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Virginia Tech String Project keeps strumming through pandemic , articleMusic majors and music education majors have found ways to offer learning opportunities for the next generation of musicians despite COVID-19.
Date: Nov 16, 2020 -
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Corps of Cadets alumnus Sgt. Alexander Unkle named Miami game Hokie Hero , articleUnkle is deployed to Al Anbar Province, Iraq, as a member of 797th Ordnance Company.
Date: Nov 15, 2020 -
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Researchers study how privacy preferences, family tensions can deter use of contact tracing apps , articleFrance Bélanger and Katherine Allen were engaged in a study on smart home speakers and the privacy and other concerns they sparked when the pandemic emerged. Pondering the dilemma of health officials trying to expand the use of contact tracing apps, the researchers wondered whether such apps also triggered similar privacy tensions in families.
Date: Nov 13, 2020 -
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Cadets chosen for special flag duty at the Miami game , articleFirst-year cadets Matthew Owen, Edmond Sion, and Shelby Stevens will receive the flags at Saturday’s football game. It’s also Military Appreciation Day in Lane Stadium.
Date: Nov 13, 2020 -
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Thomas Gardner earns Alumni Distinguished Professor renewal in 38th year at Virginia Tech , article“I have experienced numerous moments of pride as an educator, including over these past 10 years,” said Gardner. “But honestly, I’m most proud of the students who learned new ways to think in my class and have gone on to apply those ways of thinking far beyond anything I would have ever dreamed possible.”
Date: Nov 13, 2020 -
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In memoriam: Johann Albert Norstedt, chair of the English department from 1997 to 2002 , articleThe former Department of English chair and Faculty Senate president died Oct. 28 at the age of 83.
Date: Nov 11, 2020 -
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Veterans Day vigil offers cadets, campus time to reflect at Virginia Tech , article“While you stand unmoving on the Pylons without the usual daily distractions of your cell phone, friends, and homework, you are given an excellent chance to reflect on what it means to be an American and what it means to be free,” says Cadet Grace Hall, a senior in Air Force ROTC majoring in aerospace engineering.
Date: Nov 09, 2020 -
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Trust and the media - expert available to discuss network news coverage of presidential election results , articleVirginia Tech expert Megan Duncan says the media has great power to shape how people see audiences and democracy.
Date: Nov 06, 2020 -
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Researcher expands caregiving study during the COVID-19 pandemic , articleToni Calasanti, a Virginia Tech sociology professor, was interviewing both heterosexual and same-sex couples for an Alzheimer’s disease and dementia grant when the COVID-19 pandemic changed the parameters for many of those couples. A supplemental grant is now allowing her team to study those changes.
Date: Nov 06, 2020 -
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Not too early to start thinking of Biden transition, despite election uncertainty , articleVirginia Tech political science professor Karen Hult, who serves on the advisory board to the White House Transition Project, says planning for a possible transition is important because the work ahead will be especially challenging.
Date: Nov 06, 2020 -
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Radio IQ’s Mallory Noe-Payne receives Fulbright journalist grant , articleNoe-Payne, chief of Radio IQ's Richmond bureau, will travel to Germany for a 10-month residency to research and examine the histories of that country and the United States.
Date: Nov 05, 2020 -
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Choices and Challenges Forum tackles counternarratives in technology and disability , articleThis 2020 edition of the Choices and Challenges Forum — a three-decade-old Virginia Tech public engagement series — will explore ethical and social issues around advances in science and technology. The three-session Zoom series begins Nov. 9.
Date: Nov 05, 2020 -
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‘The Artful Token’ brings the commedia dell’arte experience to a virtual environment , articleThe free live online theater event, to be presented Nov. 6-8 and 13-15, was created by student actors under the guidance of Jordan Rosin, a teaching fellow at the School of Performing Arts, and guest artist Fabio Motta.
Date: Nov 04, 2020 -
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Now the lawyers go to work, according to Virginia Tech political expert , articleAmericans awoke Wednesday to an election outcome still too close to call, with millions of votes still being counted in crucial battleground states. Now it's time for patience, according to Virginia Tech's Karen Hult.
Date: Nov 04, 2020 -
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New center for philosophy, politics, and economics named for Virginia Tech alumnus , articleThree key disciplines intersect in the Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, an initiative that integrates research, teaching, and outreach to allow faculty and students to collaborate in developing comprehensive solutions to complex problems.
Date: Nov 03, 2020 -
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The show must go on: The Center for Communicating Science announces virtual format for annual Nutshell Games , articleInstead of presenting in front of a Moss Arts Center audience, this year’s Nutshell Games competition will be moving to a first-ever virtual format. You can watch 29 graduate student researchers present their research on Saturday, Nov. 7. Did we mention that they have only 90 seconds to present?
Date: Nov 03, 2020 -
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Cadets chosen to highlight the colors at the Liberty game , articleFirst-year cadets Isiah Gerhardt, Nicholas Kartamyshev, and Ellen Thurneysen were chosen for this special duty because of their performance in the Corps of Cadets.
Date: Nov 03, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech political experts available on Election Day and the days following , articleVirginia Tech’s political experts are on standby to provide media outlets with background and interviews on a variety of topics connected to national, state and local races on Election Day and the days following.
Date: Nov 02, 2020 -
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Chamber Singers rehearse in garage space , articleThe Virginia Tech Chamber Singers have utilized an on-campus parking garage as a safe rehearsal space during the COVID-19 pandemic.=https://video.vt.edu/media/1_fj1ea8bv
Date: Nov 02, 2020 -
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Corps of Cadets alumnus 1st Lt. Peter Unpingco named Louisville game Hokie Hero , articleUnpingco is deployed with the 202nd Military Intelligence Battalion, serving as the executive officer of its forward detachment based in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
Date: Nov 01, 2020
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