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Karine Gibbs to speak at 11th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Webinar , articleGibbs, an associate professor in the Department of Plant & Microbial Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, will talk on Friday, Jan. 21, from noon to 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session.
Date: Jan 14, 2022 -
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Fewer ticks, cleaner water, and more carbon intake: Fellowship recipient Quinn Thomas plans to use data to predict our environment , articleThomas, an associate professor of forest resources and environmental conservation in the College of Natural Resources and Environment and an associate professor of biology in the College of Science, was awarded a Data Science Faculty Fellowship by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Date: Jan 07, 2022 -
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Geoscience expert to study why continents break apart where magma is missing , articleD. Sarah Stamps, an associate professor in the Department of Geosciences and part of the Virginia Tech College of Science, wants to put her expertise in continental rifting in Africa. Stamps recently was awarded a $3 million National Science Foundation grant.
Date: Jan 03, 2022 -
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Three questions to keep anger in check , articleE. Scott Geller, a longtime professor of psychology, shares insights about the sources of anger and how to deal with it.
Date: Jan 03, 2022 -
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Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in interdisciplinary classrooms , articleVirginia Tech faculty are intersecting research, education, and service through COVID-19 classes, which give students the tools to maneuver through an ever-evolving pandemic and a minefield of COVID-19 misinformation.
Date: Dec 20, 2021 -
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More than 2,800 Hokies to graduate at fall commencement on Dec. 17 , articleThe events in Cassell Coliseum will honor approximately 2,827 students who completed their academic degrees during the summer and fall terms. Use #HokieGrad for all social media posts related to commencement.
Date: Dec 10, 2021 -
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Class of 2021: College of Science’s Outstanding Doctoral Student continues passion as postdoctoral researcher, educator , articleMary Lofton’s goal as a student was to help find ways to sustainably provide high-quality freshwater resources to all communities. “One of the things that draws me is the ability of water quality to bring people together,” she said. “It’s a unifying topic."
Date: Dec 10, 2021 -
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Ron Fricker selected to serve as vice provost for faculty affairs , articleFricker will serve as a core member of Virginia Tech’s academic leadership team and work across the university on issues of faculty development, advocacy and advancement.
Date: Dec 09, 2021 -
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In memoriam: Harold McNair, professor emeritus with the Department of Chemistry , articleFamily, friends, and former students of Harold Monroe McNair, a professor emeritus with the Department of Chemistry, will gather for a virtual memorial service, Sunday, Dec. 12.
Date: Dec 09, 2021 -
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New research makes waves tackling the future of tsunami monitoring and modeling , articleNew research by Assistant Professor Tina Dura and Professor Robert Weiss, both of the College of Science's Department of Geosciences, warns that future tsunamis might become more catastrophic as sea levels rise.
Date: Dec 08, 2021 -
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Collaborative research leads to potential identification of SARS-CoV-2 human emergence and new COVID-19 therapeutics , articleBuilding on their recently published research in Cell about COVID-19 transmission, the research group’s vision is to use recent advancements in relative free energy calculations and computing resources to rationally design and quantitatively predict drugs that could make a difference in treatment of the virus.
Date: Dec 07, 2021 -
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Knockin’ at history’s door , articleVirginia Tech Professors Harry Dorn and Jay Stipes discuss the rich history Virginia Tech from more than a century ago and its rich tradition in families.
Date: Dec 07, 2021 -
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Joining forces with Deloitte to tackle wicked problems , articleAt the semiannual Deloitte Problem Day, faculty from a broad range of disciplines collaborated with researchers from Deloitte in addressing the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence.
Date: Dec 06, 2021 -
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Alumnus and entrepreneur to deliver 2021 fall commencement address , articleDan Maguire, a 1994 graduate of Virginia Tech with a degree in management science, serves Virginia Tech in multiple capacities. Graduate students will speak at the university's graduate commencement ceremony. Both ceremonies take place on Friday, Dec. 17.
Date: Dec 05, 2021 -
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A nuclear pioneer’s collection stars the Milky Way, nuclear explosions, and shock waves , articleAtomic bombs, white dwarf stars, shock waves, nuclear explosion, and Albert Einstein are frequent references that University Libraries Archivist Bess Pittman saw while processing the mesmerizing collection of Robert E. Marshak, a Virginia Tech professor and promoter of shared science. Thanks to a grant from the American Institute of Physics, this collection is now more accessible for researchers and science enthusiasts alike.
Date: Dec 02, 2021 -
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Video ItemVirginia Tech launches pilot program to support STEM for Alexandria 5th graders , video
Virginia Tech partners with Alexandria City Public Schools to enhance science, technology, engineering, and math opportunities for students and create potential pathways to higher education.
Date: Dec 01, 2021 -
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Statistics' Xinwei Deng named Data Science Faculty Fellow , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2011, Deng is a data science researcher working with both design of experiments and machine learning for large scale analysis, learning, and decision-making processes.
Date: Dec 01, 2021 -
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Researchers identify behavioral adaptations that may help Antarctic fishes to adapt to warming Southern Ocean , articleIn a new study published in PLOS ONE, Michael Friedlander and his team at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute describe how Antarctic fishes with and without hemoglobin react to acute thermal stress. The findings characterize species-specific behavioral responses that may help these endemic species withstand the impacts of climate change.
Date: Nov 28, 2021 -
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Matthew Kovach named H.H.H. Faculty Fellow in Economics by Board of Visitors , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2017, Kovach is an economic theorist working on behavioral models of decision theory with focus not necessarily on building rational models of individual decision-making, but realistic models of human decision-making.
Date: Nov 23, 2021
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