http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/index.html en Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-598.html A new executive resource center dedicated earlier this month at the W.E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center at Smith Mountain Lake will allow the 4-H conference center and University Libraries at Virginia Tech to offer a wide range of educational programming to area residents and conference center guests. The state of the art facility was made possible through a private endowment. Wed, 22 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-598.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Virginia Cooperative Extension http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-599.html Donna Pitt of Newport, Va., who served as executive assistant to each of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine's four deans over three decades, has announced her retirement. Wed, 22 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-599.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-595.html Some of the special issues in biological farming — organic certification and pastured poultry along with issues common to all of agriculture such as farm policy and tax management — will be among the many topics at the Virginia Association for Biological Farming Conference, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 18 and 19, at Eagle Eyrie Conference Center in Lynchburg, Va. Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-595.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-596.html Nathaniel White, of Hamilton, Va., the Jean Ellen Shehan Professor and Director of the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, was awarded the American Association of Equine Practitioners' "Distinguished Service Award" during its recent annual meeting in Denver. Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-596.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-597.html A parasitologist on the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) faculty at Virginia Tech and his graduate student were both honored during the annual meeting of the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists (AAVP) in Philadelphia. Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-597.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-592.html Virginia Tech researchers are working on technologies that could create a new industry from a problem in the state's cotton-growing region. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-592.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-594.html Beate Schmittmann, of Blacksburg, professor of physics at Virginia Tech, has been elected a Fellow in the American Physical Society (APS), the major professional organization for physicists in both industry and academia in the United States. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-594.html College of Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-593.html We made it!" a banner proudly proclaims on the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Regimental Band home page. Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-593.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-587.html Virginia Tech professors, Diane Zahm and Peter Eyre, will be the keynote speakers at Virginia Tech's 2004 Fall Commencement Ceremonies. Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-587.html Undergraduate Education College of Architecture and Urban Studies Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Graduate studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-591.html "Building Profitable Grazing Systems" is the theme of two conferences to be held in January for forage and livestock producers and sponsored by Virginia Cooperative Extension and the Virginia Forage and Grassland Council. Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-591.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-589.html The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a four-year, $12.5 million funding renewal for the Virginia Tech-based Center for Power Electronics (CPES), a university/industry coalition working to help resolve the nation's power problems. Thu, 09 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-589.html College of Engineering Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-590.html Gravity Golf®, an innovative approach to teaching golf to beginners and helping experienced golfers make dramatic improvements to their game, will be taught at Virginia Tech next semester under the sponsorship of Continuing and Professional Education. Thu, 09 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-590.html Outreach and International Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-588.html Billions of tons of coal that have been considered waste for decades can now become an energy source, thanks to the advanced separation technologies developed at Virginia Tech. Wed, 08 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-588.html College of Engineering Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-585.html Chad Tyler Brodkin, of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech's Dietrick Dining Center's executive chef, has been awarded a grand prize by the ConAgra Foods/Lamb Weston's Lamb Supreme® Mashed Potato Recipe and Application Challenge. Tue, 07 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-585.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-584.html Virginia Tech Chef Brian Mann, of Pulaski, Va., recently won first-place from The National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS) Mid Atlantic Conference Culinary Challenge and a silver American Culinary Federation medal. Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-584.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-586.html Virginia Tech senior Ashley White, an engineering researcher and concert violinist, has been selected to receive a 2005 British Marshall Scholarship for graduate study in materials engineering at Cambridge University in England. Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-586.html College of Engineering College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-582.html Randall S. Murch, of Manassas, Va., has been named associate director for research program development at Virginia Tech effective Monday, Dec. 6. Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-582.html Research National Capital Region http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-577.html Virginia Tech professors, Diane Zahm and Peter Eyre, will deliver the keynote addresses for Virginia Tech's Fall 2004 undergraduate and graduate Commencement Ceremonies. Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-577.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-583.html The Student Government Association will host the first-ever ACC champion send-off on Friday, Dec. 3, as the Virginia Tech football team and fans head to Florida to take on the Miami Hurricanes Saturday afternoon. Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/12/2004-583.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-578.html Ping Chong, one of America's most renowned contemporary theater artists, is returning to Virginia Tech for the development and world premiere of <cite>God Favors the Predator</cite>. The piece will run at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 2 to 4, and Monday, Dec. 6, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, in Squires Haymarket Theatre on Virginia Tech's campus. Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-578.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-580.html A project to study genes that are important in the formation of wood will help Virginia Tech researchers understand more about some of the economically valuable trees. Eric P. Beers, associate professor of horticulture in Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, directs the project. Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-580.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-581.html Twelve people have one more reason to be "Crazy for the Hokies!" Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-581.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-579.html Virginia Tech presents "Back in the Bach's" as part of the University Chamber Music Series. The program will feature work by Bach, including <cite>Kleines Magnificat, BWV Anh. 21, Suite in B Minor, BWV 1067, Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027</cite>, and <cite>Concerto in C Major, BWV 1061</cite>. The performance will be held in Squires Recital Salon on the Virginia Tech campus at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5. Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-579.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-534.html Feldspars, which make up 60 percent of all the rock on the earth's surface, were little understood as recently as the 1950s. Professor Helen Megaw of Cambridge University was the expert and led a research group of Ph.D. students including Paul Ribbe who was to make significant advances in the crystallography of feldspars and, as a byproduct, launch a series of books that have become the definitive work on mineralogy. Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-534.html College of Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-575.html Virginia Tech student programming teams captured four of the five top places in the 2004 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Mid-Atlantic Regional Programming Contest — the best performance ever by Virginia Tech undergraduate students in the College of Engineering. Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-575.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-576.html A team of students from Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business won this year's Goodman Accounting Challenge, sponsored by regional public accounting firm Goodman and Company. Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-576.html Pamplin College of Business http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-571.html The departments of Biological Systems Engineering (BSE), Theatre Arts, and History received the university's 2004 Exemplary Department Awards during ceremonies on Nov. 4. Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-571.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences College of Engineering College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Undergraduate Education http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-574.html Humans and animals have a "fight or flight" response to danger, but plants can't flee. They originally had a built-in defense system to protect them from bugs and injuries, but humans cultivated some plants to serve humans' needs; and now some plants can't flee or fight. So costly pesticides that are sometimes harmful to the environment now defend the plants from the same things they used to be able to fight on their own. Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-574.html College of Science College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-573.html The Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group (MPRG) in Virginia Tech's Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has developed the fundamental software for use in designing software radios and is offering this tool free to other wireless communications researchers throughout the world. Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-573.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-572.html Alnoor S. Ebrahim, associate professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech, National Capital Region, received the 2004 Book Award from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), for his book, "NGOs and Organizational Change: Discourse, Reporting, and Learning," published by Cambridge University Press (2003). Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-572.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies National Capital Region http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-568.html Virginia Tech instructors will host a two-and-a-half day interactive workshop covering an array of topics regarding successful selling in today's market. Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-568.html Pamplin College of Business http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-569.html Virginia Tech and Halifax County, Virginia, announced plans to begin a new research-based outreach initiative relating to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Carole C. Inge, who formerly managed Longwood University's National Institute for Technology Policy and Research, will direct the Halifax outreach program. The announcement was made at a press conference held at the R. O. Harrell Trucking Company, west of South Boston. Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-569.html Outreach and International Affairs Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (K-12 STEM education) http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-570.html Millions of unclaimed or unwanted animals are kept in shelters around the country, where they reside in facilities that are sometimes over-crowded and under-funded. Promoting animal health and well-being in these environments can be challenging. Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-570.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-567.html Whether you are planning your first holiday dinner or you're a turkey-cooking veteran, food safety precautions should be paramount when preparing your turkey feast. Wed, 17 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-567.html Virginia Cooperative Extension College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-566.html Gov. Mark R. Warner announced today the opening of a new Forest Industries Center research facility at Virginia Tech. The center was established with funding from the Sloan Foundation, forest industry organizations, and Virginia Tech, and seeks to promote the global competitiveness and sustainable growth of America's diverse forest industries. The center is located on Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus and begins its operations today. Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-566.html Pamplin College of Business College of Natural Resources and Environment http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-556.html The Virginia Counselors Association (VCA) recently presented its 2004 William H. Van Hoose Career Service Award to Thomas H. Hohenshil, of Radford, Va., professor of educational leadership and policy studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech. Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-556.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-561.html Gary Downey, of Blacksburg, professor of science and technology in society in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, has been named a Boeing Company Engineering Education Senior Fellow by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-561.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-560.html The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded a $15,000 early doctoral research grant to Karen Danielsen, of Alexandria, a Ph.D. candidate in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech's Alexandria campus. Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-560.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies National Capital Region http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-564.html A bird's song is music to our ears—and to the ears of his potential mates — and a warning to other males to stay out of his territory. To Ignacio Moore, assistant professor of biology in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, bird songs were a curiosity that made him want to find out why birds sang at some times and not at others, at some places and not elsewhere. Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-564.html College of Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-563.html John Norton, former director of golf at Grand Palms Golf Resort in Pembroke Pines, Fla., has been named head PGA professional/general manager at The River Course of Virginia Tech effective Dec. 1. Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-563.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-558.html Kanitta Charoensiri of Blacksburg, former medical director of student health services at the University of Pittsburgh, has been named director of Virginia Tech's Schiffert Health Center, which offers a wide range of medical and wellness services to university students. Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-558.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-562.html S.K. De Datta, of Blacksburg, associate provost for international affairs at Virginia Tech, received the university's Clifton Garvin Fellowship Award. The award was conferred by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors at its quarterly meeting Monday, Nov. 8. Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-562.html Outreach and International Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-555.html Nathaniel White, of Hamilton, Va., the Theodora Ayer Randolph Professor of Equine Surgery and director of Virginia Tech's Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, has been named the Jean Ellen Shehan Professor and Director by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors at its quarterly meeting Monday, Nov 8. Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-555.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-557.html Hara P. Misra, of Blacksburg, professor of biomedical sciences and pathology in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, was conferred with the title "professor emeritus" by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting Monday, Nov. 8. Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-557.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-559.html Hugo P. Veit, of Blacksburg, professor of biomedical sciences and pathology in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, was conferred with the title "professor emeritus" by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting Monday, Nov. 8. Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-559.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-565.html Virginia Tech's agricultural scientists are taking additional steps in the plan to protect the commonwealth's soybean crop from major yield reductions caused by Asian soybean rust, an aggressive fungal disease. Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-565.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-553.html Jimmy T. Arnold, of Blacksburg, professor of mathematics in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, was conferred with the title "professor emeritus" by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting Monday, Nov. 8. Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-553.html College of Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-551.html Lenwood D. McCoy, of Blacksburg, former university controller and associate vice president for strategic initiatives at Virginia Tech, was conferred with the title "University Controller and Associate Vice President emeritus" by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting Monday, Nov. 8. Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-551.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-554.html Thomas Novak, of Blacksburg, professor and head of the Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been named the Charles T. Holland Professor of Mining and Minerals Engineering by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors at its quarterly meeting Monday, Nov 8. Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-554.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-552.html Gregory J. Buhyoff, of Blacksburg, Julian N. Cheatham Professor of Forestry in the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech, was conferred with the title "professor emeritus" by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting Monday, Nov. 8. Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/11/2004-552.html College of Natural Resources and Environment