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Story Name
Date
Researchers witness assembly of molecules critical to protein functionJune 17, 2008
Researchers suggest road to better health just a mouse click awayMay 28, 2008
Ten graduate students named 2008 ICTAS Doctoral ScholarsMay 22, 2008
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute graduate assistant awarded prestigious scholarship from College of ScienceMay 8, 2008
College of Science announces Outstanding Graduating Senior award recipientApril 30, 2008
Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships awarded to three Virginia Tech studentsApril 30, 2008
Geoscientist named international fellowApril 28, 2008
University Honors program students honored as 2008 undergraduate man and woman of the year
(both majoring in the College of Science)
April 21, 2008
Faculty members honored with annual students' choice awardsApril 9, 2008
Clarence Wayne Patty honored with emeritus statusApril 4, 2008
Duncan M. Porter honored with emeritus statusApril 4, 2008
Chemists awarded international innovation grantApril 2, 2008
Mercury's shifting, rolling pastMarch 28, 2008
Nanoscience will change the way we think about the worldMarch 21, 2008
Students, faculty, and staff devote a day of giving back to the communityMarch 20, 2008
Physicist to discuss science, media, and the paranormal universeMarch 18, 2008
Physicists and engineers search for new dimensionMarch 17, 2008
Undergraduate researchers to present at third annual Meeting of the Minds conferenceMarch 17, 2008
Virginia Tech Stream Team contributes to national studyMarch 13, 2008
Geoscientist in College of Science awarded international medalMarch 10, 2008
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Mayo Clinic investigate link between fungal proteins, innate immunity, and asthmaMarch 3, 2008
Two oxygenation events in ancient oceans sparked spread of complex life

February 28, 2008

Unique Martian formation reproduced, reveals brief bursts of waterFebruary 21, 2008
USA Today honors Virginia Tech's Christine George as an All-USA College Academic First Team member  February 14, 2008
Biologists use computers to study bacterial cell divisionJanuary 28, 2008
Ground-breaking research connects cognition and emotion developmentJanuary 7, 2008
Virginia Tech researchers headline ICTAS Spring Seminar SeriesJanuary 7, 2008
Paleontologists say two explosive evolutionary events shaped early history of multicellular lifeJanuary 4, 2008
ICTAS offers seminar seriesJanuary 2, 2008
Research yields promising results in computational quantum chemical methods for drug developmentJanuary 2, 2008
National Science Foundation Fellow aims to decipher how animals form complex skeletal structuresDecember 11, 2007
Between water and rock: A new science calls into question water analysis results, bioremediation impactsDecember 5, 2007
E. Scott Geller, Michael F. Hochella to deliver keynote addresses at 2007 Fall Commencement ceremoniesDecember 4, 2007
Tree named in honor of Virginia Tech chemist David G.I. KingstonNovember 30, 2007
Virginia Tech launches corporate partners program in biological sciencesNovember 27, 2007
University researcher says wildfires, posttraumatic stress disorder relatedNovember 26, 2007
Hochella receives top honor in American Association for the Advancement of ScienceNovember 19, 2007
Geophysics researchers increase computing resourcesOctober 24, 2007
College of Science researchers suggest road to better health just a mouse click awayOctober 8, 2007
First female private space explorer to speak at Virginia TechSeptember 28, 2007
Virginia Tech study reveals predation-evolution linkSeptember 11, 2007
College of Science names new associate deanSeptember 07, 2007
George William Claus honored with emeritus statusSeptember 07, 2007
Thomas A. Jenssen honored with emeritus statusSeptember 07, 2007
Stephen E. Scheckler honored with emeritus statusSeptember 07, 2007
Robert S. Schulman honored with emeritus statusSeptember 07, 2007
J. Arthur Snoke honored with emeritus statusSeptember 07, 2007
James K. Washenberger honored with emeritus statusSeptember 07, 2007
College of Science's Kingston, McGrath take home top chemical society awardsSeptember 5, 2007
Researchers detect low-energy neutrinos and probe energy production in the center of the sunSeptember 3, 2007
Radio diary follows geochemist as he tracks the movement of heavy metalsAugust 24, 2007
Researchers explain how food packaging that provides visibility can reduce shelf lifeAugust 22, 2007
Reliable, fast simulations of complex events is goal of Virginia Tech mathematician's NSF Career awardAugust 7, 2007
Freeing children from fear: A Virginia Tech psychologist works through his clinic to end specific phobias
Richmond Times Dispatch
July 26, 2007
Future scientists present their research at Steppin' Out August 3July 26, 2007
Virginia Tech among eight schools working to increase underrepresented students pursuing science and engineeringJune 28, 2007
Michael Hochella appointed University Distinguished ProfessorJune 27, 2007
Larry Taylor honored with emeritus statusJune 22, 2007
Biological sciences professor recognized for diversity contributionsJune 18, 2007
ICTAS announces thrust on nano-biomaterialsJune 14, 2007
Three College of Science faculty members win teaching awardsJune 13, 2007
Sinnott awarded Goldwater ScholarshipMay 17, 2007
Lecture to explore the space-time continuumMay 16, 2007
Senior awarded National Science Foundation fellowshipMay 11, 2007
Four universities collaborate to synthesize new materials, nanoscale devicesMay 1 , 2007
Mefford, Artis named 2007 Graduate Man and Woman of the YearApril 25, 2007
Two honored as 2007 Undergraduate Man and Woman of the YearApril 24, 2007
MiniBooNE Experiment Named one of Top Ten Stories in Physics for 2007April 18, 2007
Virginia Tech scientists help clarify the mystery of sterile neutrinosApril 13, 2007
Virginia Tech announces the College of Science Outstanding Senior AwardApril 13, 2007
Favorite Faculty nominees to be honored at receptionApril 9, 2007
Soy-based product explored as non-toxic substitute for important but toxic reactive compoundMarch 28, 2007
Bacterial response to oxidation studied as toxin barometerMarch 27, 2007
Thomas Ward honored with emeritus statusMarch 27, 2007
Symposium focuses on helping children embrace scienceMarch 13, 2007
Two student leaders coordinate statewide residence life conferenceMarch 9, 2007
Partnership with Montgomery Schools trains teachers in water quality management exercisesMarch 8, 2007
Undergraduate bioengineers to participate in international competitionMarch 2, 2007
Indian oil executives to attend energy, business programsFebruary 19, 2007
Artists invited to exhibit art for consideration in new buildingFebruary 7, 2007
System X supercomputer provides super tool for simulation of cell divisionFebruary 5, 2007
Who laid the first egg? An updateJanuary 24, 2007
Teachers share their passion for undergraduate instructionJanuary 11, 2007
U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research awards physics professorJanuary 11, 2007
Geoscientist named Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceJanuary 5, 2007
Physicist named Fellow in the American Physical SocietyJanuary 5, 2007
To walk with the animals, talk with the animals (Research Magazine)January, 2007
Key facts related to joint medical schoolJanuary 3, 2007
Virginia Tech, Carilion will create joint medical school in RoanokeJanuary 3, 2007
Scientists uncover speedometer for crystal growth controlled by biomolecule propertiesDecember 13, 2006
Tearing down the fungal cell wallDecember 6, 2006
Professor's work offers children, families hope after tragic eventsNovember 6 , 2006
Stephens named chair of psychology departmentNovember 3 , 2006
Ancestor of modern trees preserves record of ancient climate changeNovember 2 , 2006
Virginia Tech to become demonstration site for world-class scientific equipmentOctober 27 , 2006
Was there water on Mars long enough for the origination of life?October 19 , 2006
Schmittmann to lead physics departmentOctober 18 , 2006
Possible evidence of cell division, differentiation found in oldest known embryo fossilsOctober 12 , 2006
College of Science presents discussion about file sharing, constitutional rights, and the lawSeptember 22 , 2006
What's next for gene therapy? Virginia Tech plastics researchers design polymer macromolecules as gene transfer agentsSeptember 13 , 2006
Virginia Tech researchers report that particle size matters to bacteria ability to immobilize heavy metalsSeptember 13 , 2006
Fuel cell membrane materials offer solution for removing salt from waterSeptember 13 , 2006
Virginia Tech chemists create new polymers by adding DNA base pairsSeptember 12 , 2006
Focus on functional materials development shortchanges opportunities for discoverySeptember 11 , 2006
Nobel Laureate keynotes conference on nanomedicine, geriatric care, brain injurySeptember 11 , 2006
Latest fuel cell material advance overcomes low humidity conductivity problemSeptember 10 , 2006
Trauma expert warns Katrina victims' degree of optimism one year later could changeSeptember 5 , 2006
2006 Alumni Award for Excellence in Research
Harry Dorn, Chemistry
August 29 , 2006
2006 Diggs Teaching Scholar Award
Jill Sible, Biological Sciences
August 29 , 2006
2006 President's Award for Excellence
Elizabeth Waterman, Biological Sciences
August 29 , 2006
R. Dean Riess honored with emeritus statusAugust 29 , 2006
Virginia Tech researchers demonstrate that light guides flight of migratory birdsAugust 11 , 2006
Rare stinky plant ready to bloom in biological sciences greenhouseJuly 27, 2006
Virginia Tech student selected to meet Nobel LaureatesJune 23, 2006
Neal Castagnoli honored with emeritus statusJune 13, 2006
Daniel Farkas honored with emeritus statusJune 13, 2006
Jimmy Viers honored with emeritus statusJune 13, 2006
College of Science faculty member bestowed national appointmentJune 12, 2006
Students earn fellowships for environmental researchJune 5, 2006
Jackson to head alumni relations for College of ScienceMay 19, 2006
Virginia Tech, University of Richmond Law School announce joint degree programMay 11 , 2006
Fact Sheet: Virginia Tech / University of Richmond joint B.S./J.D. degree programMay 11 , 2006
Shelby McDonald named 2006 Woman of the YearMay 3 , 2006
Silent auction to benefit local autism servicesApril 18, 2006
Student from College of Science wins Goldwater ScholarshipApril 17, 2006
College of Science announces Outstanding Graduating Senior award recipientApril 14, 2006
Clinical psychology Ph.D. program ranked seventh in nation in research productivityApril 6, 2006
Faculty member from College of Science advises White HouseApril 5, 2006
Two faculty members from the College of Science awarded NSF CAREER grantsMarch 31, 2006
Helen Crawford honored with emeritus status
March 31, 2006
George W. Crofts honored with emeritus status
March 31, 2006
Richard Zallen honored with emeritus status
March 31, 2006
Studies reveal reaction pathways for ozone on organic surfacesMarch 30, 2006
Graduate chemistry student creates material to study tissue growthMarch 26, 2006
Researchers study light activated anticancer drug targeted to DNA using cisplatin like sub-unitsMarch 26, 2006
Professor assists White House
March 22, 2006
Finney named associate dean of Virginia Tech's College of ScienceMarch 17, 2006

Corporate gift to Department of Biological Sciences creates mutual benefits

March 10, 2006
Lay Nam Chang reappointed dean of the College of ScienceMarch 8 , 2006
Corporate donor renews chemistry department postdoctoral fellowship fundFebruary 20, 2006
Geller to discuss lessons from 35-year career as behavioral scientistFebruary 16, 2006
Biologist from College of Science wins Lifetime Achievement in Science Award
January 26, 2006
Scientists develop process for creating biocompatible fibers
January 24, 2006
Tracking a scientist's almost-lost legacyJanuary 18, 2006
Researcher reports more evidence that lightning strike coincides with West Virginia mine explosionJanuary 6, 2006
Virginia Tech Breaks Ground on $36M Life Sciences Research BuildingNovember 28 , 2005
Yuriko and Michael Renardy reappointed to Class of 1950 ProfessorshipsNovember 16, 2005
Focus on distinguished faculty continues this fall
November 9, 2005
College of Science lecture to explore how the sun shinesNovember 8, 2005

Geobiologist in the College of Science wins prestigious Schuchert Award

November 7 , 2005

Virginia Tech researchers create nanoparticle as diagnostic, therapeutic agent; VCU researchers target brain tumor cells

October 19, 2005

Geoscientists resolve inconsistent data on crystal growth, dissolution

October 18, 2005

Virginia Tech geoscientists follow arsenic from chicken feed to streambedsOctober 10, 2005
Virginia Tech biologists use new protocol tracks how land use influences the way streams workOctober 10, 2005
Geologists use biotools to understand geosystems; goal is to control toxin mobilityOctober 9, 2005
Virginia Tech researchers find tiny bubbles a storehouse of knowledgeOctober 9, 2005
Agud receives 2005 University Sporn Award for Teaching Introductory SubjectsSeptember 30, 2005
Foti wins Alumni Award for Excellence in TeachingSeptember 30, 2005
Kohler receives 2005 Alumni Award for Teaching ExcellenceSeptember 30, 2005
Hochella receives Virginia Tech's Alumni Award for Research ExcellenceSeptember 30, 2005
Gary Long receives Virginia Tech's 2005 W.E. Wine Award for Excellence in TeachingSeptember 30, 2005
Virginia Tech radio telescope will search sky for astronomical explosions
September 20, 2005

Chemistry Department Ranks Among Top 30

September 8, 2005
Science experiments will go forward at Kimballton mineJuly 28, 2005
Researchers discover half-billion-year-old fossilsJuly 13, 2005
Virginia Tech to work on reducing danger of malaria
July 5, 2005
Virginia Tech partners in discovery of quark interactionJuly 1, 2005
500 million years of errors: Shells of brachiopods record shadow of arms race in ancient oceans
June 16 , 2005
Mark Pierson named DUSEL project managerMay 24 , 2005
Graduating senior is nation's top-ranked Navy ROTC midshipman
May 23 , 2005
Understanding how bacteria communicate may help scientists prevent diseaseMay 20 , 2005
Evidence of 600-million-year old fungi-algae symbiosis discovered in marine fossilsMay 17 , 2005
William Spillman moves from "emotional diary" to published worksMay 16 , 2005
College of Science names new development directorMay 9 , 2005
Scientists meet in Lugano, share Computational Methods in Drug Design researchMay 5 , 2005
Cranford Receives National Advising AwardApril 26, 2005
Two Students from Virginia Tech’s College of Science Among This Year’s Goldwater ScholarsApril 20, 2005
Lecture to focus on acceleration of expanding universeMarch 29, 2005
AdvanceVT selects Leadership Development Program participants, announces recipients for seed grantsMarch 24, 2005
Renowned political scientist to speakMarch 23, 2005
Benign separation process being advanced for pharmaceutical industryMarch 16, 2005
Medical molecules designed to respond to visible light that can penetrate tissueMarch 15, 2005
Ezra Brown named Alumni Distinguished Professor
March 14, 2005
E. Scott Geller named Alumni Distinguished ProfessorMarch 14, 2005
Governor names three from Virginia Tech among the 2005 Virginia Outstanding Faculty MembersFebruary 15, 2005
Catherine Doss joins College of Science as communications managerFebruary 11, 2005
Virginia Tech Professor Michael F. Hochella Jr. Named Virginia 's Outstanding Scientist 2005February 11, 2005
Sequencing of marine bacterium will help study of cell communicationFebruary 10, 2005
Professors are part of new international scientific magazineFebruary 2, 2005
Graduate School names Anne McNabb associate deanJanuary 20, 2005
Professor electred Fellow of American Physical Society
December 20, 2004
Molecule harvests water's hydrogen
featured in TRNmag.com
December 15, 2004
Scientists harness ruthenium to generate energy featured in Platinum Today at platinum.matthey.comDecember 15, 2004
Symposium honors Paul Ribbe for contributions to mineral and geochemical scienceNovember 30, 2004
For Hokies, a season of cohesion
Va. Tech attributes success to several parts functioning in unity
Richmond Times Dispatch
Potomac News
The News & Advance, Lynchburg
November 25, 2004
NSF grant helps researchers study ways to return plants' defense mechanismsNovember 19, 2004
Professor's paper on brain changes that affect breeding in birds publishedNovember 12, 2004
Jimmy T. Arnold honored as professor emeritusNovember 11, 2004
Researchers tracking sources of arsenic contamination in waterNovember 4, 2004
Are museum collections of ancient life representative?November 3, 2004
Who laid the first egg? Scientists move a step closer to linking embryos of earth's first animals to adult formNovember 3, 2004
Plentiful fossils of dinosaur contemporary allow population studyNovember 3, 2004
Do lead bullets continue to be a hazard after they land?
November 3, 2004
Hurricane Ivan helps Virginia Tech student study sinkholesNovember 2, 2004
Physics Alum is Top Young InnovatorNovember 2, 2004
Community representatives support national lab in Giles CountyOctober 26, 2004
Assessing racial-prejudice technique topic of talk by Virginia Tech alum, professorOctober 25, 2004
Tech proposes a honeycomb of a lab
Giant underground facility in Giles County would be used for advanced research from the Richmond Times Dispatch
October 25, 2004
Virginia Tech proposes national lab in Giles CountyOctober 25, 2004
Women in Mathematics: Career Day at Virginia TechOctober 24, 2004
Virginia Tech shares $3 million grant to study members of the Tree of LifeOctober 14, 2004
Virginia Tech researchers suggest liquid water may have existed on Mars; findings published in NatureOctober 14, 2004
Neuroscientist to discuss sense of smell and why we're indifferent to scentsOctober 7, 2004
East coast lacks necessary ingredients for volcanic activityOctober 5, 2004
Adrian Raine to discuss “Crime, Brain Mechanisms, and Development”  September 30, 2004
Neuroscientist to discuss sense of smell and why we’re indifferent to scentsSeptember 24, 2004
Physics Alum is Top Young InnovatorSeptember 20, 2004
Sheryl Ball, Catherine Eckel, Scott Midkiff receive 2004 team XCaliber AwardSeptember 17, 2004
Harry W. Gibson receives Alumni Award for Research ExcellenceSeptember 17, 2004
Sheryl Ball and Catherine Eckel receive Diggs Teaching Scholar AwardSeptember 16, 2004
Barbara Bunn and Gary Long receive Alumni Award for Outreach ExcellenceSeptember 16, 2004
Ketan Trivedi and Herve Marand receive XCaliber AwardSeptember 16, 2004
Jack Cranford receives Alumni Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic AdvisingSeptember 16, 2004
Virginia Tech alum, astronaut, to discuss space travel and NASA’s space exploration vision BLACKSBURG, Va.September 13, 2004
Light turns on anticancer agentsAugust 24, 2004
Molecular assemblies created to convert water to hydrogen gasAugust 25, 2004
Synthesized molecules studied as weapon to stop cell division in cancer cellsAugust 23, 2004
John J. Broderick honored as professor emeritusAugust 23, 2004
Cahit Coruh honored as professor emeritusAugust 23, 2004
Brian K. Dennison honored as professor emeritus
August 23, 2004
Muriel Lederman honored as associate professor emeritusAugust 23, 2004
University-industry alliance to advance Virginia Tech fuel cell discoveriesAugust 11, 2004
Virginia Tech's second Amorphophallus titanum bloomed August 4, 2004, in the Horticulture Greenhouse.  July 26, 2004
New textbook introduces students from many disciplines to the foundations, applications of nanotechnologyJuly 16, 2004
New designed paclitaxel analog kills more cancer cells than natural product
June 21, 2004
Virginia Tech receives $400,000 NSF grant to equip fluids research labJune 4, 2004
Secrets to life on Mars, predicting volcano eruption may be locked in tiny bubbles
May 27, 2004
Mountains have the scars to prove the conflict between tectonic plates and climateMay 25, 2004
Bird's eye views earth's magnetic lines
Nature article reports photoreceptors involved in sensing the earth's magnetic field
May 13, 2004
Virginia Tech's Ph.D. program in Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology highlighted in Nature Biotechnology magazineMay 4, 2004
Virginia Tech student receives University Student Leadership AwardApril 30, 2004
Six Virginia Tech seniors win $30,000 National Science Foundation fellowshipsApril 29, 2004
Virginia Tech Goldwater scholars have high goals as bio-researchersApril 27, 2004
Research evidence supports three major glaciation events in the distant pastApril 21, 2004
Virginia Tech receives Department of Defense instrumentation awardsMarch 25, 2004
Guest of College of Science’s Second Annual Distinguished Speaker SeriesMarch 12, 2004
Tyson named one of three Virginia Outstanding Scientists of 2004February 20, 2004
Nancy Ross named associate dean of the College of Science at Virginia TechFebruary 18, 2004
Sheryl B. Ball named associate dean of the College of Science at Virginia TechFebruary 16, 2004
Virginia Tech's Alan Esker receives National Science Foundation CAREER AwardFebruary 16, 2004
Science of mad-cow disease one of symposium topicsFebruary 16, 2004
Professor receives award for research on using hypnosis in pain reductionJanuary 21, 2004
Hilu'S Work Top Story in Recent American Journal of BotanyJanuary 12, 2004
Research Affirming Use of Hypnosis in Eliminating Pain Wins AwardDecember 23, 2003
DVD Teaches General Chemistry with StyleSeptember 22, 2003

 


Catherine Doss

Catherine Doss

Communications Manager
College of Science
109 Old Security Building
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-5035
cdoss@vt.edu