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Animal Model Research for Veterinarians Ph.D. training program awarded NIH grant , articleThe Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine is among a relatively small group of veterinary colleges awarded a T32 grant to train post-D.V.M. veterinarians in biomedical research.
Date: Aug 11, 2020 -
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William Hopkins named associate executive director of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute , articleIn his new role, Hopkins will assist Matt Hulver, executive director, and his leadership team as they develop and implement the vision and strategic directions for the Fralin Life Sciences Institute to tackle grand life science challenges at the interface of the environment and the human condition.
Date: Aug 11, 2020 -
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Research explores the impacts of mobile phones for Maasai women , articleThe study examines how mobile phones could potentially support women’s empowerment within the specific contexts of the Maasai’s nomadic life.
Date: Aug 05, 2020 -
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Multiuniversity partnership receives $23 million NSF grant to accelerate U.S. research on glycomaterials , articleA new research hub will support computer-aided design and modeling of glycomaterials through a virtual user facility that will provide critical tools and services to the scientific community.
Date: Jul 29, 2020 -
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Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens to tackle infectious diseases , articleThe center will be administratively established as an institute-level center in the Fralin Life Science Institute and will include faculty participants from at least seven colleges and more than 25 departments on campus.
Date: Jul 27, 2020 -
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Julia Feerrar guides others to their best digital lives , articleDigital Literacy is a set of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that people use to engage with their digital lives. “I think about engaging with digital life as being able to make informed decisions, including how we learn, create, and interact with each other online,” said Julia Feerrar.
Date: Jul 21, 2020 -
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Preliminary study suggests tuberculosis vaccine may be limiting COVID-19 deaths , articleNew research suggests that Bacille Calmette-Guérin, a tuberculosis vaccine routinely given to children in countries with high tuberculosis rates, might play a significant role in mitigating mortality rates from COVID-19.
Date: Jul 10, 2020 -
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COVID-19 research projects propelled by Rapid Response Seed Fund , articleTo support COVID-related research and provide immediate support for Virginia Tech researchers, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation collaborated with Virginia Tech institutes and colleges to establish a COVID-19 Rapid Response Seed Fund. As a result, nine projects were selected for funding.
Date: Jun 26, 2020 -
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Professor’s visit highlights forestry collaboration between Virginia Tech and Brazilian universities , articleThe College of Natural Resources and Environment is collaborating with the Federal University of Lavras and the University of Campinas on several research and education efforts.
Date: Jun 25, 2020 -
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Delegation represents Virginia Tech at annual U.N. climate change conference , articleTwo undergraduate students accompanied four faculty members to the conference in Madrid in December.
Date: Jun 25, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech researchers study catastrophic disease events in marine mammals , articleAs the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, people are beginning to understand the ways in which infectious diseases can devastate life. But disease outbreaks are not confined to just humans or to life on land.
Date: Jun 18, 2020 -
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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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Natural resources faculty use innovation and engagement to adapt to new online education space , article“We want to encourage [our students] that we’ll all get through this, so 30 years from now they’ll be telling their kids about the time when they had to watch their professor stumbling around in a creek trying to catch a fish.”
Date: Jun 10, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech taking a global approach to curriculum-building , articleFaculty members from a range of disciplines are preparing students to meet the world's challenges by integrating lessons on international perspectives into their courses.
Date: Jun 09, 2020 -
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ISCE Scholars focus on timely societal issues , articleFour projects that focus on significant issues facing the world today have been selected to receive funding from the Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment for 2020-21.
Date: Jun 08, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approves 2020 promotions, tenure, continued appointments , articleThe Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved the following promotions, tenure, and continued appointments at its June 2 meeting.
Date: Jun 02, 2020 -
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New water monitoring station in Blacksburg will provide research experiences for Virginia Tech undergraduates , articleThe monitoring station, located on the south-facing slope of Brush Mountain, will provide students with field research experiences close to campus that cannot be replicated in the classroom.
Date: May 26, 2020 -
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University Libraries’ student teams respond to White House call to action to analyze COVID-19 data , articleUniversity Libraries at Virginia Tech faculty members Anne M. Brown and Jonathan Briganti challenged their undergraduate data students in the library’s DataBridge program and the Bevan & Brown Lab to jump in and create tools and look for patterns and trends in COVID-19 research data using machine learning and molecular modeling.
Date: May 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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Class of 2020: Colleen Pramenko launches Air Force career with goal of working with the space program , articleColleen Pramenko will commission into the U.S. Air Force and put her meteorology degree and her experience with the Corps of Cadets to use as an environmental science officer with the 28th Operational Weather Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.
Date: May 11, 2020
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