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Setting up the Virginia Tech postdoctoral community for success , articleThe Office for Research and Innovation has convened stakeholders from across campus to explore ways to further improve the postdoctoral researcher’s experience and provide more assistance through a combination of building community, mentoring, and professional development.
Date: Sep 17, 2021 -
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New physics research reveals fresh complexities about electron behavior in materials , articleA new Virginia Tech study expands upon existing physics theories and can be applied to improving electronic devices and quantum computers.
Date: Sep 15, 2021 -
Video ItemGroundbreaking marks start of construction on Innovation Campus , video Date: Sep 14, 2021
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New museum exhibits showcase Virginia Tech research , articleA partnership between Virginia Tech and the Science Museum of Western Virginia has resulted in four new interactive exhibits that highlight the work of the university’s faculty and students.
Date: Sep 14, 2021 -
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Geologists look to past for answers on future tsunami threats , articleTina Dura’s Coastal Hazards Lab uses sand beds deposited by tsunamis and preserved in coastal environments to reconstruct past tsunami inundation over hundreds to thousands of years, helping better define coastal hazards in a region.
Date: Sep 14, 2021 -
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Powered by food (waste): Virginia Tech researchers discover potential method to convert food waste into batteries , articleAs the world works toward economically and environmentally friendly ways to power these devices, two Virginia Tech researchers investigate how food waste and its associated biomass can be converted into rechargeable batteries.
Date: Sep 07, 2021 -
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First-year cadets chosen to highlight the colors at the North Carolina game , articleFirst-year cadets Jack Bonner, John Mayes, and Luke Webb will receive the flags at Friday night’s football game against North Carolina.
Date: Sep 02, 2021 -
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COVID-19 simulation critical piece of Board of Visitors' planning , articleNavid Ghaffarzadegan's model uses the combination of mathematical modeling, complex systems methods, and simulation techniques to gauge how human behavior might impact the virus’s spread on and around the Blacksburg campus. Such information provides university leaders with potential cause-and-effect scenarios related to policy making and strategic communications.
Date: Aug 31, 2021 -
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Breaking the deadly cycle: Drug researchers tackle the malaria parasite at multiple life stages , articleResearchers have received a $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to begin further testing of two inexpensive and effective antimalarial drug candidates that can kill Plasmodium parasites at three stages of their development.
Date: Aug 30, 2021 -
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Faculty, staff senate presidents take seats on BOV , articleWhen the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors convenes on Sunday, Robert Weiss and Serena Young will represent the university's faculty and staff.
Date: Aug 26, 2021 -
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New research finds gender differences in fear and risk perception during COVID-19 , articleThe researchers, Sheryl Ball and Alec Smith, conducted an online survey in April of 2020 to measure emotions, behaviors and expectations connected to gender and the pandemic.
Date: Aug 25, 2021 -
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National imperative drives Virginia Tech Innovation Campus strategic plan , articleThe Innovation Campus, which has taken big strides forward during Lance Collins’ first year at the helm, welcomes its second cohort of computer science and computer engineering students this week. Course instruction is based out of Virginia Tech’s existing location in Falls Church while the new campus is being built.
Date: Aug 25, 2021 -
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New speakers developed partly at Virginia Tech promise big and energy-efficient sound , articleChemistry's Guoliang “Greg” Liu has designed a prototype “electrostatic” speaker that boasts the thinnest and lightest-weight speaker membrane with the highest aspect ratio ever and is 10 to 100 times more energy efficient.
Date: Aug 24, 2021 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows present neurobiology and advanced imaging findings , articleThe Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC hosted 20 undergraduate students this summer for a 10-week experience in two research programs that explore neurobiology and cutting-edge imaging technology to visualize living systems.
Date: Aug 24, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech’s Mobile Autism Clinic is finalist for national community engagement award , articleA training clinic for graduate student clinicians, the Mobile Autism Clinic started traveling to Virginia’s rural Central Appalachian region in 2018. Its mission: provide expertise and diagnoses for those with autism spectrum disorder.
Date: Aug 18, 2021 -
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Celebrated theoretical physicist, feminist theorist, author, and activist to speak at annual Aims of Education Address , article“Being part of the address is a chance to think deeply about what we all want to get out of the time we share together at Virginia Tech, and how it has the potential to change both our lives and the world around us,” said Danna Agmon, faculty principal for the Residential College West Ambler Johnston and an associate professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.
Date: Aug 18, 2021 -
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Driver safety at forefront of VTTI research on hard-braking and other hard acceleration maneuvers , articleIn an interview with Fast Company, Director of Product Russell Dicker said that Google began by delving into research on the topic of hard-braking incidents and specifically mentioned VTTI.
Date: Aug 17, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech earthquake expert available to discuss Haiti quake and needed preparations for Tropical Storm Grace , articleAs Tropical Storm Grace bears down on the country Monday night, forecasters predict drenching rains and heavy winds, both which can hamper rescue workers and put displaced residents in danger. Hispaniola, the island that is home to Haiti and the Dominican Republic is no stranger to earthquakes; it sits along two major fault lines.
Date: Aug 16, 2021 -
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In memoriam: Michael Bowers, first faculty recruit for School of Neuroscience , articleJerald Michael “Mike” Bowers, the first faculty member hired to join the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience, died July 27, 2021, after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 48.
Date: Aug 13, 2021
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