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- - Transition to PageUp recruiting system: Important reminders and dates
- - Students win international vehicle safety design competition
    A group of engineering graduate students won the international championship for the 2019 Collegiate Student Safety Technology Design Competition, hosted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the Netherlands last week.
- - Remote sensing with ArcGIS Pro workshops offered in Blacksburg and Williamsburg
    This comprehensive workshop is targeted to natural resource professionals, planners, public safety professionals, agricultural operators, educators, and others.
- - Bubble of an idea leads to new research on freezing
    A mechanical engineering professor and his students studied soap bubbles to learn how the "snow globe" effect takes place and learned about the nature of freezing.
- - In memoriam: Lawrence Sewell, computer engineer who designed, built Math Emporium computer system
    Sewell, a retired Virginia Tech computer engineer, designed and built the Math Emporium’s massive core computer system that encompasses online textbooks, practice problems, asynchronous tests and quizzes, and assignments for more than 8,000 math students annually.
- - July 5 additional holiday time and university operations
    Please email vtnews@vt.edu if your department plans to close. VT News will compile a list of department closures.
- - Orientation 2019: What students, families, and the campus community can expect
    Virginia Tech is making adjustments to welcome the largest-ever class of new students and their families to Blacksburg for Orientation this summer. Here’s a behind-the-scenes peek.
- - Corps of Cadets observes centuries-old flag traditions
    Please refrain from walking or riding bikes through the area until the two-minute flag ceremony is complete.
- - Third year of College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund supports faculty research
    The fund recently announced research awards that will support such diverse projects as nanotechnology, mass extinction events, and diseases in corn.
- - Pamplin College of Business names Becky Freemal as its director of communication and marketing
    As the Pamplin College of Business moves forward with its mission to lead technology and business intelligence, Becky Freemal will lead efforts to build integrated and cohesive messaging to engage alumni, students, parents, and corporate partners.
- - Virginia Tech to hold annual ‘Lights Out!/Power Down!’ event June 27
    On June 27, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., the Blacksburg campus community will be asked to turn off and unplug all noncritical lighting in residence halls, classrooms, offices, and labs during the university’s annual Lights Out!/Power Down! event.
- - Acclaimed musicians offer two free chamber music concerts at the Moss Arts Center
    Award-winning musicians who have performed with some of the world’s most renowned orchestras and music ensembles take the Moss Arts Center stage for two free performances on June 20 and June 22 at 7:30 p.m.
- - Volunteers wanted for driving study
    The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute is seeking healthy individuals who have valid U.S. driver’s licenses to participate in a driving study during nighttime hours. Volunteers must be between 18-30 years of age and must not need to wear glasses or contacts.
- - Volunteers wanted for driving study
    The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute is seeking healthy individuals who have valid U.S. driver’s licenses to participate in a driving study during nighttime hours. Volunteers must be between 18-30 years of age and must not need to wear glasses or contacts.
- - Researchers look toward future 6G wireless systems
    In the white paper titled, "A Vision of 6G Wireless Systems: Applications, Trends, Technologies, and Open Research Problems," Walid Saad, associate professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, explores the future of wireless communication systems.
- - Holden Hall: Ongoing pedestrian and parking impacts
    Beginning June 15, the campus community should be aware of parking and pedestrian impacts surrounding Holden Hall.
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  - Jeff Marion receives George Wright Society Award for natural resources achievement
    Marion is a founding contributor to the field of recreation ecology and a leader in promoting the principles of ‘Leave No Trace.’
- - Beyond Queen’s stomp-stomp-clap: Computer scientist finds social media boosts engagement during live shows
    Sang Won Lee, an assistant professor of computer science in Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, and his collaborators tested some theories about not only engaging large audiences, but sustaining that engagement in a live music performance.
- - Virginia Tech Publishing launches first peer-reviewed book under its own imprint
    “Viral Networks” is a collaborative work of the University Libraries’ Virginia Tech Publishing, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Library of Medicine.
- - Student engineering team advances to global vehicle safety design competition
    A team of Virginia Tech engineering students is advancing to the global round of the Student Safety Technology Design Competition, sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. They will present their prototype safety system aimed at reducing injuries for vehicle occupants during a rear-end collision.

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