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- - Amanda Morris receives Presidential Principles of Community Award
    Morris is dedicated to serving as a role model and increasing diversity in the research enterprise of the Department of Chemistry.
- - Ann Stevens receives William E. Wine Award for Teaching Excellence
    Since joining the Virginia Tech faculty in 1997, Stevens has contributed to essentially all facets of education.
- - Alma Robinson receives Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching
    Robinson came to Virginia Tech to help recruit and train the next generation of high school physics teachers.
- - Jeannine Eddleton receives Sporn Award for Teaching Introductory Subjects
    Eddleton has continually been an asset to the Department of Chemistry, part of the College of Science. For the past 20 years, she has been the sole instructor of Chemistry in Context, the introductory chemistry course for non-science majors.
- - Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets sets Change of Command Parade for April 28
    The pass in review on the Drillfield will honor the class of 2018 and usher in the class of 2019 as the new cadet commanders of the regiment.
- - Biological Sciences’ Fred Benfield honored with emeritus status by the Board of Visitors
    Benfield, a professor of ecology and alumnus in the Department of Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech, has been a member of the university community since 1971.
- - Chemistry researcher developing new computational methods of modeling complex molecules
    Nick Mayhall in the Department of Chemistry wants to develop new computational modeling programs to help scientists study so-called “strongly correlated” molecules that have thus far been difficult to pin down.
- - MII honors the late Garth L. Wilkes with new Interdisciplinary Scholar Awards
    Wilkes was professor emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering and one of the top polymer researchers of his time.
- - Crowdfunding project aimed at creating autism-friendly environments
    The crowdfunding campaign for SAFE: Supporting Autism Friendly Environments will conclude just before midnight on April 26.
- - Launch of NASA’s All-Sky Satellite Mission takes space exploration to the next level, says expert
    With the expected launch of NASA’s new Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) this week, Virginia Tech astronomical science expert Nahum Arav says the all-sky survey mission is an important step forward that will enable space explorers to discover thousands of exoplanets around nearby bright stars.
- - Triple major, undergraduate researcher Arianna Krinos wins 2018 Goldwater Scholarship
    Krinos is majoring in biological sciences, computational modeling and data analytics, and computer science.
- - Compounds found in grapes, dark chocolate, coffee, and blueberries can be used to treat depression
    The finding — from a study published by a Virginia Tech researcher — does not mean that people who suffer from depression should eat a bar of dark chocolate or drink a bottle of red wine as self-treatment.
- - Department of Economics launches new study abroad undergraduate research program between Blacksburg and Peru
    The Virginia Tech Department of Economics is teaming with Peru’s Universidad de Piura for a new undergraduate summer research exchange program that focuses on how behavioral economics can inform public policymaking on such topics as environment, health, technology, and education.
- - Researchers discover new mechanism of antibiotic resistance in leprosy and tuberculosis
    Knowledge of this mechanism will ultimately allow researchers to design more effective drugs to treat these diseases.
- - Geosciences’ Michelle Stocker seeks evolutionary story behind snake-like animals that use heads to burrow
    Geosciences' Michelle Stocker is mapping the evolution of animals that use their heads to dig into the ground.
- - Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen to speak at Virginia Tech
    Sen, the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor at Harvard University, will discuss democracy and elections on April 18.
- - Undergraduate phage hunters showcase research in University Libraries exhibit
    From local soil to a global database, new viruses have been uncovered, analyzed, and recorded by undergraduate researchers in Virginia Tech’s College of Science.
- - Statistics’ Leah Johnson seeks to improve quantitative models for fighting diseases in humans, trees
    Johnson, an assistant professor in the College of Science, will use a $700,000 National Science Foundation CAREER grant to help fight deadly diseases by using mathematical and statistical modeling.
- - Leading polymer research on display at MII's technical conference
    The Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII) will showcase its accomplishments in novel polymeric materials research and cutting-edge advanced manufacturing at its annual technical conference and review from April 16-18.
- - Land managers, scientists, educators, and policymakers invited to tackle invasive species April 23
    Land managers, educators, policymakers, and researchers from various fields—including ecology, biology, entomology, plant pathology, policy, and the social sciences—are invited to collaborate later this month to address issues surrounding invasive species in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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