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- - Academic conference explores future of cybersecurity and opportunities for Virginia Tech students
    Close to 200 students attended the event, which is designed to increase the number of young men and women serving in national security and the intelligence community.
- - Architecture + Design students create web-based service to help isolated senior citizens
    With the award-winning “Bequest,” students from Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture and Urban Studies created a simple solution to unite young and old in common interests.
- - The Center for Gerontology celebrates its 40th anniversary with theater and wisdom
    Research on aging makes for two entertaining and informative events as the center commemorates its first four decades. A collaboration with a local retirement community and a talk by a Cornell University professor will mark the milestone.
- - How cheetahs outsmart lions and hyenas
    A study in the Serengeti shows that cheetahs use situation-dependent methods of protecting themselves from larger predators while handling their prey.
- - Graduate School celebrates students and mentors at annual awards dinner
    The outstanding master's and doctoral degree students were honored at the Graduate School awards banquet during Graduate Education Week.
- - Graduate School providing thesis, dissertation verification support through iThenticate
- - Personal outreach to landowners is vital to conservation program success
    Researchers found that conservation programs benefit when landowners accompany conservation biologists who are monitoring habitat management outcomes on their land.
- - Research teams led by junior faculty win seed funding for new projects
    The Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science's flagship funding program, the Junior Faculty Awards are designed to provide seed funding for new projects that have the potential to grow into vibrant research programs attracting major federal grants.
- - How opioid-related messaging goes viral: Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech researchers share findings with public health experts
    Pulling data from more than 5,400 opioid-related Twitter posts made by users in Virginia and Georgia, the Virginia Tech team searched for common factors among the most-highly shared content.
- - Graduate School Citizen Scholars connect their research with their communities
    Each year, the Graduate School offers a challenge to graduate students: Create and implement a project that connects your research with a community.
- - Virginia Tech ‘fog harp’ increases collection capacity for clean water
    A passive, durable, and effective method of water collection, fog harvesting consists of catching the microscopic droplets of water suspended in the wind that make up fog. An interdisciplinary research team at Virginia Tech has improved the traditional design of fog nets to increase their collection capacity by threefold.
- - Rachel Iwicki, Zo Amani to represent students on Board of Visitors
    Iwicki is the new undergraduate student representative, and Amani will represent graduate students. They will serve a one-year term, beginning July 1.
- - Hokie scientist breaks new ground for TED Fellows
    Claire Simeone has become the first-ever veterinarian to be named a TED Fellow — a dream come true she credits in part to attending the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech.
- - Powwow is back at Virginia Tech for second year
    The Spring 2018 Powwow will be held March 31 on the lawn of the Graduate Life Center from noon to 6 p.m. It is sponsored by Native at VT.
- - Leading the green charge: Ph.D. student Ellen Garcia introduces lab sustainability program to campus
    Starting with Daniela Cimini's lab at the Biocomplexity Institute, Garcia has helped establish recycling programs for plastic foam and packaging, as well as major changes in energy consumption.
- - Peer educators make health education accessible and relatable
    Peer educators facilitate interactive workshops and outreach events to encourage healthy behaviors and to raise awareness of resources available to students seeking support.
- - Urban computing program provides Ph.D. students with valuable skills to address problems faced by cities
    The UrbComp certificate program is supported through a grant of nearly $3 million from the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program and administered through the Discovery Analytics Center.
- - Virginia Tech researchers examine role of fluid flow in ovarian cancer progression
    Known as the silent killer, ovarian cancer is notorious for avoiding detection until it has progressed to an advanced stage. New research from Virginia Tech on fluid shear stress in the abdominal cavity is moving physicians closer to earlier diagnosis and more effective treatment.
- - Graduate Education Week begins on March 26
    Many departments and graduate programs join the Graduate School in offering a range of events and activities focusing on students and their work, programs, professional development, and fun.
- - ASPECT doctoral program celebrates its 10th anniversary during graduate conference
    Three days of camaraderie, networking, and discourse on interdisciplinary research during a conference mark a milestone for the interdisciplinary doctoral program at the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.

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