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Lifelong educator and Virginia Tech professor to deliver 2022 fall commencement address , articleProfessor Edward Weisband has completed 55 years in public education and has taught thousands of Virginia Tech students. He will speak at the university's commencement ceremony, which begins at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 16.
Date: Dec 01, 2022 -
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Research summit for historically Black colleges and universities, minority serving institutions provides connections , articleUndergraduate students have the opportunity to learn more about Virginia Tech and to attend several workshops to help them prepare to apply to graduate programs.
Date: Nov 28, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech experts tapped to explore the impact of gold mining in Virginia , articleWilliam Hopkins and Robert Bodnar were part of a technical team that recommended that the Virginia General Assembly and state agencies update state laws and regulations to protect against the potential environmental and health impacts of gold mining.
Date: Nov 28, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech earthquake expert available to discuss deadly Indonesian earthquake , articleVirginia Tech geoscientist Robert Weiss, who studies the impact of natural hazards and their often-deadly consequences, is available to media outlets interested in this week’s undersea 5.6-magnitude earthquake that struck the country of Indonesia. The estimated death count now nears 270 people as rescue personnel continue to dig through rubble.
Date: Nov 23, 2022 -
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Patricia Amateis honored with emerita status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 1985, Amateis made significant contributions to chemistry education as the co-author of a general chemistry textbook – Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change by Martin S. Silberberg and Patricia G. Amateis, McGraw-Hill, publisher -- used at many colleges and universities.
Date: Nov 23, 2022 -
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Chemistry’s Rich Gandour honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 1993, Gandour made significant research contributions to anti-HIV contraceptives, antimicrobial drug development, and medicinal chemistry through work with Virginia Tech collaborators and others. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his contributions to molecular recognition.
Date: Nov 23, 2022 -
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Robert Rogers honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 1988, Rogers’ research focused on partial differential equations, continuum mechanics, calculus of variations, and acoustics. His work was funded by the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research.
Date: Nov 23, 2022 -
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Thomas Burbey honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 1996, Burbey made significant contributions to the science of hydrogeology through his work on the flow of water in fractured bedrock and the interactions of hydrology and surface deformation. He also served as a program manager at the National Science Foundation.
Date: Nov 23, 2022 -
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Terry Herdman honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 1974, Herdman made significant contributions to the modeling, analysis, parameter identification, and approximation for systems governed by Volterra and functional differential equations. His research was funded by 12 federal agencies, one state agency, and three corporations.
Date: Nov 23, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech economics expert available to discuss potential impact of railroad strike on holiday travel plans, prices for goods , articleA potential strike by a large swatch of railroad unions over quality-of-life conditions in a post-COVID29 world could make holiday travel plans by rail passengers difficult, said economist Sudipta Sarangi.
Date: Nov 22, 2022 -
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Rosanna Breaux named Jerry L. Hulick Faculty Fellow for Special Needs, Disabilities, and Inclusion , articleRosanna Breaux, assistant professor of psychology, has been named the Jerry L. Hulick Faculty Fellow for Special Needs, Disabilities, and Inclusion by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Date: Nov 17, 2022 -
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'Ut Prosim': More than a motto at Virginia Tech , articleAs Virginia Tech celebrates its sesquicentennial, its motto remains at its core, fully embraced by students, employees, and alumni as a timeless ideal of helping fellow humans and bettering the communities in which they live.
Date: Nov 16, 2022 -
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Unique program helps recruit and retain the best faculty talent , articleBy addressing personal, hard-to-ask questions during the hiring process, the Office of Faculty Affairs' work-life liaison program convinces more faculty job candidates to say yes.
Date: Nov 16, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech researchers will investigate how bird feeding influences humans and birds , articleAshley Dayer of the College of Natural Resources and Environment and Dana Hawley of the College of Science are leading a multifaceted project funded by the National Science Foundation to study the effects of bird feeding.
Date: Nov 15, 2022 -
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Forecasting the health returns of tobacco tax proposals , articleScientists with Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC are leading a five-year, $3.5 million study that has potential to deliver research-based health policy guidance for new tobacco regulations as well as evaluate the health consequences of people’s economic choices.
Date: Nov 15, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech researchers among the most cited in the world , articleOf the world’s scientists and social scientists, six Virginia Tech researchers have been named on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list for 2022 for demonstrating significant influence in their fields or across multiple fields through the publication of highly cited papers during the last decade
Date: Nov 15, 2022 -
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Flexing cyber superpowers in Southwest Virginia , articleDiverse and sometimes unlikely collaborations equip Commonwealth Cyber Initiative research teams to address today’s widely varied cybersecurity challenges.
Date: Nov 09, 2022 -
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Geobiologists shine new light on Earth’s first known mass extinction event 550 million years ago , articleA new study by Virginia Tech geobiologists traces the cause of the first known mass extinction of animals to decreased global oxygen availability, leading to the loss of a majority of animals present near the end of the Ediacaran Period some 550 million years ago.
Date: Nov 07, 2022 -
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Ninth annual Virginia Tech Science Festival celebrates arts and sciences , articleThe festival returns to Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg campus on Nov. 12 with more than 50 free, hands-on learning, interactive booths and activities that showcase dozens of science education and research programs throughout the university.
Date: Nov 07, 2022 -
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Corps of Cadets alumna U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Katie Loffert named Georgia Tech game Hokie Hero , articleLoffert is deployed with the 5th Fleet on the USS Delbert D. Black as an operations intelligence officer
Date: Nov 06, 2022
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