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- - Community Voices hosts Washington Post reporter and author Amy Goldstein on Feb. 19
    Goldstein wove the stories of a small city and its people together in "Janesville: An American Story." All events on Feb. 19 are free and open to the university community and general public.
- - Kathleen Jones honored with emerita status
    A member of the university community since 1991, Jones is a leading expert on the history of the child guidance movement in America and the history of youth suicide.
- - Interdisciplinary real estate program moves to Pamplin College
    Provost Thanassis Rikakis called the program a stellar example of transdisciplinary collaboration at Virginia Tech to create “a modern, innovative, and distinctive educational opportunity for students.”
- - Virginia Tech professor enlists French residents for study validating pollution-driven health claims
    The study has gained attention of the French press, having already garnered 70 news articles, radio interviews, and television segments even before the French AFP released a story for its outlets.
- - Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists: high-quality, early childhood education has significant benefits
    Children given high-quality education at an early age – starting at 6 weeks old and continuing through their first five years of life – are more likely to be employed full-time and have better relationships with their parents as adults, according to new results from a longitudinal study now entering its fifth decade.
- - Global Forum workshop hosts international scholars
    The recent two-day workshop explored risk, fear, and resilience from neuroscience, social, and political perspectives
- - Virginia Tech and Drexel University partner for workshop on ethics in big data analytics
    The workshop, set for Sept. 29-30, will focus on how collaboration can help meet big data challenges in complex environments.
- - History of tuberculosis in the United States to be explored in unprecedented depth
    A student research team will present its findings at a July 13 forum hosted by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.
- - Susan Duncan named associate director of Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
- - Grant will integrate training in substance-misuse treatment into curriculums
- - Researcher wins $7.2 million award to promote healthy relationships, economic stability among low-income couples
    Titled “Together: A Couples’ Model to Enhance Relationships and Economic Stability,” the project will include 360 couples in Northern Virginia and Montgomery County, Maryland.
- - Team to create crowdsourced archive of Civil War-era Independence Day documents
    Team led by Paul Quigley wins grant for crowdsourced project on Civil War-era Fourth of July documents
- - Oral history project celebrates and preserves LGBTQ history at Virginia Tech
    Beginning Saturday, October 10, an exhibit, “Sharing Our Voices: A Celebration of the Virginia Tech LGBTQ Oral History Project,” will feature archives, interviews, images, films, and a new web archive, all highlighting LGBTQ history at Virginia Tech.
- - Russian flu project wins funding from National Endowment for the Humanities
    Virginia Tech wins $175,000 federal grant to research 19th century Russian flu epidemic
- - Undergraduates present research on tuberculosis in traveling exhibit
    Undergraduates present research on tuberculosis at area libraries and museums.

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