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- - Women in STEM networking panels coming to Richmond and Arlington
    The Virginia Tech College of Science and Alumni Relations are hosting two public panel discussions in February focusing on women working in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
- - In memoriam: Richard Eisler, professor of psychology in the College of Science
    Eisler joined the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech in 1977 and retired in 2002.
- - Virginia Tech researchers tackle the biological invasions crisis
    Examples of invasive species threatening Virginia include a sap-sucking invasive insect called the hemlock woolly adelgid, which has decimated the hemlock tree population, and the spotted lanternfly, which attacks grapes, peaches, hops, and many tree species.
- - The Fralin Life Science Institute supports sustainability and green lab efforts
    Ph.D. student Ellen Garcia has created a grassroots green lab effort at Virginia Tech and is working to build a Green Lab Program.
- - Porous carbon fiber research one step closer to use in automotive industry
    An update on recently reported research on porous carbon fibers shows how this material can be used in an industrial setting, marking an important step from the theoretical to application.
- - Nick and Christine: a library love story
    Perhaps it’s the feeling of being surrounded by poetry, love stories, and mysterious books. Or maybe it’s the intimacy of hushed voices whispering through the stacks. There is something romantic about libraries.
- - Bestselling author and TED Talks presenter Dan Ariely to speak at Virginia Tech
    What causes humans to act irrationally? The behavioral economist will explore decision-making in the annual Distinguished Public Lecture of the Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
- - Ron Fricker named associate dean for faculty affairs and administration in the College of Science
    In his new role, Fricker will assist in the recruitment, retention, and development of faculty.
- - New inductees to faculty academies recognized for leadership, service
    Academy members represent all faculty classifications and are recognized for exemplary contributions in formal service roles or in areas of leadership.
- - Students tackle real-world corporate problems in computational modeling and data analytics capstone project
    Students in computational modeling and data analytics tackle a capstone project that partners them with industry.
- - Researchers investigate a billion years of coexistence between plants and fungi
    What can a billion years of coexistence tell us about plants and fungi evolution? Virginia Tech professor emeritus Khidir Hilu, along with a team of 13 researchers with complementary expertise in botany, mycology, paleontology, and bioinformatics, joined forces to address this question in a large-scale study published in Nature Communications.
- - Chemistry researchers use block copolymers to create first carbon fibers with uniform porous structure
    The discovery could open a path to realize the vision of powering planes and cars by using energy stored in their exterior shells.
- - Timing is everything: New discoveries in circadian rhythms provide insight into cancer treatment
    Researchers, including Carla Finkielstein, are now discovering that molecules usually implicated in protecting us from cancer initiation and progression are directly involved in regulating the function of our daily circadian rhythms.
- - More than 200 high school students to participate in Virginia Tech-hosted 2019 Science Olympiad
    The event is part of the national Science Olympiad, a series of science competitions held in all 50 states designed to help youth improve their understanding in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and to work together in teams to learn new skills.
- - Tom Ollendick leads editing of new Oxford textbook on clinical child and adolescent psychology
    Ollendick, a Virginia Tech professor of clinical psychology, is the lead editor of a newly published textbook that will be used worldwide by academics and practitioners of child psychology and psychiatry.
- - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists link concussions to seizures, development of epilepsy
    Experiments by Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists show a strong relationship between changes in astrocytes after mild traumatic brain injury and the eventual occurrence of a seizure.
- - Renowned child development scientist to speak at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
    Martha Farah, a scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss "Socioeconomic Status and Brain Development: From Science to Policy" on Jan. 24 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. The lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
- - Helping kids cope with a government shutdown
    One of the major issues for children is dealing with and accepting things they do not understand. Their ability to make sense out of the unknown is limited by their cognitive ability. They’ll rely on others – parents, siblings, teachers and others – to help them figure it out.
- - Videos: In Peru, students learn hands-on approach to solving real-world problems
    Fourteen students come face to face with problems of deforestation and the blight of trash in the Peruvian countryside, meeting the people whose lives they work to improve.
- - In memoriam: Robert Tracy, former department chair of Department of Geosciences
    Tracy, a longtime professor of geology and a former department chair of the Department of Geosciences, died Jan. 6 in Blacksburg.

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