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- - Biocomplexity Institute researchers take Celldance film festival by storm
    Daniela Cimini and her laboratory are one of three finalists chosen by the American Society of Cell Biology to showcase their research in a dramatic video at the film festival.
- - Virginia Tech geoscientists size-up early dinosaurs, find surprising variation
    The study focused on the skeletal changes that occurred during growth in the small carnivorous dinosaur Coelophysis.
- - Ten years old, Myers-Lawson School of Construction is breaking new ground in industry leadership
    Co-founding donors A. Ross Myers and John R. Lawson II reflect on 10 successful years of the Myers-Lawson School of Construction and the bright future ahead.
- - Ben Davenport Jr., Andy Morikawa to deliver 2016 fall commencement addresses
    The university-wide ceremony begins with a procession at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 16, and the Graduate School ceremony begins with a procession at 2:30 p.m.
- - A doctor’s care is a balance of skill and empathy for Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine student
    Alyssa Savelli has wanted to be a doctor for as long as she can remember. When she was 5, she would watch open heart surgery on the Discovery Health Channel.
- - A letter from President Tim Sands on the Beyond Boundaries final report
    As noted in a letter to the university community last spring, the Beyond Boundaries work will not sit on a shelf.
- - Harry Dorn reappointed as Dr. A.C. Lilly Jr. Faculty Fellow in Nanoscience
    Dorn has held the Lilly Faculty Fellowship in Nanoscience since 2010. The fellowship was established to provide support for an outstanding faculty member in the field of nanoscience.
- - Gerelt Tserenjigmid named assistant professor in College of Science’s Department of Economics
    Tserenjigmid's research involves microeconomic theory, decision theory, behavioral economics, and game theory. He earned his bachelor of arts from the University of Tokyo and master’s and doctoral degrees from the California Institute of Technology.
- - Statistics’ Jeffrey Birch honored with emeritus status
    A member of the university community since 1977, Birch made significant contributions to the field and practice of statistics through his work on robust regression.
- - Cadets chosen to highlight the colors at the Notre Dame game
    Cadets Fiona Rolfes and Mairead Novak will travel with the football team to receive the flags at Saturday’s game.
- - Virginia Tech and CytImmune Sciences create cancer therapy that reduces chemo side effects
    Virginia Tech scientists, teaming with biotech firm CytImmune Sciences, have developed a cancer drug that uses gold nanoparticles and shows promise to be more effective and less harmful to body.
- - Eyvindur Palsson named assistant professor in Department of Mathematics
    Palsson focuses his research on multilinear phenomena in harmonic analysis with applications to partial differential equations and geometric measure theory.
- - Discovery could take the guesswork out of when meds will work best
    A recent discovery by a team of Virginia Tech researchers led by Carla Finkielstein could dramatically improve quality of life for cancer patients, allowing chemotherapeutics to be delivered in timed doses that ensure maximum benefits and minimal negative side effects.
- - Srijn Sengupta named assistant professor in Department of Statistics
    Sengupta's research focuses on cresting new financial derivatives, fit yield curves, and price actuarial products.
- - Virginia Tech researchers explore gigantic volcanic eruptions that caused worldwide mass extinctions
    Esteban Gazel, an assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences, leads research that confirms massive volcanic eruptions that triggered environmental catastrophes and mass extinctions.
- - Professor of mathematics Martin Day honored with emeritus status
    A member of the university community since 1980, Day made significant research contributions in probability and stochastic processes, with applications to control theory.
- - Kids' Tech University sparks next generation’s passion for STEM
    Designed for children ages 9 to 12, Kids’ Tech uses children's curiosity about the world around them to introduce fundamental concepts in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Registration for the 2017 program is now open.
- - Leah Johnson named assistant professor of analytics in Department of Statistics
    Using mathematics and statistics to examine biological systems, Johnson’s research focuses on understanding how environmental conditions can impact the transmission of infectious diseases and how environment impacts the behavior, energetics, and population dynamics of animals.
- - Robert Gramacy named professor in complex stochastic modeling in Department of Statistics
    Gramacy focuses his research on real-data analysis where current solutions are inefficient and thus skimp on fidelity.
- - Lauren M. Childs named assistant professor in Department of Mathematics
    Childs' research includes mathematical and computational models with such applications as the immune system, infectious disease, bacteriophage-host interactions, fish schools, and coupled oscillators.

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