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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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Students showcase summer research at the 2020 OUR Virtual Symposium , articleStudent researchers, representing Virginia Tech and other Virginia universities, embraced the virtual environment and helped pioneer a new format for delivering research for future conference participants.
Date: Aug 17, 2020 -
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Librarian investigates university and industry links to grow Virginia Tech’s societal impact , articleConnie Stovall’s position in the University Libraries started out as a few side projects after a conversation between University Libraries Dean Tyler Walters and Brandy Salmon, associate vice president for innovation and partnerships and managing director for the new Innovation Campus.
Date: Aug 14, 2020 -
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Animal Model Research for Veterinarians Ph.D. training program awarded NIH grant , articleThe Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine is among a relatively small group of veterinary colleges awarded a T32 grant to train post-D.V.M. veterinarians in biomedical research.
Date: Aug 11, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech COVID-19 lab ready to test thousands of student samples , articleStarting this week, as students begin to return to campus for the fall semester, the lab’s capacity of 1,000 tests per day will also be dedicated to Virginia Tech students and employees in high-contact roles.
Date: Aug 09, 2020 -
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D. Sarah Stamps receives $625,000 NSF CAREER grant to study role of volcanism in continental rifting , articleStamps, an assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences, has received a five-year Faculty Early Career Development Program award to investigate early phase continental rifting at the Natron Rift in Tanzania.
Date: Aug 06, 2020 -
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Physics professor authors tutorial to introduce polymer researchers to neutron scattering spectroscopy , articleNeutron scattering spectroscopy is a unique technique that allows scientists the ability to selectively view different aspects of a polymer sample, on the nanoscale, to better understand structure-property-function relationships.
Date: Aug 06, 2020 -
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Researchers: What’s in oilfield wastewater matters for injection-induced earthquakes , articleAccording to this new theory, the density difference between wastewater and deep basement fluids is much more important for induced earthquake occurrence than was previously known.
Date: Aug 05, 2020 -
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Biology student boosts sustainability efforts through green lab certification , articleHome to more than 1,200 laboratories, Virginia Tech strives to solve the world’s most complex problems by connecting brilliant minds with powerful technology. But at the end of the day, every researcher is facing the same challenge: copious amounts of laboratory waste.
Date: Aug 04, 2020 -
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Students advance sustainable change, new growth experiences in Climate Action Commitment update , articleStudents have been key contributors in the ongoing Virginia Tech Climate Action Commitment revision process and have had the unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in sustainability and invaluable professional development opportunities.
Date: Aug 03, 2020 -
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Michael Hughes recognized for discoveries in the sociology field , articleThe sociology professor’s research on a range of topics — including culture, race, and mental health — has made him an ideal candidate for the Southern Sociological Society’s highest honor.
Date: Jul 30, 2020 -
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Multiuniversity partnership receives $23 million NSF grant to accelerate U.S. research on glycomaterials , articleA new research hub will support computer-aided design and modeling of glycomaterials through a virtual user facility that will provide critical tools and services to the scientific community.
Date: Jul 29, 2020 -
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Mathematics' Lauren Childs models the role of testing for COVID-19 outbreaks , articleChilds had followed reports released by government health agencies around the world, and realized that communities would need much more information about who was being tested, who was not, and how many of the untested could be carriers of the virus.
Date: Jul 27, 2020 -
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Pandemic forces Virginia Tech’s Autism Clinic to go online, opening new ways to help more families than ever , articleIn the face of novel coronavirus pandemic, the Virginia Tech Autism Clinic — headed by Angela Scarpa, a professor in the Department of Psychology — moved all in-person consultations, therapy, and diagnostic assessments to a secure, online format.
Date: Jul 27, 2020 -
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Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens to tackle infectious diseases , articleThe center will be administratively established as an institute-level center in the Fralin Life Science Institute and will include faculty participants from at least seven colleges and more than 25 departments on campus.
Date: Jul 27, 2020 -
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Researchers use cell imaging and mathematical modeling to understand cancer progression , articleUsing a combination of experiments and mathematical modeling, a team of researchers from the Department of Biological Sciences and the Fralin Life Sciences Institute are beginning to unravel the mechanisms that lie behind tetraploidy - a chromosomal abnormality that is often found in malignant tumors.
Date: Jul 17, 2020 -
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From Hokie researchers to your home: science activities for kids to do this summer , articleScience doesn’t take place just in a lab or field station — discoveries can happen anywhere. For the curious kids out there, affiliated faculty members of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute give their suggestions for fun science experiments and activities to do this summer.
Date: Jul 17, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech’s MBA can help new graduates sharpen skills, add credentials , articleVirginia Tech’s part-time Evening MBA, based in the university’s Northern Virginia Center in metro Washington, D.C., has attracted many Hokies with undergraduate degrees for several reasons, said MBA programs director Dana Hansson.
Date: Jul 16, 2020 -
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College of Science launches Academy of Data Science to help meet demand for data scientists , articleTom Woteki has been named founding director of the Academy of Data Science, a new program within the College of Science.
Date: Jul 15, 2020 -
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TECH Together Campaign wants students to create innovative campus solutions , articleThe Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Seed Fund has initiated a campus-wide competition open to Virginia Tech students, seeking proposals for creative, innovative, and integrated solutions for a safe reopening of Virginia Tech campuses this fall.
Date: Jul 14, 2020
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