s hidden critical zone , articleAs part of a new, $5.3 million five-year National Science Foundation grant, Holbrook and collaborators at eight other universities in the U.S. and Canada will study the delicate and complex balance of processes — physical, hydrological, biological, and chemical — of the Earth's critical zone.
Date: Sep 14, 2020 -
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Early career faculty earn 14 National Science Foundation CAREER awards , articleOver the past 25 years, Virginia Tech researchers have earned 171 National Science Foundation Early Career Development Awards (CAREER). For the 2020 fiscal year, 14 Virginia Tech early career scientists and engineers have been granted CAREER awards, totaling over $4 million in research funding.
Date: Aug 28, 2020 -
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Sterling Nesbitt receives NSF CAREER award to study the evolution of vertebrate communities during the Triassic Period , articleSterling Nesbitt, an associate professor of geobiology in the College of Science, and a team of researchers will use a NSF CAREER Award to learn more about how extinction events -- and time itself -- drive evolution in vertebrate communities.
Date: Aug 24, 2020 -
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D. Sarah Stamps receives $625,000 NSF CAREER grant to study role of volcanism in continental rifting , articleStamps, an assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences, has received a five-year Faculty Early Career Development Program award to investigate early phase continental rifting at the Natron Rift in Tanzania.
Date: Aug 06, 2020 -
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Researchers: What’s in oilfield wastewater matters for injection-induced earthquakes , articleAccording to this new theory, the density difference between wastewater and deep basement fluids is much more important for induced earthquake occurrence than was previously known.
Date: Aug 05, 2020 -
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Geosciences’ Marc Michel switches from nanoparticles to 3D printing nasal swabs , articleMichel, an associate professor of geosciences, diverged from his normal path to lead a project involving numerous Virginia Tech faculty, alumni, and specialists from Carilion Clinic to use 3D printing to create nasopharyngeal swabs during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Date: Jul 14, 2020 -
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COVID-19 research projects propelled by Rapid Response Seed Fund , articleTo support COVID-related research and provide immediate support for Virginia Tech researchers, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation collaborated with Virginia Tech institutes and colleges to establish a COVID-19 Rapid Response Seed Fund. As a result, nine projects were selected for funding.
Date: Jun 26, 2020 -
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In memoriam: Don Bloss, first professor to be honored as Alumni Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech , articleFrederick Donald “Don” Bloss, a longtime professor with the Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences, died April 22, 2020, a month shy of his 100th birthday.
Date: May 19, 2020 -
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Class of 2020: Studying abroad was the tip of the iceberg for senior Shelly Worek , articleA study abroad experience in Switzerland connected geosciences senior Worek with her post-graduation plans of researching glaciers in the Alps.
Date: May 13, 2020
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