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Results for College of Architecture and Urban Studies
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Industry experts: Mentorship, inquisitive spirit among must-have qualities for construction careers , articleUndergraduate participants attending a recent Building Women in Construction virtual panel had the opportunity to network with female construction industry leaders from Virginia Tech, the Myers-Lawson School of Construction, and more.
Date: Oct 29, 2020 -
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Reimagining education for today’s complex and fast-changing world , articleMany educators and employers agree there’s a disconnect between the skills today’s workers need on the job and what they are taught in school. While finding solutions won’t be easy, a group of more than 60 leaders from education and workforce development are looking to make headway.
Date: Oct 28, 2020 -
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Standing up for studio culture , articleThe School of Architecture + Design is one of only a few design schools in the country offering in-person studio courses this year. Preserving this experience for students became a top priority for the school during its COVID-19 planning process.
Date: Oct 28, 2020 -
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‘The Race 2020’: How the arts can help illuminate politics , articleThe School of Performing Arts will present four interactive, live-streamed performances of "The Race 2020" between Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. The production will combine spectacle and collaborative conversation to interrogate the state of our democracy.
Date: Oct 27, 2020 -
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Student-designed tear gas safety mask wins top industrial design award , articleDesigned to help protect peaceful protestors, the T.E.A.R. Mask is a pocket-sized anti-tear gas respirator that won a 2020 Industrial Design Excellence Award, one of the discipline’s highest honors.
Date: Oct 27, 2020 -
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Researchers examine impact of digital information on COVID-19 decisions and behavior , articleThe study, funded by a National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research grant, will shed light on decision-making under uncertainty and how pandemic-related information plays a role.
Date: Oct 21, 2020 -
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Fighting COVID with design , articleBobby Vance, alumnus and former faculty member in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, led design of a COVID Shield that’s simple, effective, and gaining national attention.
Date: Oct 07, 2020 -
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In memoriam: Russell Hitt, leader in construction and philanthropy , articleRussell Amos Hitt, who helped transform his family’s business into one of the nation's largest and most successful general contracting firms and whose family has been extraordinarily generous to Virginia Tech, died peacefully at his Falls Church, Virginia, home on Sept. 14, 2020. He was 85.
Date: Oct 01, 2020 -
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The Market of Virginia Tech helps provide healthy food to students in need , articleSupported by a $1.5 million donation by the alumni couple Hema and Mehul Sanghani, the university recently launched an innovative program to enhance food-access for today’s Hokies.
Date: Sep 29, 2020 -
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Cadets’ service projects deliver major boost to on-campus package distribution , articleMaintaining strong physical distancing, donning face coverings, and bringing with them an enduring Ut Prosim spirit, cadets helped locate, carry, process, and hand out packages to students at the War Memorial Gym package operation.
Date: Sep 23, 2020 -
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Virtual discussion highlights College of Architecture and Urban Studies' strategic vision, connection to university priorities , articleDuring a virtual update and Q&A session on Sept. 9, Dean Richard Blythe spearheaded a discussion that highlighted the college's progress in several key focus areas, as well as priorities for the year ahead in light of COVID-19.
Date: Sep 21, 2020 -
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National Science Foundation funds research on the social implications of COVID-19 , articleThree research teams at Virginia Tech were awarded RAPID grants from the the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences directorate of the National Science Foundation to spur the development of social science–oriented research related to COVID-19.
Date: Sep 14, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech research sees continued growth , articleResearch expenditures are up and sponsored awards have increased by 15 percent, building upon the prior year’s expenditure total of $542 million, despite the impact of COVID-19 felt nationally by higher education institutes, according to preliminary fiscal year-end reports.
Date: Sep 04, 2020 -
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Northern Virginia campuses reconfigure spaces, class design for a safe semester , articleAt Virginia Tech’s three campuses in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area, leaders have had to adapt to the pandemic with different challenges than the main Blacksburg campus.
Date: Sep 03, 2020 -
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All that and a bag of chips: Virginia Tech employee donates kidney to save co-worker’s life , articleFour years ago, a casual hallway conversation between Virginia Tech "work buddies" Brian Huddleston and Heather Parrish led them to embark on a life-transforming journey: a kidney donation to resolve Huddleston’s genetic kidney disorder.
Date: Sep 01, 2020 -
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Building construction alum’s engagement centers on industry connections, service learning , articleWith a history of volunteerism and philanthropy that spans decades, Bob Wells has been a cornerstone of the building construction and Myers-Lawson School of Construction industry advisory boards and service learning trips.
Date: Aug 26, 2020 -
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U.S. Postal Service represents a powerful political and economic institution, says policy expert , articleCongressional oversight hearings this week related to operations at the U.S. Postal Service are a classic example of oversight politics, says a Virginia Tech policy expert.
Date: Aug 25, 2020 -
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Proof-of-concept program from LAUNCH and VTIP fuels development of new technologies , articleEligible projects involve technologies captured in the VTIP invention disclosure process and identified as candidates for licensing to established companies or to new technology startups.
Date: Aug 21, 2020 -
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TECH Together Campaign announces winners and finalists , articleAfter the TECH Together Campaign launched in July, a whopping 76 applications from 20 different colleges and departments were submitted. Of those, 10 finalists and 5 winners have been chosen to implement their creative, innovative, and integrated solutions for the reopening of Virginia Tech campuses this fall.
Date: Aug 20, 2020 -
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Board of Visitors welcomes new, reappointed members , articleOne new appointee is set to join Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors at its Aug. 23-25 meeting after being named to a four-year term by Gov. Ralph Northam earlier this summer.
Date: Aug 17, 2020
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