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Lauren Haacke named 2020 Undergraduate of the Year , articleFive years ago, Haacke suffered a traumatic head injury. Now, she is graduating from the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience as the winner of a Fulbright Scholarship and with the honor of being named the 2020 Virginia Tech Undergraduate of the Year.
Date: May 04, 2020 -
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Multifunctional porous carbon fibers show significant promise in capacitive desalination , articleResearchers in the College of Science have developed a material that is up to 40 times faster in desalinating small batches of water than other materials available today.
Date: May 04, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech child psychology expert offers advice for parents discussing job layoff with young children, teens , articleFor parents, explaining the loss of a job to a child is an undeniably difficult task. Tom Ollendick an expert in child psychology and director of the Virginia Tech Child Study Center offers some advice.
Date: May 01, 2020 -
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Class of 2020: Biochemistry and biology major encourages students to gain experience while finding their own way , articleAstrid Meenan has advice for new Virginia Tech students: “Keep an open mind to opportunities. Don’t automatically think it’s not for you or that just ‘other people do that.' Virginia Tech opened so many opportunities for me.”
Date: May 01, 2020 -
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Class of 2020: Ryan Nasser reflects on opportunities that set him on a path to medical school , articleNasser, a senior double majoring in neuroscience and creative writing, is not sure exactly where he will end up, but he knows he is on his way to becoming a physician.
Date: May 01, 2020 -
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In memoriam: Ray Myers, emeritus professor with the Department of Statistics , articleDuring his 44-year long career at Virginia Tech, Myers received numerous teaching and research awards, authored more than six textbooks (one in several languages), directly advised 42 doctoral students, and mentored many more, including his own children, Billy and Julie.
Date: Apr 30, 2020 -
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Field laboratory investigates development of new energy resources in Central Appalachia , articleThe deep-well exploration project aims to characterize and explore deep natural gas resources in Central Appalachia that have the potential to positively impact communities and economies hit hard by downturn in coal.
Date: Apr 28, 2020 -
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DataFest canceled? No problem: CMDA program and corporate sponsor pull together their own event , articleWhen the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the American Statistical Association to cancel this year’s annual DataFest, it seemed like another hands-on opportunity that some Virginia Tech students would miss out on this spring. Then, Socially Determined, a data company founded by Virginia Tech alumni, stepped in to help.
Date: Apr 28, 2020 -
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Seed funding for junior faculty launches new projects , articleAwards from the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science support new interdisciplinary projects, ranging from wireless charging for unmanned vehicles to the effects of microplastics on fish.
Date: Apr 27, 2020 -
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Economists: Stay-at-home orders under COVID-19 have slashed United States’ GDP by nearly $1.2 trillion , articleVirginia Tech economists in a new paper have found that the output loss in the United States’ GDP hit roughly $1.156 trillion from March 19 to April 15, a 26 percent drop of total U.S. output from the same fiscal period last year. Divided by the current U.S. population of 328.2 million, the loss per person is averaged at about $3,521 during this period.
Date: Apr 24, 2020 -
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Grant funds research on community-level intervention to address opioid overdoses , articleThrough community partnerships and grassroots engagement efforts, Connection 2 Care plans to facilitate peer-to-peer counseling and distribute backpack kits containing life-saving resources to those most at risk of opioid overdoses in the Roanoke area.
Date: Apr 24, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech researchers develop new COVID-19 tests to combat backlogs, shortages , articleVirginia Tech scientists have developed a new COVID-19 test and secured federal and state approvals to immediately begin processing samples at on-campus labs in Blacksburg and Roanoke.
Date: Apr 22, 2020 -
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Media Advisory: Falling CO2 levels and the impact of the coronavirus lockdown , articleThe reduction in carbon dioxide emissions during the 2020 pandemic may provide the industrialized world a sense of the scale of the challenge in the face of rising climate change and increasing heat levels.
Date: Apr 21, 2020 -
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Marching as one: Virginia Tech band connects virtually in ‘Tech Triumph’ video , articleThe band marches on in an extraordinary rendition of one of Virginia Tech’s most famous fight songs.
Date: Apr 20, 2020 -
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Online commencement details announced , articleVirginia Tech will celebrate the Class of 2020 during online commencement exercises Friday, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. ET. The first-of-its-kind event will feature inspirational messages from notable Hokies, including Miss America 2020 Camille Schrier, legendary defensive coordinator Bud Foster, and world-renowned poet and University Distinguished Professor Nikki Giovanni.
Date: Apr 14, 2020 -
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Shifting routines, new work spaces, WiFi overload - Hokie parents, students adjust to life under one roof , articleAs college students return home to finish spring semester classes online due to COVID-19, families are forced to adapt on the fly. After all, this isn’t just a week of spring break or a summerlong stay.
Date: Apr 13, 2020 -
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From the folds: Students create art as old as paper itself (with a how-to video) , articleBefore COVID-19, Virginia Tech’s Origami Club met weekly in Squires Student Center to fold paper together. Now, the group plans to have virtual meetings via Zoom to practice origami.
Date: Apr 10, 2020 -
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In memoriam: Raymond Dessy, emeritus professor in the Department of Chemistry , articleDessy was known for his mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students.
Date: Apr 09, 2020 -
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Connect with the natural world by observing the birds outside your window , articleAs Virginians contribute to our national collective effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 through social distancing, a simple window or short walk offers an opportunity to connect to the rhythms of the natural world by observing common bird species.
Date: Apr 08, 2020 -
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Expert webinar discusses COVID-19 impact, signs of resilience , articleVirginia Tech’s university motto, expressing the Hokie service ethic, offers a path forward during the pandemic. Staying home and limiting shopping trips helps to protect service workers and those who are more vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus.
Date: Apr 07, 2020
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