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General ItemCall for proposals for Destination Areas 2.0 Planning and Development Grants Date: Apr 28, 2022
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Poll finds Virginians strongly support health and biomedical research , articleResearch!America president and CEO Mary Woolley will share the survey results as part of a Virginia Research & Innovation event this afternoon at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC in Roanoke focused on the state and national impact of research and innovation. The event will be webcast at 3 p.m.
Date: Apr 27, 2022 -
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Center for Communicating Science celebrates fifth anniversary with first Communicating Science Week , articleIn celebration of the fifth anniversary of its opening celebration in March 2017, the Center for Communicating Science has planned a Communicating Science Week full of activities and events, with keynote speaker Elin Kelsey as the centerpiece.
Date: Feb 25, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech wins top national award for excellence in entrepreneurship education , articleThe award recognizes bold and innovative programs making an impact in the field of entrepreneurship education with comprehensive, high-quality educational programs that successfully train future generations of entrepreneurs.
Date: Jan 18, 2022 -
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Data-Driven Research Accelerator Workshop jump-starts social science research , articleThe Policy Destination Area and University Libraries collaborated to offer a research accelerator workshop in July to help social scientists refocus their research efforts after a year affected by the pandemic.
Date: Sep 29, 2021 -
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Ivy Foundation grant aids Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientist’s search for treatment for deadly brain cancer , articleJennifer Munson, an associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, an expert in interstitial fluid flow - the movement of liquid within and around living tissues - will use the $500,000 award to further her study of patient-specific therapies for deadly brain tumors.
Date: Sep 21, 2021 -
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Award-winning Mapping Inequality project on redlining expanding to more than 200 cities , articleThe award-winning project is poised to reach an even broader audience.
Date: Sep 07, 2021 -
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Hitt Hall design and funding approved unanimously by Virginia Tech Board of Visitors , articleThe Virginia Tech Board of Visitors reviewed the design, and approved funding for, Hitt Hall, a new facility in the North Academic District of the Blacksburg campus. The facility will expand the physical presence for the Myers-Lawson School of Construction, as well as add critical dining and academic spaces.
Date: Sep 03, 2021 -
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Carlos Evia named associate dean for transdisciplinary initiatives at the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences , articleEvia, a professor in the School of Communication, has also been named the college’s chief technology officer.
Date: Aug 13, 2021 -
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Creativity and Innovation District Living-Learning Program ready to welcome students and faculty , articleThe state-of-the-art 232,000 gross-square-foot residence hall will be home to nearly 600 Hokies, including participants in the Studio 72, Innovate, and Rhizome living-learning communities, student-athletes, and a resident faculty principal, Tim Baird, and his family.
Date: Aug 09, 2021 -
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Tackling infectious disease: Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program announces its inaugural cohort , articleThe Infectious Disease Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program is now offering graduate students the opportunity to get involved in remarkably diverse research approaches and topics, such as SARS-COV-2 vaccines, antiviral therapies, and tick-borne diseases.
Date: Jul 16, 2021 -
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Revolutionary mosquito researchers receive $2.7 million grant , articleFunded by a $2.7 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, researchers at Virginia Tech are now investigating how mosquitoes adjust their smelling rhythms in response to changes in our own daily activity.
Date: Jul 15, 2021 -
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Brandon Jutras receives Emerging Leader Award to advance research for the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease , articleJutras, assistant professor of biochemistry in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and an expert in Lyme disease pathogenesis, was one of three recipients of the 2021 Emerging Leader Awards. With the award in hand, Jutras and his lab are in the midst of developing a new direct-detection diagnostic for Lyme disease.
Date: Jul 09, 2021 -
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Essential and automated: History class explores the roles of technology on employees in the COVID era , articleA Virginia Tech undergraduate history class dove into the experiences of essential workers and automation during the pandemic. Students split into teams to research health care, policing, janitorial services, education, and food services.
Date: Jun 30, 2021 -
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Providing health care in the digital age , articleA transdisciplinary research team is working to increase access to health care in underserved communities by using technology to develop training systems for telemedicine cart users.
Date: Jun 22, 2021 -
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Transdisciplinary collaborations essential to tackling cancer , articleA dynamic collaboration between researchers in the veterinary college’s new Animal Cancer Care and Research Center and Virginia Tech’s Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics has attracted substantial funding for a unique approach to treating osteosarcoma, a notoriously painful and aggressive bone cancer that primarily afflicts large-breed dogs, children, and adolescents.
Date: Jun 21, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech to cook up food studies minor with National Endowment for the Humanities support , article“Yes, you’ll learn about the global food system on which we all rely for sustenance,” says Anna Zeide, director of the Food Studies Program. “But you’ll also learn how to connect the dots across disciplines, seeing how the humanities, sciences, and social sciences interrelate and support one another. You’ll become a better writer, thinker, citizen, and advocate.”
Date: Jun 11, 2021 -
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Chemistry’s Feng Lin will use NSF CAREER grant to push development of sustainable rechargeable batteries , articleFeng Lin of the Department of Chemistry will use a new National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award to develop rechargeable batteries that he hopes could one day impact the energy market.
Date: Jun 09, 2021 -
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Beyond the sea: Two Ph.D. students describe success in disaster resilience and risk management , articleTwo students tell their stories about their experiences with natural disasters and how they were inspired to take a stand and study how these events can be avoided - and how we can be better prepared for them.
Date: Jun 07, 2021 -
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Deloitte partnership with Virginia Tech creates new AI research program , articleAs artificial intelligence and machine learning becomes increasingly more critical to our nation’s national security missions and commercial companies, graduates with artificial intelligence and related research experience are highly recruitable by industry.
Date: Jun 04, 2021
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