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- - Neuroscientist is fifth speaker in J. Mark Sowers Distinguished Lecture Series for College of Science
    The College of Science brings its 2017 J. Mark Sowers Distinguished Lecture Series to a close on Sept. 26 with neuroscientist J. David Sweatt of Vanderbilt University.
- - New center for health behaviors research to officially open on Roanoke campus
    Leonard Epstein, creator of the Traffic Light Diet, will deliver a guest lecture on Sept. 27 at 5:30 p.m. at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute. The lecture, which is open to the public, will mark the opening of the Center for Transformative Research in Health Behaviors at VTCRI.
- - Cadets chosen to highlight the colors at the Old Dominion football game
    Cadets Miles Keane, of Ridgewood, New Jersey; Curt Batchelor, of Merrit Island, Florida; and Shane Schipper, of Frederick, Maryland, were selected based on their performance during their Corps of Cadets training.
- - Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists decode breast cancer protein
    Their results, published this week in Science Advances, suggest a new paradigm for better managing the mutated BRCA1 protein found in triple-negative breast cancer cells. Triple-negative breast cancer is aggressive, as its tumor cells typically lack target receptors that allow cancer-fighting drugs to be effective.
- - Board of Visitors honors Ezra A. ‘Bud’ Brown of mathematics with emeritus status
    Ezra A. “Bud” Brown, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, has been conferred the title of Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
- - Army research grant could employ physics theory to control epidemics, understand brain
    Two Virginia Tech College of Science researchers are spearheading a $1.6 million U.S. Army Research grant with the ultimate goal of finding order and control in the most chaotic and noisy patterns.
- - Virginia Tech institute launches effort to help government embrace big data
    In recent years, big data has revolutionized the way business leaders approach decision-making.
- - Cadet chosen to highlight the colors at the East Carolina game
    Cadet Austin Hill, of Mooresville, North Carolina, will receive the flags at this week’s football game against East Carolina University.
- - Schiffert legacy impacts students pursuing medical professions
    Allison Teresa Burns and Cameron Myers are the first two recipients of the Charles W. Schiffert and Dolores S. Schiffert scholarship, which benefits students pursuing medical professions.
- - Cadets chosen to highlight the colors at the Delaware game
    Cadets Ryan Elmiger, of Lincroft, New Jersey; Brian "Buck" Hilferty, of Basking Ridge, New Jersey; and Madison Schickel, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, will receive the flags at this week’s football game.
- - Junior Faculty Awards fund research partnerships across campus
    The seed-funding program from the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science helps faculty pursue innovative, collaborative research.
- - Student raises money to improve isolated Ecuadorean community's access to education
    When undergraduate Matt Lacey visited Ecuador last summer as part of Virginia Tech’s Tropical Biology and Conservation in Ecuador course, he was struck by the beauty of the place: the lush cloud forests, brightly colored birds, and strange nocturnal mammals. But even more, he was struck by the people.
- - Mathematics' Julianne Chung to use NSF CAREER grant to help scientists obtain real-time solutions
    Chung, an assistant professor of mathematics is using a five-year, $400,000 National Science Foundation CAREER grant to advance mathematical theory and create new tools to cut the costs and time scientists spend in research.
- - Center for Autism Research to host symposium on technology, education, and clinical care for autism
    The Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research will host a one-day symposium Sept. 15 in Falls Church, Virginia.
- - Theoretical physicist Nigel Goldenfeld is fourth speaker in J. Mark Sowers Distinguished Lecture Series
    The Virginia Tech College of Science opens its J. Mark Sowers Distinguished Lecture Series for the fall 2017 semester on Sept. 14 with Professor Nigel D. Goldenfeld, a theoretical physicist.
- - College of Science collecting eclipse glasses
    The Virginia Tech College of Science is collecting eclipse glasses for a worthy cuase
- - Neuroscience marks end of inaugural summer research experience for 18 undergraduate students
    The School of Neuroscience recently finished its inaugural Summer Research Program, providing 18 Virginia Tech undergraduate students with 10 weeks of "hands-on, minds-on" research experience with faculty.
- - Virginia Tech team develops novel 3-D printed high-performance polymer that could be used in space
    Virginia Tech researchers have created a novel way to 3-D print the type of high-temperature polymer materials commonly used to insulate space craft and satellites from extreme heat and cold.
- - Virginia Tech Life Science Seminar Series launches Sept. 1
    The talks, open to the public, will take place from 12:20 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. on Fridays in the renovated Fralin Auditorium at 102 Fralin Hall.
- - Virginia Tech paleobiologists to host dinosaur fossil unpacking party
    The scientists invite the public to join them from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 31, at the Museum of Geosciences in 2062 Derring Hall for an unpacking party.

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