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Archived Stories for April, 2009

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04/30/09 College of Architecture and Urban Studies students create more than 100 images of diversity 09369
04/30/09 Sam Easterling to lead civil and environmental engineering department 09354
04/30/09 Corps of cadets receive 2009 Governor's Volunteerism and Community Service Award 09355
04/30/09 New partnership between Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and Center for Injury Biomechanics receives first research grant 09360
04/29/09 Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Change of Command Parade to be held May 2 09353
04/29/09 YMCA at Virginia Tech and Virginia Tech Recycling continue increase university sustainability efforts 09365
04/29/09 Kimble Reynolds Jr. to receive Pamplin College Distinguished Alumnus Award 09357
04/29/09 Oil paintings by Jennifer Cox on display at Perspective Gallery 09372
04/29/09 In memoriam: Ryan Davis Lopynski, freshman, Pamplin College of Business 09377
04/29/09 With the help of a 'village,' Virginia Tech engineering students will provide Kenyan medical clinic with electric power 09309
04/28/09 University sponsors public forum on race and education in America 09362
04/28/09 Profit and sustainability short course for forest landowners planned for May 09344
04/28/09 Stefan Duma to head School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences 09347
04/28/09 Food Science Team invents easy-to-use meat seasoning 09317
04/27/09 Second annual Gobblerfest slated for Aug. 28 09361
04/27/09 University names Chemistry-Physics Building for former university president T. Marshall Hahn Jr. 09359
04/27/09 Virginia Tech Horse Judging Team wins big at Tennessee contest 09358
04/27/09 Child Study Center offers help for parents whose children are hard to manage 09350
04/27/09 Virginia Tech Union announces 2009-10 programming council 09364
04/27/09 College of Engineering major, two alumnae named as National Science Foundation fellows 09346
04/27/09 Virologist underscores need for research on animal pathogens as swine flu scare unfolds 09371
04/27/09 Intramural sports hosts the Foxridge Apartments Intramural Softball Championship Night and 2009 Awards Ceremony 09373
04/24/09 Terry Herdman joins Oak Ridge Associated Universities board of directors 09333
04/24/09 University receives 2009 Governor's Environmental Excellence Bronze Medal for Campus Tree Tour 2008 Event 09318
04/24/09 Wetland research biochemist to speak on campus 09335
04/24/09 Alternative to car ownership coming to campus August 2009 09295
04/24/09 The Steger poetry prize awarded to Morgan Cain Grim 09352
04/24/09 New River Valley Symphony to perform Beethoven's Fifth in final concert of the year 09328
04/23/09 Graduate student awarded National Science Foundation fellowship 09330
04/23/09 Associate professor helps lay groundwork for pending study linking deli-cut meats to deadly listeriosis infection 09237
04/23/09 Paul Winistorfer selected as new dean for College of Natural Resources 09348
04/23/09 Engineering, education, psychology, and public affairs rank high on U.S. News and World Report survey 09349
04/23/09 Board of Visitors sets tuition and fees for 2009-10 09351
04/23/09 Member of Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets named Undergraduate Student Leader of the Year for sixth consecutive year 09325
04/22/09 College of Science, School of Education students named 2009 graduate man and woman of the year 09294
04/22/09 Workshop to be held for woodlot owners of 1-10 acres 09343
04/22/09 National Capital Region offers new executive master's degree in information security assurance 09308
04/22/09 College of Natural Resources graduate student receives Rachel Carson award for scientific excellence 09321
04/21/09 Shelley Duke to present keynote address at Virginia Tech National Capital Region commencement ceremony May 17 09331
04/21/09 National Capital Region Commencement speakers (1981 to 2009) 09332
04/21/09 College of Architecture and Urban Studies announces Outstanding Graduating Senior award recipient 09335
04/21/09 College of Engineering announces Outstanding Graduating Senior award recipient 09336
04/21/09 College of Veterinary Medicine to increase class size 09307
04/21/09 Fleet Services makes the switch to biodiesel 09320
04/21/09 College of Natural Resources announces Outstanding Graduating Senior award recipient 09338
04/21/09 Pamplin College of Business announces Outstanding Graduating Senior award recipient 09340
04/21/09 Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine announces Outstanding Graduating Student award recipient 09341
04/21/09 Two College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences students honored as Undergraduate Man and Woman of the Year 09342
04/21/09 College of Engineering's Torgersen Award winners announced 09326
04/21/09 College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences announces Outstanding Graduating Senior award recipient 09337
04/21/09 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences announces Outstanding Graduating Senior award recipient 09334
04/21/09 College of Science announces Outstanding Graduating Senior award recipient 09339
04/20/09 Billy Dudding receives 2009 President's Award for Excellence 09286
04/20/09 Programs announced for 2009 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute's annual Summer Institute 09319
04/20/09 Hospitality and tourism management professor receives Fulbright to teach in India 09301
04/20/09 Debbie Francis receives 2009 President's Award for Excellence 09287
04/20/09 Leketa Miller receives 2009 President's Award for Excellence 09288
04/20/09 Chris Thomas receives 2009 President's Award for Excellence 09289
04/20/09 T.S. (Roger) Chang receives 2009 Sporn Award for Excellence in Teaching Introductory Engineering Subjects 09290
04/20/09 Sandy Crigger receives 2009 Provost Award for Excellence in Advising 09291
04/20/09 Geof Allen receives 2009 President's Award for Excellence 09285
04/20/09 M. David Alexander receives 2009 Alumni Award for Excellence in International Outreach 09284
04/20/09 Wayne Moore receives 2009 Alumni Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising 09189
04/20/09 Center for Watershed Studies receives 2009 Alumni Award for Outreach Excellence 09197
04/20/09 Tony Wolf receives 2009 Alumni Award for Excellence in Extension 09190
04/20/09 Hanif Sherali receives 2009 Alumni Award for Excellence in Graduate Academic Advising 09191
04/20/09 Sue Tolin receives 2009 Alumni Award for Excellence in International Research 09192
04/20/09 Ann Stevens receives 2009 Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching 09196
04/20/09 Brett Tyler receives 2009 Alumni Award for Excellence in Research 09195
04/20/09 Amy Nelson receives 2009 Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching 09194
04/20/09 A. Roger Ekirch receives 2009 Alumni Award for Excellence in Research 09193
04/20/09 Nikki Giovanni receives 2009 Alumni Award for Outreach Excellence 09198
04/20/09 David Moore receives 2009 Alumni Award for Excellence in Extension 09188
04/20/09 Robert Siegle receives 2009 XCaliber Award 09274
04/20/09 Three faculty members and two graduate students involved in portable laboratory project receive 2009 XCaliber Award 09275
04/20/09 John H. Simonetti receives 2009 William E. Wine Award 09272
04/20/09 Jaime De La Ree Lopez receives 2009 William E. Wine Award 09271
04/20/09 Carol A. Bailey receives 2009 William E. Wine Award 09270
04/20/09 Matthew Vollmer receives 2009 Sporn Award for Excellence in Teaching Introductory Subjects 09269
04/20/09 Music department partners with American Opera Theatre for live event 09329
04/20/09 Jan Helge Bøhn receives 2009 Alumni Award for Excellence in International Education 09268
04/20/09 Sara B. Kajder receives 2009 XCaliber Award 09273
04/17/09 Collegiate Times staff wins 20 Virginia Press Association Awards 09316
04/17/09 Veterinary Medicine's Whittier, alumni honored during Virginia Veterinary Medical Association conference 09306
04/17/09 Office of Research funds five students selected by Sigma Xi 09305
04/17/09 Auburn High School students, teachers visit Virginia Bioinformatics Institute in conjunction with education and outreach project 09300
04/17/09 Dining Services celebrates grand opening of Farms and Fields Project sustainable food venue 09324
04/17/09 Statewide battle against invading species to take place May 2 09312
04/16/09 2009 Day of Remembrance brings thousands together 09323
04/16/09 Virginia Tech Alumni Association invites all Hokies to join the online Hokie Nation Network 09311
04/16/09 Board of Visitors Executive Committee to meet April 23 in Blacksburg 09322
04/16/09 Dana Reeder joins veterinary college 09304
04/16/09 Global pest management program wins international award 09302
04/15/09 University students, faculty, staff plan 'Big Event' on April 18 to give thanks 09314
04/15/09 Jogging forward, thinking back 09315
04/15/09 Beef-cattle producers benefit from Extension-managed process verification programs 09303
04/15/09 Associate professor receives Business Software Alliance Distinguished Innovators' Award 09299
04/15/09 Department of Theatre Arts main stage production, "Her Sexy Outfit," opens April 21 09298
04/14/09 A love of language that lives on 09313
04/14/09 Research hydrologist to speak on campus 09297
04/14/09 Greek Week; it's about giving back to the community 09296
04/14/09 Grants awarded for community-based energy research 09278
04/13/09 Remembrance events, late opening, traffic changes on April 16 09310
04/13/09 National Institutes of Health funds development of resistance-breaking insecticides to reduce malaria transmission 09265
04/13/09 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences bestows highest honor on William C. Latham, William E. Skelton 09282
04/10/09 Assistant professor of finance wins electric car raffle 09280
04/10/09 Kandinsky Beat Down to headline ArtsFusion 2009 09252
04/10/09 Board of Visitors names 2009-10 student representatives 09292
04/10/09 Homecoming Board launches 2009 Homecoming Theme call for proposals 09267
04/09/09 School of Performing Arts and Cinema announces ArtsFusion 2009 09251
04/09/09 Equine medical center's Priscilla Blackburn earns Veterinary Hospital Managers Association certification 09266
04/09/09 Dominion Virginia Power donates smart-grid equipment to engineering program; launches $45,000 fellowship 09256
04/09/09 School of Visual Arts to hold second annual Two-Minute Film Festival 09283
04/09/09 Undergraduate student awarded prestigious Goldwater Scholarship 09279
04/08/09 College of Science recognizes two faculty members for Excellence in Teaching 09255
04/08/09 New York occupational health expert to discuss migrant worker health threats 09281
04/08/09 W. Samuel Easterling named Montague-Betts Professor of Structural Steel Design 09250
04/08/09 Materials science and engineering graduate student wins Los Alamos Fellowship 09248
04/08/09 Equine medical center veterinarian performs surgery on Smithsonian National Zoo's dama gazelle 09277
04/07/09 Norman Dowling named Frank Maher Professor 09249
04/07/09 O.M. Stull recognized for creating the Hokie Nation 09264
04/07/09 Marketing graduate student wins national research award 09257
04/07/09 Virginia Tech, Wake Forest study points to ways to improve cancer therapy 09247
04/06/09 Scott Midkiff named electrical and computer engineering department head 09221
04/06/09 In Memoriam: I. J. Good, University Distinguished Professor and pioneer of modern statistics 09276
04/06/09 Student researcher wins prestigious Truman Scholarship 09263
04/06/09 Scott D. Klopfer named Conservation Management Institute executive director 09261
04/06/09 Two professors awarded Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Awards 09260
04/03/09 Thomas Wilkinson receives Executive of the Year Award 09240
04/03/09 Alligator man reveals the perils of plastic bottles to Kids' Tech University 09258
04/03/09 Karen Roberto named director of Institute for Society, Culture and Environment 09235
04/03/09 David G.I. Kingston is featured speaker at Blacksburg Cafe Scientifique event 09262
04/03/09 Cadet Jesse Johnson named 2009 winner of A. Alan Baird Memorial Award 09253
04/02/09 Pamplin College announces winners of diversity case competition 09259
04/02/09 Collegiate Times is finalist for prestigious Web journalism award 09254
04/02/09 Evolutionary origin of bacterial chromosomes revealed 09236
04/02/09 Graduate Commencement speakers (1990 to 2009) 09244
04/02/09 Nicholas Taubman to deliver Graduate Commencement address May 15 09243
04/01/09 University community celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 09233
04/01/09 Complete schedule of events for university's 2009 Day of Remembrance now set 09245
04/01/09 Extension Master Gardeners and other citizen volunteers mobilize to help inform the public about emerald ash borer 09246
04/01/09 University Commencement Speakers (1873 to 2009) 09242
04/01/09 Gen. Lance L. Smith to deliver 2009 University Commencement Address 09241