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- - Apr 28, 2020 DataFest canceled? No problem: CMDA program and corporate sponsor pull together their own event
    When the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the American Statistical Association to cancel this year’s annual DataFest, it seemed like another hands-on opportunity that some Virginia Tech students would miss out on this spring. Then, Socially Determined, a data company founded by Virginia Tech alumni, stepped in to help.
- - Mar 31, 2020 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.
- - Feb 10, 2020 New LED lighting brings brighter spaces and enhanced energy efficiency to the Math Emporium
    Over 300 energy-efficient LED light fixtures were recently installed in the Math Emporium thanks to a student-requested project through the Office of Sustainability.
- - Nov 15, 2019 New scholarships celebrate experiential learning through undergraduate research
    The Office of Undergraduate Research has announced three students who are recipients of experiential learning scholarships this fall: Stephanie Flear for the Jacklyn W. and William R. Jones Jr. Experiential Learning Scholarship, as well as Amber Abbott and Kyle Rega for the Dennis Dean Undergraduate Research Scholarship.
- - Nov 11, 2019 Virginia Tech professor receives $1.85 million NIH grant to study sepsis
    Caroline Jones, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science, received the grant to study the factors that underlie the decision-making processes that determine immune cell migration, differentiation, and activation in response to sepsis.
- - Nov 11, 2019 Meet the Hokie using data to revolutionize college hoops statistics
    Ken Pomeroy has gone from running a bracket challenge in his dorm room to becoming a pioneer of charting all of basketball’s 353 Division I men’s teams with advanced statistics. Just prior to the new season tipping off, he visited Blacksburg to share insights from his work and journey.
- - Oct 22, 2019 Two College of Science faculty receive honors from Board of Visitors to support research
    Virginia Tech College of Science faculty members Serkan Gugercin and Gerelt Tserenjigmid recently were honored by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
- - Oct 08, 2019 Three College of Science faculty receive Luther and Alice Hamlett honors to support research
    Three faculty members in the Virginia Tech College of Science were recently honored with faculty fellowships named for Luther and Alice Hamlet by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
- - Aug 06, 2019 Researchers earn Presidential Early Career Awards
    Two Virginia Tech faculty are among the 314 recipients of the 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, which was last awarded in 2016.
- - Jun 14, 2019 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.
- - May 08, 2019 College of Science seniors Aimee Maurais and Arianna Krinos eye future with research positions at MIT
    Graduating College of Science seniors and research collaborators Aimee Maurais has been named the 2019 Outstanding Senior in the College of Science and Arianna Krinos has won the 2019 College of Science Senior Undergraduate Research Award.
- - Apr 15, 2019 Department of Mathematics to host lecture on experiences of African-American women and girls in education
    Guest speaker Nicole M. Joseph of Vanderbilt University will talk about the experiences of black women and girls in mathematics education.