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- - Kids’ Tech University connects young learners with STEM
    Kids’ Tech University returned to Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg campus for its 11th annual program. Hosted by the Fralin Life Sciences Institute in partnership with Virginia 4-H, KTU bridges the gap between kids and scientists by showing kids that science is truly all around them.
- - Microbial Systems mini-symposium highlights small organisms with big impacts
    On March 6, faculty and students discussed "wicked" societal challenges through participation in the second annual Microbial Systems mini-symposium at Virginia Tech.
- - Giovanni-Steger Poetry Prize takes on a new name and a new, virtual venue
    The 2020 finalists for the Giovanni-Steger Poetry Prize represent majors ranging from creative writing to biology, animal and poultry science, multimedia journalism, and civil engineering.
- - New study shows how common parasitic infection can cause seizures and psychiatric illness for some
    Forty million Americans are infected with a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. New research by scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC describes how brain circuits change as the parasite finds long-term shelter inside brain cells.
- - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists reveal how brain tumors impact normally supportive cells
    The same brain cells designed to stop brain damage fail to support healthy neurons when a cancer grows. New research, led by Stefanie Robel and Harald Sontheimer at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, reveals how gliomas alter astrocytes, a cell type that helps protect neurons and is crucial to preventing seizures.
- - Women in Data Science shifts to online format
    Adapting the original conference — which included big-name presentations, small-group breakout sessions, and a student-led poster display of data science projects — required nimbleness, a willingness to adapt to rapidly changing conditions, and no small amount of teamwork.
- - Link, License, Launch partners chemistry professor with biotech company
    Virginia Tech’s Link, License, Launch has recently facilitated a partnership between Webster Santos and the biotech company Continuum Biosciences, a subsidiary of Life Biosciences, to develop and market drugs to treat fatty liver disease.
- - Creativity, collaboration are key for online instruction
    Before spring break and the advent of the coronavirus pandemic, Michelle Stocker’s class met during big blocks of lab time Mondays and Wednesdays to examine pieces of skeleton laid out on trays across six tables. That in-person environment presented a challenge to Stocker when figuring out how to best replicate the class in a distance-learning format.
- - Medical student Christopher Liao’s research has potential implications for Alzheimer’s disease
    As many as 5.5 million Americans over the age of 65 may have Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive brain disorder that currently has no cure, according to the National Institutes of Health.
- - Physics professor among researchers detailing how antineutrino detectors could aid nuclear nonproliferation
    Patrick Huber, a professor in the Virginia Tech Department of Physics, has co-authored an article that describes the potential uses and limitations of antineutrino detectors for nuclear security applications related to reactor, spent fuel, and explosion monitoring.
- - Nahum Arav part of team to discover quasar tsunamis capable of preventing stars from forming
    Using the unique capabilities of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers led by Virginia Tech’s Nahum Arav has discovered the most energetic outflows ever witnessed in the universe. “These outflows are crucial for the understanding of galaxies' formation,” Arav said.
- - Virginia Tech graduate programs continue to shine in latest U.S. News & World Report survey
    Programs offered across Virginia Tech’s colleges and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine are included in the U.S. News & World Report survey of best graduate programs for 2021.
- - Pathogen levels in the environment drive disease outbreaks in bats
    In a new study led by Joseph Hoyt, researchers have found that the pathogen levels in the environment play a major role in whether bat populations are stable or experience severe declines from white-nose syndrome.
- - Virginia Tech economics experts detail Chinese and worldwide GDP loss from Hubei province as COVID-19 rattles nations, markets
    Virginia Tech economists Shaowen Luo and Kwok Ping ‘Byron’ Tsang have completed a study showing the cost of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, on the GDP (gross domestic product) on the Chinese and worldwide economies.
- - Symposium addresses how protecting plant health protects life
    Faculty, graduate students, and visiting researchers gathered for the 2020 Translational Plant Sciences Symposium at Virginia Tech on Feb. 28 to discuss how their research is protecting plant health in the four areas of sustainability, environment, development, and monitoring and early warning systems.
- - Virginia Tech team leading the charge for student-driven innovation
    The university’s newest cohort of University Innovation Fellows is working to help their peers connect, collaborate, create, and prepare for the future.
- - In memoriam: Thomas Ward, professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry
    Thomas Ward, who joined Virginia Tech in 1968, where he remained until his retirement in 2006, died Feb. 28, 2020. He was 78.
- - ComSciCon returns to Virginia Tech
    On Feb. 27 and 28, graduate students and communicators came together to strengthen their science communication abilities at the second annual ComSciCon–Virginia Tech.
- - Impact of giving
    You might think it takes big money to make a big impact at Virginia Tech, but the reality is that gifts of all sizes empower the Hokie community to make tangible improvements in the lives of others.
- - Matt Hulver named executive director of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute at Virginia Tech
    In his new role, Hulver will shape the vision and programs of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute by leveraging existing strengths and developing a strategic plan to enhance resources for Virginia Tech’s life sciences community.

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