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Second annual Virginia Tech Ethics Bowl provides platform for civil discussion about difficult topics , articleThe Ethics Bowl’s annual case competition, which had its final round on April 6, featured teams of students debating ethical issues such as returning stolen cultural artifacts and the use of facial recognition software by law enforcement.
Date: Jul 05, 2022 -
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Six faculty win seed funding for new projects , articleThe Junior Faculty Program from the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science is one example of ways the university's investment institutes help build new research programs and nurture collaboration.
Date: Jul 01, 2022 -
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Professor supports Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine students’ research projects through endowment , articleEstablished by Charles J. Schleupner, professor of internal medicine at the school and infectious disease physician at Carilion Clinic, four students at the medical school will pursue summer research fellowships.
Date: Jun 29, 2022 -
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So long, Roanoke; get ready, Denmark, for the 2024 Precision Neuroscience conference , articleResearchers, clinicians, and students from four countries recently worked side-by-side for three days in Roanoke, sharing ideas to help the nearly 1 billion people worldwide coping with brain disorders.
Date: Jun 28, 2022 -
Video ItemNanoscience training gives teachers big ideas about tiny science , video
Kristen Cox graduated from Virginia Tech in 2016, and has recently returned to campus to participate in the College of Science and their Academy of Integrated Sciences Nanoscience Teacher Training. Activities included hands-on experiments, and demos of electron microscopes. Cox, now a teacher, hopes to bring back what she's learned from the workshops to ignite her students passion for science.
Date: Jun 27, 2022 -
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Mathematics’ Jong Uhn Kim honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 1983, Kim made important contributions to partial differential equations and applied mathematics.
Date: Jun 24, 2022 -
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Students score a victory in the battle against substance use disorder in Appalachia , articleAfter an Appalachian Community Research class sparked a passion for change, four students from the College of Science and the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences campaigned the state government for a feasibility study to turn a local hospital into a substance use disorder treatment facility. Now it's happening.
Date: Jun 24, 2022 -
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Students’ dashboard helping alumna’s Hampton Roads nonprofit close Black wealth gap , articleStudents turn to data analytics to help the nonprofit Black BRAND better understand the factors that affect the economic and social progress of Black residents in the region.
Date: Jun 24, 2022 -
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CMDA students tackle real-world problems through capstone course , articleAn intensive, semester-long course that pairs students with industry partners to tackle real problems, the capstone features teams of three or four students who spend the duration of the course working on an open-ended, client-driven project.
Date: Jun 23, 2022 -
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Study: Seismic waves from earthquakes reveal changes in the Earth’s outer core , articleOur understanding of convection in the Earth’s outer core and its role in driving the planet’s magnetic field is based on theory. Geoscientist Ying Zhou puts proof forward for the first time, by studying seismic waves that once passed through the outer core during earthquakes.
Date: Jun 23, 2022 -
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Fourth-generation grad adds to Ecuadorian family's Hokie legacy , articleCarlos Andrade Coello earned his degree in industrial systems engineering this spring, making him the fourth generation of the Andrade family to graduate from Virginia Tech. It's a streak that dates back to his great-grandfather Carlos Andrade Ribas earning a chemistry degree in 1944.
Date: Jun 23, 2022 -
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Mathematics’ James C. Turner honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2005, Turner’s scholarship focused on numerical analysis and applied mathematics.
Date: Jun 22, 2022 -
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Neuroscience’s Michael A. Fox to hold I.D. Wilson Chair in the College of Science , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2012, Fox is a nationally recognized neuroscientist and an expert on understanding how neuronal circuits form in the developing brain.
Date: Jun 22, 2022 -
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Agricultural Cyber Field Day showcases collaboration and innovation , articleThe inaugural event highlighted the important partnership between the Center for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture at Virginia Tech and Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Southwest Virginia.
Date: Jun 21, 2022 -
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Mathematics’ John Rossi honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 1983, Rossi made deep contributions to complex function theory and potential theory.
Date: Jun 17, 2022 -
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Calculating the future of mathematics at Virginia Tech , articleLeaders in the Virginia Tech College of Science laid out plans before the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors for a series of enhancements intended to again make the university a leader in undergraduate mathematics education. The changes will initially take place in courses offered in the Math Emporium.
Date: Jun 15, 2022 -
Video ItemWhat's Your Science? - Alex Moore , video
Alex shares how he went from English major to data analytics, to become a two-time Hokie.
Date: Jun 14, 2022 -
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Through their stories, graduate students relay importance of research to university mission , articleLast week at the Board of Visitors’ Academic, Research, and Student Affairs Committee meeting, members heard about the significant role graduate students have in the university’s research mission.
Date: Jun 14, 2022 -
Video ItemThe past, present, and future of Virginia Tech's herbarium , video
The Massey Herbarium at Virginia Tech is the largest herbarium in Virginia. It houses thousands of dried and pressed plant specimens used for research and education. The oldest is over 200 years old. Massey Herbarium Curator Jordan Metzgar explains how the museum first began and how the collection is used by students, faculty, researchers, and the public for a variety of purposes, including modeling future species distribution in response to climate change.
Date: Jun 13, 2022 -
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Kevin Pitts named Lay Nam Chang Dean’s Chair in the College of Science , articlePitts, chief research officer at Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory and a professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was named as dean of the College of Science at Virginia Tech in February.
Date: Jun 13, 2022
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