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Virginia Tech team aims to make space local and brings home top prize at competition , articleVirginia Tech's undergraduate student team’s selfie from space proposal was hailed by the judging panel for the novelty of its concept and its technical approach of testing LCD screens in space.
Date: Nov 12, 2019 -
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Srijan Sengupta awarded NIH grant to study unstructured data that can improve patient safety , articleSengupta, assistant professor of statistics in the College of Science and a faculty member at the Discovery Analytics Center, received a Research Project Grant to develop methods to analyze detailed information that spans multiple categories and can be more valuable in identifying an event than just checking off a category.
Date: Nov 12, 2019 -
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Virginia Tech’s global impact grows with expansion of Chile center , articleStudent internships, grants for faculty projects, and convenient access to Chilean Patagonia for research are among new opportunities.
Date: Nov 07, 2019 -
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Undergraduate Academic Affairs announces promotions within undergraduate education team , articleKeri Swaby moves to director of undergraduate research, Kara Latopolski to director of undergraduate academic integrity, and Rachel Kinzer Corell to communication manager for undergraduate academic programs.
Date: Nov 05, 2019 -
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Chemical engineering students win four global competition awards , articleThe American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has awarded Virginia Tech chemical engineering students four top awards in global competitions. Students and faculty will be honored at the 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida on Nov. 10-15, 2019.
Date: Oct 29, 2019 -
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New religion and culture major brings together the humanities and public service , articleThe university’s motto is the basis behind the Department of Religion and Culture’s new major in humanities for public service.
Date: Oct 22, 2019 -
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Leading aging, vision experts to keynote international precision neuroscience conference in Roanoke this spring , articleNeuroscientists, physicians, and graduate students from across the world will gather at the Precision Neuroscience Conference hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke, Virginia, in May.
Date: Oct 14, 2019 -
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Virginia Tech researchers develop smart prosthetic sockets to improve comfort and performance , articleWith a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers will study volume loss and develop smart prosthetic sockets to improve comfort and performance in prostheses.
Date: Oct 08, 2019 -
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Science students invite celebrated nanoscientist to campus for guest lecture , articleWhen an opportunity arose for undergraduate students in the Virginia Tech College of Science’s Academy of Integrated Science to invite a speaker to campus, they didn’t hesitate in their first choice: renowned nanomedicine scientist Joy Wolfram.
Date: Sep 10, 2019 -
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Engineering students win $25,000 in international product-pitching competition , articleAn exoskeleton concept put Maroon Assistive Technologies in first place in the Virginia Tech Global Entrepreneur Challenge, a pitch competition won last year by a student team from Chile.
Date: Sep 02, 2019 -
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Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow studies methane-producing microorganisms , articleThe Fralin SURF program is a 10-week training program designed to give motivated Virginia Tech undergraduates the opportunity to engage in full-time research and related professional development activities that mirror graduate training.
Date: Aug 23, 2019 -
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Students’ summer research experience focuses on forest ecological assessment , articleThe students gained valuable experience while collecting a range of data in a patch of forest on the edge of the Blacksburg campus.
Date: Aug 21, 2019 -
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Industrial designers and biomedical engineers team up to address unmet needs of wounded veterans , articleThanks to a grant from the National Institutes of Health, students will soon be able to enroll in a course that combines the unique skillsets of both disciplines to identify health care needs of wounded veterans in clinical settings.
Date: Aug 09, 2019 -
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Virginia Tech Hyperloop team appears at fourth pod competition , articleAfter a year of designing and fabricating their pod, seven Hokies flew out to Los Angeles for the competition, including a recent graduate and two graduate students who served as advisors to the team.
Date: Jul 22, 2019 -
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Student-built satellites deployed into orbit from the International Space Station , articleThe data and measurements will give researchers a better, more accurate modeling of atmospheric conditions in low orbit, as well as provide opportunities for students to gain experience in networking, cloud computing, and network storage.
Date: Jul 18, 2019 -
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iTHRIV research portal now open for faculty, students , articleThe integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) portal is a new tool available to researchers and students at Virginia Tech who are interested in conducting research that will improve health outcomes across the commonwealth.
Date: Jul 15, 2019 -
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Aerospace engineering team earns second place honors with lunar transportation vehicle design , articleThe competition is considered a “win-win” for all parties as the students bring excitement and energy, and provide NASA a fresh perspective in solving existing engineering challenges.
Date: Jul 12, 2019 -
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Students use undergraduate research to explore disabilities in new Pathways minor , articleLaura Beaudet, a junior psychology major, has aspirations for a career in special education. Through her pursuit of a Pathways minor in disabilities studies, she has learned a great deal about herself and the people around her.
Date: Jul 10, 2019 -
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Website offers insights into the history of African American perspectives on the Fourth of July , articleWhen first-year history majors enrolled in an introductory course, little did they know the end product would be a public history project documenting how African Americans perceived Independence Day through articles published in seven historic black newspapers.
Date: Jul 02, 2019 -
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Carla Finkielstein and team honored with award for research into circadian rhythms and cancer , articleA team of Virginia Tech researchers led by Finkielstein, an associate professor in the College of Science, has been honored with the 2019 J. Shelton Horsley Research Award from the Virginia Academy of Science.
Date: Jun 25, 2019
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