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‘The Land Speaks’ exhibit transformed into virtual experience , articleThe main goal of the exhibit is to spread the story of the Monacan Indian Nation. This federally recognized tribe includes more than 2,300 members and has a continuous, thousand-year-old history and presence in the area that is now Amherst County in central Virginia.
Date: Jul 06, 2020 -
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Academic advisor Vern Ferguson helps guide students through difficult transitions , articleSchool of Architecture + Design academic advisor Vern Ferguson’s commitment to guiding students has always been appreciated, even under normal circumstances. But his efforts have become all the more important in the wake of COVID-19.
Date: Jul 02, 2020 -
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Lara Khansa named Sonny Merryman Inc. Professor , articleKhansa ranks among the top 50 researchers worldwide for research productivity in the information systems field and top 10 in the world for publications in the Journal of Management Information Systems, one of Pamplin’s elite journals.
Date: Jul 02, 2020 -
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Rajesh Bagchi named R.B. Pamplin Professor of Marketing , articleBagchi studies the psychological processes that underlie consumer and managerial decision-making. His research focuses on three areas: how numerical markers influence consumer judgments and behaviors, how consumers form pricing judgments, and how consumers can be nudged into making eco-friendly decisions.
Date: Jul 01, 2020 -
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Meet Virginia Tech's first cohort of undergraduate biomedical engineering students , articleThe new biomedical engineering undergraduate program is underway with 40 second-year College of Engineering students who began the degree this past fall. Students in this program will be trained to bridge the gap between traditional medicine and technology.
Date: Jun 30, 2020 -
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Delegation represents Virginia Tech at annual U.N. climate change conference , articleTwo undergraduate students accompanied four faculty members to the conference in Madrid in December.
Date: Jun 25, 2020 -
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A new meaning of 'home' for Hokies , articleVirginia Tech students are leading the design on key areas of the Creativity and Innovation District residence halls. When the buildings open for residents in the fall of 2021, student designs will come to life in three areas: the student lounge, faculty apartment, and makerspace.
Date: Jun 25, 2020 -
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Kray Luxbacher named head of Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering , articleLuxbacher, the C.T. Holland Professor of Mining and Minerals Engineering, joined the department as an assistant professor in 2008 after working in professional positions in both the mining industry and academia.
Date: Jun 24, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech adopts Common App for fall 2020 admissions , articleWith the addition of the Common App, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions continues its momentum in evolving an application process that eliminates barriers and makes a college education more attainable for more students.
Date: Jun 22, 2020 -
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Two Virginia Tech teams win awards at Solar Decathlon competition for renewable energy designs , articleThe U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Design Challenge was even more difficult his year because students completed their projects and competed remotely after the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to return home.
Date: Jun 16, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech students find timely parallels between the coronavirus pandemic and the 1918 influenza pandemic , articleStudents in a Virginia Tech history course presented in-depth research on the 1918 flu pandemic in a National Library of Medicine videocast as part of the library’s ongoing partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Date: Jun 16, 2020 -
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Academic Advising Academy cohort finds new ways to support students, each other despite pandemic , articleOffered through Academic Advising Initiatives, the Academic Advising Academy is a semester-long hybrid training and development program for academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
Date: Jun 15, 2020 -
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Feminist activism goes online to support a home for abandoned children , articleA sociology class in feminist activism took its fundraiser online to support Aarti for Girls in Kadapa, India.
Date: Jun 12, 2020 -
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Natural resources faculty use innovation and engagement to adapt to new online education space , article“We want to encourage [our students] that we’ll all get through this, so 30 years from now they’ll be telling their kids about the time when they had to watch their professor stumbling around in a creek trying to catch a fish.”
Date: Jun 10, 2020 -
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College of Science student selected as associate editor for prestigious undergraduate research publication , articleOlti Myrtaj says the decision to do undergraduate research was an easy one, in no small part because he enjoys asking questions and autonomously exploring problems. He has big plans to expand accessibility for those interested in physics and mathematics research.
Date: Jun 10, 2020 -
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President Tim Sands announces plans for 2020 fall semester , articleHundreds of individuals and several working groups and task forces — at the university, in our communities, and at the state level — have contributed to the shaping of fall plans for all Virginia Tech locations. Although the plans we present here will continue to evolve over the summer with additional input and data, significant elements are firm, and it is now time for our students, faculty, and staff to shift from planning to preparation.
Date: Jun 08, 2020 -
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion top priorities for new assistant dean of College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences , articleShaila Mehra will lead inclusion and diversity initiatives within the college.
Date: Jun 03, 2020 -
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Board of Visitors approves tuition freeze, preliminary 2020-21 university budget , articleIn other news, the board approved a resolution to establish a new Bachelor of Science degree program in behavioral decision science.
Date: Jun 02, 2020 -
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Aerospace engineering labs continue on through faculty’s creative approach , articleJust how do you make a hands-on laboratory experience possible through remote learning? Faculty and research associates rose to the challenge and created an engaging, interactive laboratory experience in the Stability Wind Tunnel.
Date: Jun 02, 2020 -
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Recipients selected for inaugural Undergraduate Research Excellence Award , articleThis year’s Dennis Dean Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Conference, a day-long celebration of student research, offered students the opportunity to gain experience communicating their research or creative scholarship while engaging faculty and other students on an online platform.
Date: Jun 01, 2020
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