http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/index.html en Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-207.html More than 100 specialists in the history, language, literature, and culture of the Slavic regions of Russia and Eastern Europe will convene at the Hotel Roanoke March 18-20, 2004 for the 42nd Annual Southern Conference on Slavic Studies Conference. Librarian of Congress and Russian historian James Billington will be the keynote speaker. Thu, 26 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-207.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-206.html Business students at Virginia Tech who think they need a finance degree before they dip into the stock market may be in for a pleasant surprise. The Student-Managed Endowment for Educational Development (SEED), now entering its 14th year at Tech, puts millions of dollars in the hands of students for investing in the stock market. Thu, 26 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-206.html Pamplin College of Business Virginia Tech Foundation http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-208.html Richard E. Sorensen, of Blacksburg, Va., and dean of Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business, has been appointed to the founding board of the Global Foundation for Management Education. Thu, 26 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-208.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-202.html Col. Harry D. Temple, a Virginia Tech alumnus who wrote a comprehensive history of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets and designed the Presidential Medal of Freedom for President John F. Kennedy, died Feb. 24. He was 92. Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-202.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-204.html Vladimir Shulaev, research associate professor at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech, recently received a $175,373 equipment grant from Beckman Coulter Inc. of Fullerton, Calif. Shulaev will use the equipment to catalogue small biological molecules, called metabolites, in an effort to further our knowledge of human health, disease, and treatment. Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-204.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-203.html Bevlee Watford of Blacksburg, associate dean for academic affairs and director of the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering, has become the first recipient of the Outstanding Commitment to Professional Development Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Region III Opportunity and Equity Committee. Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-203.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-196.html Tiffany Chenault of Cincinnati, Ohio (1442 Lemmontree Drive, 45240), a fourth-year doctoral student in sociology at Virginia Tech, has received a $24,460 Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Tue, 24 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-196.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-197.html No sooner is geography professor Joseph L. Scarpaci back on campus after leading the largest faculty-led study abroad course in the history of Virginia Tech last month than he is already planning another class tour. He took a record-breaking 112 students to Cuba for his urban design and planning class (Geography 4984) and will offer the class again from May 23 to June 7. Tue, 24 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-197.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-200.html Ashley White, a Virginia Tech senior honors student pursuing degrees in both materials science and engineering and music performance, has been named to USA Today's 2004 All-USA College Academic Team. White is the daughter of Sheila and David Rose of Newport News, Va., and Stephen and Susan White of Ashland, Ore. Tue, 24 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-200.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-198.html A team of researchers from three colleges at Virginia Tech has received a five-year, $3.2 million National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award for the Macromolecular Interfaces with Life Sciences (MILES) program. MILES uses free radical and oxidation processes as the thematic basis for research and education at the chemistry-biology interface. The interdisciplinary Ph.D. program will begin this fall. Tue, 24 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-198.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-199.html "So how are we doing?" asked Town of Appomattox Mayor Ronald Spiggle about his administration's government. The experts he queried were Virginia Tech graduate students in public administration. After spending a semester analyzing the activities of the town administration, conducting citizen surveys, and comparing the performance data to other localities, the student team concluded that the Appomattox government is doing a good job. Tue, 24 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-199.html Graduate studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-193.html John J. Tyson of Blacksburg, Va., University Distinguished Professor of Biology in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has been named one of Virginia's three Outstanding Scientists of the Year 2004, according to an announcement by Governor Mark R. Warner and Science Museum of Virginia Director Walter R.T. Witschey. Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-193.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-194.html Bernard "Bernie" F. Feldman of Check, Va., professor of biomedical sciences and pathobiology in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech , was killed in an automobile accident Feb. 19. Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-194.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-205.html Fifty Virginia Tech business and engineering students recently participated in the 11th Annual General Electric Leadership Conference Jan. 23-24, giving them the opportunity to develop team building and leadership skills essential for future employment. The highly selective conference garners approximately 200 applications each year. Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-205.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-174.html Kevin Kochersberger, one of two Virginia Tech alumni who attempted to recreate the Wright brothers' first flight during the recent "100 Years of Flight Celebration," will speak about his experience at the university on Feb. 23 at 4 p.m. in Hancock Auditorium. Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-174.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-195.html A documentary on the background and development of Virginia Tech's supercomputer, the fastest supercomputer at any academic institution in the world, will air on the Research Channel on March 19. Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-195.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-229.html Two distinguished African American women -- author, educator, and rapper Sister Souljah and Belle S. Whelan, Virginia's Secretary of Education -- will deliver keynote addresses during Virginia Tech’s observance of Black History Month. Sat, 21 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-229.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-191.html Fourteen Virginia Tech faculty and staff members were recently honored as the university's newest Multicultural Fellows. Thu, 19 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-191.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-192.html Matthew Mallory, the son of John and Linda Mallory of Forest, Va., will be the first student to participate in a full-year exchange program recently established by Virginia Tech and the Technische Universität Darmstadt (TUD), Germany. Thu, 19 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-192.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-190.html NASA has selected a partnership between the Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) and Virginia Tech to receive a $100,000 grant for geospatial education and work force development. The grant, awarded through the NASA Space Grant College and Fellowship program, allows the partners to continue the already successful Virginia Geospatial Extension Program that was established in July 2003. Thu, 19 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-190.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-187.html Nancy Ross of Blacksburg, Va., professor of mineralogy in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has been named the college's associate dean for research, graduate studies, and outreach. Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-187.html College of Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-188.html Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger and Technische Universität (TU) Darmstadt, Germany President Johann-Dietrich Wörner have signed a five-year agreement for the exchange of students, faculty, and staff. The agreement will foster collaborative research between both universities, particularly in the context of the Partnership for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) program. Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-188.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-189.html ABC News Justice Department Correspondent Pierre Thomas will address the 2004 graduates of Virginia Tech during the University Commencement exercises Friday, May 14 at Lane Stadium/Worsham Field. Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-189.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-185.html Elaine D. Carter, executive director of the Christiansburg Institute, Inc. and Peter Wallenstein, associate professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, will review state and local effects of the historic 1954 United States Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education on Feb. 25 from 3 to 5 p.m., in Torgersen Hall, Room 1000. The landmark ruling that separate facilities are inherently unequal changed the face of education in the commonwealth. Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-185.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-186.html Journalist, author, professor, and former presidential adviser David Gergen will give a talk at Virginia Tech on Thursday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Burruss Auditorium. Gergen is the featured speaker for the Cutchins Distinguished Lecture, sponsored by the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Rice Center for Leader Development in the Pamplin College of Business. His talk, "Eyewitness to Power: Leadership in America," is open to the public at no charge. Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-186.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-181.html Sheryl B. Ball of Blacksburg, Va., associate professor of economics in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has been named the College of Science's associate dean for curriculum, instruction, and advising. Mon, 16 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-181.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-182.html Sheryl B. Ball of Blacksburg, Va., associate professor of economics in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has been named the College of Science's associate dean for curriculum, instruction, and advising. Mon, 16 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-182.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-179.html Alan R. Esker of Blacksburg, assistant professor of chemistry in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has won a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award designed to encourage promising young researchers. Mon, 16 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-179.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-180.html Alan R. Esker of Blacksburg, assistant professor of chemistry in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has won a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award designed to encourage promising young researchers. Mon, 16 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-180.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-183.html Nominations are now being accepted for the 2004 Alumni Awards for Outreach Excellence, which recognize Virginia Tech faculty members for outstanding achievements that contribute to the university's outreach mission to the community at large, the commonwealth, the nation, and the world. Nominations are also open for eight new awards for excellence in outreach, one at each college. The Virginia Tech Commission on Outreach and International Affairs added these awards this year. Mon, 16 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-183.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-221.html Scott Poole of Blacksburg, Va., professor of architecture in the College of Architecture &amp; Urban Studies at Virginia Tech, has been named director of the college's new School of Architecture + Design. The foundation, professional, and graduate architecture programs,as well as industrial and interior design, comprise the five academic areas in the school. Sat, 14 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-221.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-172.html A new project, the Digital History Reader, has been sponsored by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Funded for $219,000, the Digital History Reader was selected to receive the two-year NEH Exemplary Education Grant from among 172 applications, of which 16, or nine percent, were funded. Thu, 12 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-172.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-177.html The College of Engineering at Virginia Tech is hosting the Northern Virginia Engineering Showcase on March 5, 2004 at the Marriott Tyson's Corner in Vienna, Va. The showcase will provide a review of a broad cross-section of advanced technology and basic science research at Virginia Tech, the commonwealth's premier research institution. Thu, 12 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-177.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-178.html Daniel Goerlich of Halifax, Va., was awarded the 2003 Young Forester Leadership Award from the Society of American Foresters Appalachian Society. Goerlich received his bachelor's degree in forestry and wildlife management from the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech in 1994. Thu, 12 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-178.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-176.html <p>The South Atlantic Humanities Center (SAHC) at Virginia Tech is sponsoring several seminars this spring.  SAHC is a partnership of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Virginia Tech, and the University of Virginia.  SAHC focuses on the U.S. South Atlantic from a regional and transatlantic perspective. It explores and preserves the rich heritage of a region stretching from Virginia to the Virgin Islands.  It engages artists and performers, writers and filmmakers, teachers and scholars, research institutes and state humanities councils to examine how a sense of place shapes the lives of South Atlantic residents (//www.southatlanticcenter.org). </p> Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-176.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-175.html Ron Kagawa of Arlington, Va., associate professor of landscape architecture at Virginia Tech, has co-written a book titled "Cobb's Island, Virginia: The Last Sentinal." The book offers a glimpse of the place that was and remains the 1,300 acre, four-mile-long Cobb's Island, one of Virginia's barrier islands owned and protected by the Nature Conservancy's Virginia Coast Reserve. Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-175.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-171.html Research expenditure growth at Virginia Tech grew 6.6 percent to $247.8 million for fiscal year (FY) 2003, the university controller's office reported to the National Science Foundation (NSF) in late January. Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-171.html Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-170.html Virginia Tech has compiled a listing of faculty members available to discuss specific aspects of the 2004 presidential election: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-170.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-168.html Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) will visit the Virginia Tech campus on Monday, Feb. 9. Mon, 09 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-168.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-169.html Toyota Motor Corp. is funding research at Virginia Tech aimed at better understanding the visual and auditory needs of the growing population of elderly drivers in the U.S. Mon, 09 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-169.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-173.html John Perlin, author of "A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization," will lecture on "The Role of Wood in World History," March 15 at 3 p.m., in the Fralin Biotechnology Center Auditorium at Virginia Tech's Blacksburg Campus. Mon, 09 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-173.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-166.html Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) will visit the Virginia Tech campus on Friday, Feb. 6. He is scheduled to appear at the Owens Hall Banquet Room at 9:15 a.m. His visit is sponsored by the Virginia Tech Team for Edwards. Thu, 05 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-166.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-167.html The MBA program in Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business ranked 63rd worldwide in the Financial Times 2004 business school rankings released recently. Among U.S. business schools, the college ranked 43rd. Thu, 05 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-167.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-165.html Virginia Tech was 26th among 94 universities without a medical school in terms of income from the licensing of inventions in 2001, according to the just released survey by the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM). Wed, 04 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-165.html College of Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-163.html "Explore Your Dream Kitchen," a two-day workshop offered in Virginia Tech's Center for Real Life Kitchen Design, will be offered twice in May to participants who want to learn about planning and designing a kitchen that really meets their needs. Attendees explore and experience kitchens with a wide variety of designs, products, materials, and technologies during this fun and interactive course. Participants are asked to bring plans, ideas, and questions about their homes and kitchens as everyone has the opportunity to discuss their personal needs during an individual kitchen consultation. Upcoming workshops are scheduled for May 21-22, 2004 and May 24-25, 2004. Mon, 02 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-163.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-164.html Richard E. Sorensen of Blacksburg, Va., dean of Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business, gave a presentation at a conference on international education organized by the Washington International Education Council on Jan. 21. The council seeks to promote international education programs and provides advisory and placement services to foreign students wishing to study in U.S. colleges and universities. Mon, 02 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-164.html Pamplin College of Business http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-162.html In an event that honored an 18-year career at the helm of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM), former Dean Peter Eyre of Blacksburg, Va., was formally recognized in the Virginia State Capitol with a joint resolution of commendation passed and presented by the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate. Mon, 02 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-162.html