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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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In one hour, professor's surface coating inactivates virus that causes COVID-19 , articleFear runs rampant nowadays when it comes to touching common surfaces because of the rapid spread of the coronavirus. William Ducker, a Virginia Tech professor, has found a solution.
Date: Jul 14, 2020 -
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Geosciences’ Marc Michel switches from nanoparticles to 3D printing nasal swabs , articleMichel, an associate professor of geosciences, diverged from his normal path to lead a project involving numerous Virginia Tech faculty, alumni, and specialists from Carilion Clinic to use 3D printing to create nasopharyngeal swabs during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Date: Jul 14, 2020 -
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Mathematics’ Estrella Johnson named director of inclusion and diversity for College of Science , articleOne of Johnson's first initiatives will be to work with the college’s Diversity Committee, department chairs, and faculty and student organizations in order to draft action-focused diversity implementation plans.
Date: Jul 14, 2020 -
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SCHEV approves new Ph.D. program in School of Neuroscience , articleBy the time it is fully operational, the number of total students in the program, set to launch in fall 2021, will be about 24. The program requires a minimum of 96 credit hours of coursework and research.
Date: Jul 13, 2020 -
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Innovations in science and engineering lead to 3D printed latex rubber breakthrough , articleThis novel process could unlock the ability to 3D print a variety of elastic materials with complex geometric shapes.
Date: Jul 13, 2020 -
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In memoriam: Robert Wheeler, professor emeritus of Department of Mathematics , articleWheeler taught mathematics courses at all levels for 31 years and served on multiple Virginia Tech committees and commissions.
Date: Jul 09, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech scientists developing new strategy to thwart Alzheimer’s , articleSupported by a new, five-year, $2.8 million National Institutes of Health grant awarded to Harald Sontheimer, a glial neurobiologist at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, scientists are probing changes caused by aging in the circulatory system in the normal brain and Alzheimer’s disease brain.
Date: Jul 07, 2020 -
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Board of Visitors honors chemistry’s David G.I. Kingston with emeritus status , articleKingston, University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in the College of Science and a member of the Virginia Tech community since 1971, made significant contributions to biodiversity conservation, drug development, and natural products research.
Date: Jul 06, 2020 -
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iTHRIV requests proposals for NIH-funded pilot grants , articleThe Clinical and Translational Science Award partnership between Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, Carilion Clinic, and Inova Health System is now accepting applications for the 12-month Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies Program.
Date: Jul 01, 2020
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