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Feminist activism goes online to support a home for abandoned children , articleA sociology class in feminist activism took its fundraiser online to support Aarti for Girls in Kadapa, India.
Date: Jun 12, 2020 -
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Commencement 101: Details about this year's ceremony , articleThe university ceremony will be online at vt.edu at 6:30 p.m. EDT on Friday, May 15, and will be viewable on-demand afterward.
Date: May 11, 2020 -
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James Owens named 2020 Outstanding Senior for the College of Engineering , articleA member of the Virginia Tech Honors College, Owens knew early that he wanted to be involved in research.
Date: May 04, 2020 -
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Rachel Kanefsky named 2020 Outstanding Senior for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences , articleKanefsky believes in leading by example. So much so, in fact, that Kanefsky wants to join the Army Veterinary Corps service provision in Africa.
Date: May 04, 2020 -
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Amber Abbott named 2020 Outstanding Senior for the College of Science , articleAbbott, a senior Honors College member majoring in microbiology in the Department of Biological Sciences with a minor in music, will pursue a Ph.D. in the Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine in the fall.
Date: May 04, 2020 -
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Lauren Haacke named 2020 Undergraduate of the Year , articleFive years ago, Haacke suffered a traumatic head injury. Now, she is graduating from the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience as the winner of a Fulbright Scholarship and with the honor of being named the 2020 Virginia Tech Undergraduate of the Year.
Date: May 04, 2020 -
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Shielding medical professionals in the face off with COVID-19 , articleA Virginia Tech team is looking for volunteers who own or have access to 3D printers to help make headpieces for face shields. The shields will be delivered to hospitals in the Roanoke and New River valleys and to local emergency responders.
Date: Apr 29, 2020 -
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Christina McIntyre named vice president of National Collegiate Honors Council , articleThe National Collegiate Honors Council’s mission is to support and strengthen the community of educational institutions, professionals, and students who partake in collegiate honors education worldwide.
Date: Feb 27, 2020 -
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Scholars in Calhoun Discovery Program complete impressive first semester , articleLast fall, 40 first-year students began the inaugural journey into this unique undergraduate learning experience. At the first semester’s end, they shared their most recent work with David Calhoun, as well as the program’s leadership and industry partners.
Date: Jan 30, 2020 -
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Living, learning, and loving it , articleTwo years ago, Associate Professor and John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow Pablo Tarazaga and his family of six left their house in Blacksburg's Woodbine neighborhood to join 325 honors students in a residential hall on Virginia Tech's main campus.
Date: Jan 08, 2020 -
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Student hopes to tackle urban transportation issues through new smart and sustainable cities major, Calhoun Discovery Program , articleThe new smart and sustainable cities major, which is housed within the School of Public and International Affairs and is now in its second year, blends urban analytics and decision-making with sustainable approaches to development.
Date: Dec 10, 2019 -
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Honors College Senior Andrew Pregnall awarded Marshall Scholarship , articlePregnall, driven by his passion to remodel the health care system to improve the health outcomes of the LGBTQ community, is a double-major in microbiology and history. As a Marshall Scholar, Pregnall will continue to pursue his ambition by studying health data science at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.
Date: Dec 09, 2019 -
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Global Education Scholarships awarded to 27 students , articleStudents from every Virginia Tech college were awarded scholarships to support their plans to study in countries around the world.
Date: Nov 27, 2019 -
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Students reap early benefits of Calhoun Discovery Program , articleJust more than two months after they began, a handful of students shared how the Calhoun Discovery Program is already positively affecting their lives.
Date: Nov 20, 2019 -
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Jim Owens awarded Astronaut Scholarship Foundation award , articleOwens, a senior majoring in chemical engineering at Virginia Tech, will be presented the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Scholarship at a lecture by NASA astronaut Daniel C. Brandenstein, on Nov. 15.
Date: Nov 12, 2019 -
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Workshop to guide adaptive lifelong learning for inclusive knowledge economy , articleVirginia 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.
Date: Oct 23, 2019 -
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Partners explore real-world problems with Calhoun Discovery Scholars , articleA 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.
Date: Oct 14, 2019 -
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Three College of Science faculty receive Luther and Alice Hamlett honors to support research , articleThree faculty members in the Virginia Tech College of Science were recently honored with faculty fellowships named for Luther and Alice Hamlet by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Date: Oct 08, 2019 -
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Stamps scholarships expanding to offer more opportunities at Honors College , articleSince partnering with the university, five Stamps Scholarships have been available each year, resulting in Virginia Tech having a total of 19 Stamps Scholars, eight of whom have graduated. Beginning in the fall 2020, 10 Stamps Scholarships will be available each year.
Date: Oct 03, 2019 -
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Honors College assistant professor receives grant to improve student access to computational research , articleNikki Lewis has been given a 4-VA grant for $50,000 over the course of two years that provides funding to improve student access to computational research.
Date: Sep 17, 2019
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