http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/index.html en Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-754.html University Provost Mark C. McNamee announces the appointment of Richard C. Benson, as Virginia Tech’s next dean of the College of Engineering. Benson currently heads the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Penn State University. Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-754.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-753.html Jack Cranford, associate professor and assistant head of the Department of Biological Sciences in Virginia Tech's College of Science, has been awarded the National Academic Advising Association’s (NACADA) Certificate of Merit for Faculty Academic Advising. Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-753.html College of Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-750.html On May 2-4, Virginia Tech’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity and the Office of Student Programs are teaming up for the fifth consecutive year to allow students to donate their extra meal plan money to fight hunger. Wed, 27 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-750.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-748.html The future of high-performance computing as seen by the leading information technology manufacturers and independent hardware vendors is the theme of the Virginia Tech High Performance Computing Conference on Wednesday and Thursday, May 25 and 26, at the Donaldson Brown Hotel & Conference Center on campus. Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-748.html Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-747.html One million returns, yet the legacy of ethnic cleansing endures. That was the testimony of Gerard Toal, professor of government and international affairs in the School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech, National Capital Region, before a congressional subcommittee hearing on “Bosnia-Herzegovina: Unfinished Business” on April 6. Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-747.html National Capital Region http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-746.html Using economic theory to improve wireless communications networks and designing garments that can sense their own shapes are among the goals of two National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award projects recently funded at Virginia Tech. Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-746.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-744.html Students enrolled in Tammy Henderson’s Parent Education & Practice course will be serving the local community regarding parenting issues from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 27. Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-744.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-743.html The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets will conduct a Pylon dedication ceremony at 4 p.m. Friday, April 29, to honor three former Virginia Tech students who lost their lives while serving in the Iraq war. Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-743.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-745.html The Virginia Tech Service-Learning Center will celebrate 10 years of helping faculty and students put knowledge to work through community service with a banquet from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, at the Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center, Otey Street, on Virginia Tech's campus. Tickets are $35 per person with proceeds benefiting the Service-Learning Center. Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-745.html Outreach and International Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-742.html The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) will host the semi-annual Virginia Smart Road public open house from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 27. Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-742.html Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-740.html A new 64-processor SGI computer from Silicon Graphics Inc. will be delivered to Andrews Information Systems Building on April 22 and should be available to university researchers within 30 days, announced Terry Herdman, director of research computing. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-740.html Research College of Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-736.html Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Soil Judging Team captured the overall national championship at the 2005 American National Soil Judging Championship hosted by Auburn University, April 3-8. Twenty-two collegiate teams qualified at regional competitions to compete at the contest. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-736.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-738.html The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors named Jennifer W. Jessie as its undergraduate student representative for the 2005-2006 academic year. Jessie will serve as a liaison between Virginia Tech’s undergraduate student population and the board of visitors. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-738.html Virginia Tech Board of Visitors College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Undergraduate Education http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-739.html Students from Virginia Tech placed third out of 56 schools in the 29th annual Student Career Days. This conference is designed for students in landscape contracting programs to talk with professionals. Students also compete with other schools in contests relevant to their field of study, such as annual and perennial identification and irrigation design. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-739.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-737.html The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors named Navin J. Manjooran as its graduate student representative for the 2005-2006 academic year. Manjooran will serve as a liaison between Virginia Tech’s graduate student population and the board of visitors. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-737.html Virginia Tech Board of Visitors College of Engineering Graduate studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-735.html Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources has given its Outstanding Young Alumnus Award to Dan Goerlich, resident of Nathalie in the Halifax, Va., area and forestry Extension agent for south-central Virginia. Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-735.html College of Natural Resources and Environment http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-733.html S. Richard Turner, a research fellow at Eastman Chemical Company of Kingsport, Tenn., has been named director of the Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute at Virginia Tech. Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-733.html Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-734.html Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources has given its Friend of the College Award to J. Ken Morgan Jr., a resident of Clarksville, Va., president of Morgan Lumber Co. Inc. in Red Oak, Va., and president of Sunrise Shavings, L.I.C. Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-734.html College of Natural Resources and Environment http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-731.html Leonard M. Scigaj, of Blacksburg, professor of English, died April 16, 2005. Scigaj joined the Virginia Tech English Department in 1978. Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-731.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-730.html Nona Gabbert, of Blacksburg, senior assistant manager at Shultz Dining Center on the Virginia Tech campus, was recently honored by the university’s corps of cadets for her outstanding service to students and for contributions “above and beyond” the call of duty to their college experience. Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-730.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-726.html Grade school teachers, high school teachers, and community college and entry-level professors of Civil War history throughout the country have an opportunity to learn practical classroom ideas and resources for teaching the topic during the fourth annual Civil War Teachers Institute, a free training event sponsored by Virginia Tech’s Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and the Civil War Preservation Trust in cooperation this year with Centre College and the Kentucky Heritage Council. The institute will be held Aug. 5-7 at the Mariott Griffin Gate in Lexington, Ky. Fri, 15 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-726.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-727.html Apple Computer vice president Bridget Ryan Berman, a resident of Maplewood, N.J., and a graduate of St. Gertrude High School in Richmond, Va., has been selected as the 2005 Distinguished Alumna of Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business. Fri, 15 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-727.html Pamplin College of Business http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-725.html The grandson of Mahatma Gandhi is coming to Virginia Tech's campus at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in the Squires Student Center's Old Dominion Ballroom to speak. Arun Gandhi is the keynote speaker for Victory over Violence Week from April 18-22. Fri, 15 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-725.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-728.html Researchers at Virginia Tech have discovered that the use of antimicrobial soaps and other products may unnecessarily be directly exposing consumers to significant quantities of chloroform. Fri, 15 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-728.html Research College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-723.html Virginia Tech’s Institute for Connecting Science Research to the Classroom (ICSRC) is partnering with the university’s Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning (IDDL) to provide Virginia teachers and students access to an extensive educational video library via the Annenberg/CPB website. Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-723.html Outreach and International Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-724.html Ed Knipling, of Clarksville, Md., administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, has received the Outstanding Alumnus Award from the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech. Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-724.html College of Natural Resources and Environment http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-719.html Iuliana Lazar, a research assistant professor at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech, has been awarded a five-year, $400,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) for research on the development of microfluidic devices with mass spectrometric detection for proteomic applications. Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-719.html Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-720.html The Environmental Coalition at Virginia Tech will be hosting a series of events for Earth Week April 18-24 on Virginia Tech's campus. Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-720.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-718.html The average age of a Virginia farmer is now 56 years old, and a large transfer of farm assets could occur over the next two decades. To address this important issue, the Virginia Cooperative Extension has scheduled two workshops on farm business succession planning during May in eastern Virginia. Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-718.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-722.html Soybean rust has become a pressing agricultural issue. While it remains uncertain whether Virginia farmers will have to deal with this devastating disease this growing season, steps should be taken to prepare for disease control. Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-722.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-729.html The Office of the Vice President for Research announces that 13 research proposals and four capital renovation projects have received ASPIRES awards to help launch faculty members' research enterprises. Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-729.html Research Fralin Life Science Institute http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-721.html Distinguished political figures ranging from United States Congressmen to the Commissioner-designee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration praised the progress made by the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) during its first quarter-century and spoke of the growing importance of the profession of veterinary medicine in the post September 11, 2001 world during a recent black-tie gala celebrating the college’s 25th anniversary. Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-721.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-716.html Virginia Tech’s Northern Virginia Engineering (NVE) will host its annual Graduate Programs Open House Wednesday, April 20, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Northern Virginia Center located at 7054 Haycock Road, Falls Church. The event is free and open to the public. Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-716.html National Capital Region College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-717.html Most livestock producers in Virginia ship their animals out of state to be processed and sold. A growing number, however, are considering marketing their own meat on the farm to garner more value from their products. Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-717.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-699.html ArtsFusion 2005 will once again unite Virginia Tech and Blacksburg in a weeklong celebration of the arts from April 10-17. Sponsored by the Virginia Tech School of the Arts and the Department of English, this second annual affair includes more than 55 events in music, art, theater, dance, film, and creative writing at various venues around the community. Sun, 10 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-699.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-519.html As part of Virginia Tech's recognition of Holocaust Awareness Week, Nobel Peace Prize winning author Elie Wiesel is coming to speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, in Burruss Hall Auditorium. The event has sold out, the first time a speaking engagement has sold out in the auditorium. Fri, 08 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-519.html Division of Student Affairs College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-715.html Experience a 21st-century exploration of the place where art and science/technology meet, where reality and cyber worlds collide. The CyberArts Showcase, an innovative, virtual art museum of student works that uses technology to create inventive, interactive worlds of digital art, will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 15, at Torgersen Hall on Virginia Tech's campus. Roberto Bocci, multimedia artist and professor of digital art at Georgetown University will open the event. Fri, 08 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-715.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-711.html Virginia Tech history professor Fred Baumgartner has spent many years researching the process and history of papal elections. He can expound on various queries about the process, from the most basic to those most recently imposed by John Paul II. Thu, 07 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-711.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-714.html The Virginia Tech Landscape Architecture Symposium, held April 14-16 on Virginia Tech's campus, features a keynote speech by renowned National Geographic photographer and motivational speaker Steve Uzzell. Symposium events also include a two-day Rain Garden Workshop, lectures from landscape architecture professionals, a career fair, and workshops that include portfolio reviews. Thu, 07 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-714.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-712.html Marta Brito Perez, associate director for human capital leadership and merit system accountability in the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM), will give a lecture as the Wachovia Distinguished Speaker at Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business. Thu, 07 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-712.html Pamplin College of Business http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-713-pk-dup-1590.html Eric M. Pillmore, senior vice president of corporate governance at Tyco International, will be the guest speaker at the 15th annual Conference on Business Ethics organized by the Department of Management in the Pamplin College of Business. Pillmore’s talk at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 25, in Burruss Auditorium, is titled: “Tyco: restoring trust in the corporate world and related lessons learned.” No tickets are necessary for the event, which is free and open to the public. Thu, 07 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-713-pk-dup-1590.html Pamplin College of Business http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-710.html The Pre-Vet Club of Virginia Tech has scheduled its Ninth Annual Community Pet Show for Saturday, April 16, 2005 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the Alphin-Stuart Livestock Teaching Arena. Thu, 07 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-710.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-708.html Interior Design students in the School of Architecture + Design at Virginia Tech won two of the four awards presented in the 2004-2005 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Student Design Competition. Winners were selected at the International IDEC Conference in Savannah, Ga. with Virginia Tech Interior Design students winning second place and honorable mention. Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-708.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-709.html Ed Henneke, of Blacksburg, associate dean for research and graduate studies in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, received the Award for Innovation in Nondestructive Testing Research (NDT) at the American Society for Nondestructive Testing’s 14th Annual Research Symposium in Albuquerque, N.M. This award was established to recognize highly distinguished individual breakthroughs in research in NDT. Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-709.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-703.html This Saturday, April 9, the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences (CLAHS) at Virginia Tech will host more than 100 junior high students and their parents as part of the “Odyssey Series,” which targets talented youth interested in the liberal arts. Seventh, eighth and ninth graders from across the state who have been identified as having high academic achievement will participate in various workshops that showcase the importance of social sciences. Tue, 05 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-703.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-706.html The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) in Danville, Va., was selected as a finalist in "Putting It Together: the Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development," a conference hosted by the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy, the Council of State Governments, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and the National Lieutenant Governors Association. Tue, 05 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-706.html Outreach and International Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-705.html Each year, hundreds of undergraduate students are engaged in research and discovery at Virginia Tech thanks to faculty members' initiative in finding resources to support undergraduate research programs and to individual's willingness to guide an interested student. Tue, 05 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-705.html Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-702.html The season finale of University Chamber Music will be presented at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 10, in the Squires Recital Salon featuring a concert by members of the Miró String Quartet and pianist, Pei-Yao Wang. The program will include the Mozart E Flat Quartet, K. 493, the Walton Quartet in D Minor, and the Brahms G Minor Quartet, Op. 25. Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-702.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-698.html Homer Hickam, acclaimed author of several best-selling non-fiction books and an alumnus of Virginia Tech and the corps of cadets, will be in Blacksburg to sign copies of his latest novel, The Ambassador’s Son, and to join the corps of cadets on their semi-annual 13-mile Caldwell March. Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-698.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-694.html Graduate programs in education and engineering at Virginia Tech fared well in this year's U.S. News & World Report "America's Best Graduate Schools 2006" survey released today. Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2005/04/2005-694.html