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- - Aug 16 VTechWorks provides global access to Virginia Tech scholarship
- - Aug 14 Virginia Tech researchers receive $2.9 million grant with China to study infectious diseases
- - Aug 12 Researchers receive NSF grant to create Ecological Forecasting Research Coordination Network
- - Aug 09 Search committee for Fralin Life Sciences Institute director announced
- - Aug 08 Danfeng ‘Daphne’ Yao reappointed CACI Faculty Fellow of Computer Science
- - Aug 05 Jason Holliday receives $2.5 million NSF grant to research poplar genome
- - Aug 01 Virginia Tech researchers receive NIH grant to look at how oral bacteria contributes to colorectal cancer
- - Aug 01 Regenerative medicine breakthroughs may hold key to cures for a host of life-threatening ailments
- - Aug 01 Andrew Acito joins accounting and information systems faculty
- - Jul 31 Chromosome structure inspires intricate works of art
- - Jul 30 Toni Calasanti receives National Institute on Aging grant to study how gender and sexual orientation affect caregiving
- - Jul 30 Virginia Tech discovery could help boost $40 billion soybean industry
- - Jul 29 Scientists seek to understand genomic variation in American chestnut to help restore it to North American forests
- - Jul 28 Sally Morton to serve as interim director of Fralin Life Sciences Institute
- - Jul 26 Researchers link energy metabolism in cells with changes in disease expression
- - Jul 24 Virginia Tech health sciences leader appointed to Virginia Early Childhood Foundation advisory council
- - Jul 22 Employee professional development recognized at recent ceremony
- - Jul 22 Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientist earns grant to examine ‘catastrophic’ seizure disorder
- - Jul 19 Researcher discovers how mosquitoes integrate vision and smell to track victims
- - Jul 19 Graduate student earns prestigious NIH award to map unexplored brain region, study optic nerve regeneration
- - Jul 12 Xiaoting Jia wins CAREER award to develop bio-friendly brain implants
- - Jul 12 Don Maffei named interim chief executive officer of the Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation
- - Jul 11 Researchers publish new study on citrus greening disease
- - Jul 11 Virginia Tech mosquito research provides hope for malaria control
- - Jul 10 Grant helps Virginia Tech scientists find new ways to use secondary logging materials
- - Jul 10 Rajesh Bagchi appointed marketing department head in the Pamplin College of Business
- - Jul 09 Veterinary college alumna Susan VandeWoude named to National Academy of Sciences
- - Jul 08 Tanushree Mitra among first to receive research grant providing access to Facebook data
- - Jul 01 Veterinary college alumnus to lead large animal clinical sciences at Virginia Tech
- - Jul 01 Mary Potter has been named director of the Privacy and Research Data Protection Program
- - Jul 01 Ratings for flag football headgear shape expectations for safety in a growing sport
- - Jun 28 Graduate student in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health program receives prestigious Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Ben Barres Fellowship
- - Jun 28 Veterinary college receives $3.1 million NIH grant to create universal flu vaccine
- - Jun 28 Google Faculty Research Award supports work in detecting human-object interaction in images and videos
- - Jun 26 Marc Stern facilitates local solutions to global climate challenges
- - Jun 26 NSF fellowship allows graduate student to balance research, service, and support
- - Jun 26 Researchers find that probiotic bacteria reduces the impact of white-nose syndrome in bats
- - Jun 25 G. Don Taylor named interim vice president for research and innovation
- - Jun 21 Burning issues
- - Jun 21 Harpreet S. Dhillon named Elizabeth and James E. Turner Jr. ’56 Faculty Fellow
- - Jun 20 University Distinguished Professor X.J. Meng awarded nearly $2 million NIH grant renewal
- - Jun 20 'Sneezing' plants contribute to disease proliferation
- - Jun 19 Students win international vehicle safety design competition
- - Jun 19 Na Meng receives NSF CAREER award to improve the programming environment
- - Jun 18 Bubble of an idea leads to new research on freezing
- - Jun 18 Dimitrios Nikolopoulos named John W. Hancock Professor of Engineering
- - Jun 17 Virginia Tech researcher discovers cellular contributor of Lyme arthritis that could open door to treatment
- - Jun 17 FDA deems molecular test for concussions ‘breakthrough device’
- - Jun 13 Alejandro Salado to study how engineers form subjective opinions from objective data
- - Jun 12 Global Entrepreneur Partnership to host students, faculty from around the globe
- - Jun 12 Commonwealth Cyber Initiative's statewide network certified, 5G test bed planned
- - Jun 11 iTHRIV announces recipients for statewide pilot research projects
- - Jun 11 Virginia Tech graduate students selected to join competitive Society for Neuroscience program
- - Jun 10 Researchers look toward future 6G wireless systems
- - Jun 10 Beyond Queen’s stomp-stomp-clap: Computer scientist finds social media boosts engagement during live shows
- - Jun 07 Graduate student awarded NIH fellowship to study cardiac arrest recovery
- - Jun 07 Student engineering team advances to global vehicle safety design competition
- - Jun 06 Virginia Tech researchers discover connection between symbiotic worms and the magnetic orientation of crayfish
- - Jun 05 Three students win 2019 Goldwater Scholarships
- - Jun 03 Bats have an ambulance in their ears
- - Jun 02 Virginia Tech helps lead broadest study of battery electrode failure in new journal article
- - May 30 Low-speed ahead: Meet VTTI’s automated shuttle
- - May 30 Virginia Tech creates partnership to build center for frontier materials in India
- - May 30 Fralin Biomedical Research Institute neuroscientist awarded NIH grant to study brain cell receptors involved in epilepsy
- - May 29 University Libraries has expertise, resources to help faculty overcome data challenges
- - May 28 Lost in translation: The medium is the message for a healthy heartbeat
- - May 24 Jumping drops get boost from gravity
- - May 23 Researchers aim to shed light on water quality impacts of a growing Fredericksburg region
- - May 23 Interdisciplinary ISCE Scholars address topics from healthy aging to occupational roles of engineers
- - May 23 Fralin Biomedical Research Institute addiction scientist to receive international honor for translational research
- - May 23 Fellowship to help doctoral student advance research in socio-emotional development of children
- - May 21 Altria awards Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research and Extension Center $609,000 to expand research capabilities
- - May 20 Three faculty members named to lead planning for university shared research facilities
- - May 20 Harvard leader, former NIMH director, to discuss ‘genetics of mind’ at public lecture in Roanoke
- - May 14 Eric Paterson, Jeffrey Reed to fill leadership roles in strategic university initiatives
- - May 13 Professor seeks solutions for wildfire resilience
- - May 08 NIH-funded health research grants available to nonprofits, government agencies
- - May 08 Island lizards are expert sunbathers, and it’s slowing their evolution
- - May 07 Virginia Tech team working to preserve the treasure of Hawaii’s forests
- - May 03 Robert Davidson named William S. Gay Senior Faculty Fellow
- - May 03 Computer scientists develop dynamic checklist so web designers can work more efficiently, creatively
- - May 01 Computer scientists develop software to smartly balance data processing load in supercomputers
- - Apr 24 New initiative will further advance Virginia Tech’s commitment to life sciences research
- - Apr 24 Undergraduate engineering researcher develops model critical in creating better devices
- - Apr 23 Drone delivery in the U.S. clears a major hurdle
- - Apr 19 Researchers aim to enhance lost person search and rescue efforts using drones, artificial intelligence
- - Apr 18 Amazon Research Award supports developing algorithms that tackle unfairness in recommendation engines
- - Apr 16 Human Research Protections Program protocol coordinators support researchers
- - Apr 15 Virginia Tech Helmet Lab wants to help protect equestrians
- - Apr 12 Former president of MIT to discuss ‘next technology revolution’ at community lecture in Roanoke
- - Apr 11 Virginia Tech researchers join global effort to develop a new vector control strategy to prevent malaria
- - Apr 10 Kent Nakamoto honored with emeritus status
- - Apr 05 VTTI secures grant from the Road to Zero Coalition to expand truck safety outreach program
- - Apr 05 Researchers develop method to improve 3D-printed prosthetics by integrating electronic sensors
- - Apr 03 Virginia Tech’s Romesh Batra honored as University Distinguished Professor
- - Apr 02 Kevin Boyle named Willis Blackwood Real Estate Director
- - Apr 02 Testing the water: Virginia Tech team launches system to predict water conditions
- - Mar 29 ACCelerate Festival to showcase exploration, innovation across ACC
- - Mar 27 Researchers use high-powered computer simulations to study reintroduction of bull trout
- - Mar 27 Virginia Tech researchers find novel insights into soil biodiversity, Earth’s global engine