http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/index.html en Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-165.html Russ Housley, a computer science alumnus of Virginia Tech, is the new chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), an international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-165.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-203.html Graduate programs in Virginia Tech's College of Engineering and College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences are again ranked nationally among the top 10 in their fields, according to the "America's Best Graduate Schools 2008" survey released today by <cite>U.S. News and World Report</cite>. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-203.html College of Engineering Graduate studies College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-112.html Virginia Tech researchers announced last year that they had created a nanostructured membrane that incorporates DNA base pairs in order to impart molecular recognition and binding ability to the synthetic material. This year they will show for the first time that these new films, membranes, and elastomers are compatible with diverse organic and inorganic molecules and will adopt properties of the guest molecules. Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-112.html College of Engineering Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-179.html James A. Burger of Blacksburg, professor of forestry in the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech, has been appointed the Garland Gray Professor of Forestry by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting March 26. Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-179.html College of Natural Resources and Environment Philanthropy http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-184.html John Novak, the Nick Prillaman Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech and a nationally-recognized expert on wastewater treatment, will speak Wed., April 11, at 7:30 p.m., at Virginia Tech’s Owens Banquet Hall about current water and wastewater treatment issues that concern citizens. The lecture is free to the public and sponsored by Sigma Xi, the international honor society of science and engineering. Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-184.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-202.html Officials at Virginia Tech's Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center announced today that the facility will reopen to outpatients on Friday, March 30, following the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' issuance of an official release of quarantine on Wednesday, March 28. Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-202.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine National Capital Region http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-113.html Virginia Tech polymer scientists have developed a new family of gene vectors – novel polymers that can ferry genetic material across the cell membrane so that it can be incorporated into the machinery of the cell. Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-113.html Research College of Engineering Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-114.html Virginia Tech chemists are looking for biobased alternatives and environmentally friendly reaction pathways to replace a toxic intermediate that is a critical component of many polymer products. Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-114.html College of Science Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-178.html Charles E. "Chip" Frazier of Blacksburg, professor of wood science and forest products in the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech, has been appointed the Thomas M. Brooks Professor of Wood Science and Forest Products by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting March 26. Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-178.html College of Natural Resources and Environment Philanthropy http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-182.html Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business and global consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, of McLean, Va.. have established an educational partnership under which employees of the firm will receive a tuition discount for the college’s Executive MBA Program. Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-182.html Pamplin College of Business http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-183.html Peter Wallenstein, professor of history at Virginia Tech, is the author of the newly released <cite>Cradle of America: Four Centuries of Virginia History</cite>. Pushing 500 pages in length with 84 images, it is the first modern history of Virginia authored by a historian. Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-183.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-189.html Maren Roman, assistant professor in the wood science and forest products department of the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech, is taking nanocrystal research to a new level that may lead to a new generation of vaccines and better computer printer ink. Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-189.html College of Natural Resources and Environment http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-115.html Common bacteria with an overt reaction to toxins that cause oxidative stress show promise as a biosensor to predict public health threats. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-115.html Research College of Science College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-172.html Thomas C. Ward of Blacksburg, the Adhesive and Sealant Council Professor of Chemistry in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, was conferred the title, "Adhesive and Sealant Council Professor Emeritus" by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting March 26. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-172.html College of Science Philanthropy http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-173.html The late Ernest C. Houck, former professor in the Department of Business Information Technology in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech, was conferred the title, "R.B. Pamplin Professor of Management Science Emeritus," posthumously by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting March 26. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-173.html Pamplin College of Business http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-174.html Thomas R. McAnge of Blacksburg, assistant professor of agricultural and extension education in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Virginia Cooperative Extension specialist at Virginia Tech, was conferred the title, "assistant professor emeritus" by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting March 26. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-174.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Virginia Cooperative Extension http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-175.html Louis Helfrich of Blacksburg, professor of fisheries and wildlife science 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 March 26. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-175.html College of Natural Resources and Environment http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-176.html Anita Haney of Blacksburg, college librarian for the humanities for University Libraries at Virginia Tech, was conferred the title, "assistant professor emerita" by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting March 26. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-176.html University Libraries http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-181.html Peter Eyre, professor and former dean of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, was conferred with the title, "professor and dean emeritus" by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting March 26. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-181.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-158.html Some 2,500 Virginia Tech students are planning to dedicate Saturday, March 31 to serving residents of the New River Valley as a special thank you to the community. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-158.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-167.html Creating a robotic locomotion mechanism based on the motion of single-cell organisms is the goal of Virginia Tech College of Engineering researcher Dennis Hong, who has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-167.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-169.html Zenobia Lawrence Hikes, vice president of the division of student affairs, has been selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board as a Fulbright scholar grantee to the United States-Japan International Education Administrators (IEA) program. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-169.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-177.html Not all of Virginia Tech’s outreach efforts take place far from home. One faculty member in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is leading a four-week campaign to help students at the university’s Blacksburg campus stay safe and pathogen-free when cooking and storing food. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-177.html Virginia Cooperative Extension College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-185.html Responding to future directions in medical product discovery and development, and the emerging needs of industry and regulatory agencies, Virginia Tech and Georgetown University have created a joint graduate level degree program, a Master of Science in Biomedical Technology Development and Management, approved today by Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-185.html Virginia Tech Board of Visitors http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-186.html The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors has set tuition and fee rates for 2007-08 academic year. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-186.html Virginia Tech Board of Visitors http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-187.html The Board of Visitors took action on several resolutions during its regularly scheduled quarterly meeting held on campus today. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-187.html Virginia Tech Board of Visitors http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-163.html We take "self-assembly" for granted when it is carried out by the biopolymers which comprise our hair, teeth, or skin. But when scientists devise new ways for molecules to self-assemble into new materials, it is an important achievement. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-163.html Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-170.html The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine is holding its annual "Open House" on Saturday, March 31 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-170.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-171.html Nearly four years ago, Virginia Tech student Ashley Ryan Krueger was killed in an automobile accident when she was thrown from the vehicle she was riding in because she was not wearing her seat belt. Since then, members of Krueger’s sorority, Delta Zeta, have partnered with members of her brother fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon, to honor her memory with The A.R.K. Project--a safety belt awareness campaign held on the Virginia Tech campus and surrounding community each spring. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-171.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-155.html A special event for food lovers, food writers and editors, chefs, dietitians, vintners, and culinary historians will celebrate Jamestown's 400th anniversary April 20-21 on the Virginia Tech campus. Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-155.html Outreach and International Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-166.html Virginia Tech's Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS) will dedicate its first building--housing the Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory (NCFL) and related office space--at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center on Sept. 21. The new NCFL facilities will place Virginia Tech facilities on a par with the best nanotechnology labs in the world. Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-166.html College of Engineering Research Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-120.html James R. Schlesinger, the first U.S. Secretary of Energy and current co-chair of the Defense Science Board study of the Department of Defense energy strategy, will speak at 6 p.m. tonight (March 21) at the Lyric Theater in downtown Blacksburg. Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-120.html Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-147.html The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) has expanded the range of non-invasive procedures available in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) with the acquisition of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) unit. Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-147.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-164.html Virginia Tech researchers in the Department of Dairy Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are using a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) to offer incentive payments to dairy farmers who reduce phosphorus overfeeding on their farms. This outreach program follows almost a decade of research on the dietary nutrient management of dairy cattle in Virginia. Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-164.html Virginia Cooperative Extension College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-168.html University Provost Mark C. McNamee has announced the appointment of A. J. Jack Davis as Virginia Tech's dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies. Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-168.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies Philanthropy National Capital Region http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-143.html Producing optical images at resolutions as low as one nanometer is the goal of Virginia Tech College of Engineering researcher Yong Xu, who has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award. Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-143.html College of Engineering Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-153.html A special celebration will be held at Payne Hall at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 24 to dedicate a new display honoring the residence hall's namesake. Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-153.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-161.html When hair sheep began grazing on U.S. pastures in the 1950s, a trend in lamb production began that is now affecting Virginia’s agricultural economy and is the subject of significant outreach from Virginia Cooperative Extension. Associate Professor Scott Greiner and Professor David Notter of Virginia Tech’s Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences are teaching livestock producers in Southwest Virginia about hair sheep--a popular cousin of traditional wool sheep. Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-161.html Virginia Cooperative Extension College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-162.html The Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) and the Association for India's Development will present a two-part lecture series on the crisis of AIDS in developing countries around the world on March 23 and March 24 on the Virginia Tech campus. Both events are free and open to the public. Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-162.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-154.html The Student Technology Council (STC) at Virginia Tech is sponsoring an Engineering Technology Showcase on Tuesday, March 27. In addition to providing a platform for technology companies to show off their most recent innovations, technology presentations will be offered by Virginia Tech faculty and staff on topics ranging from a virtual greenhouse to the System X supercomputer. Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-154.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-157.html Virginia Tech's rank for agricultural research spending jumped three places to No. 11 in 2005, up from No. 14 in 2004 in the National Science Foundation's (NSF) recently released nationwide ranking of programs. Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-157.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Virginia Cooperative Extension http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-159.html The Virginia Tech community celebrates its first Jewish Awareness Month in 2007 with the theme "5,767 Years of History and Humor" from Mar. 15 to April 22. Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-159.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-160.html The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors will hold its quarterly board meeting at 1:15 p.m. Monday, March 26, in the Board Room of Torgersen Hall (Room 2100) on the Blacksburg campus. Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-160.html Virginia Tech Board of Visitors http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-129.html Don Leo, a program manager in the Defense Sciences Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Washington, D.C., has accepted the position of associate dean for research and graduate studies of the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-129.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-141.html Three Virginia Tech students have been awarded ACC International Academic Collaborative (ACC/IAC) Scholarships of $1,000 each to help underwrite the costs of their studies abroad this semester. Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-141.html Outreach and International Affairs College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-145.html Lynn Young of Christiansburg, Va., director of alumni and student affairs in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM), was recently awarded the Friend of the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association (VVMA) at the annual Virginia Veterinary Conference held recently in Roanoke. Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-145.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-81.html Award-winning historian, author, and television commentator Doris Kearns Goodwin will present the Cutchins Distinguished Lecture at Virginia Tech tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Burruss Hall Auditorium. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-81.html Pamplin College of Business Philanthropy http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-136.html Blacksburg's 18th annual Take Back the Night Rally and March will be held on Thursday, March 29 to bring the community together to reject violence against women and promote awareness of attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors which perpetuate this violence. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-136.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-138.html Virginia Tech's Graduate Education Week 2007, to be held March 26-30, is a week-long celebration conducted by the Graduate School to recognize the skills and accomplishments of the university's graduate students, increase community awareness of the many contributions of post-baccalaureate students, and offer festive social events for everyone. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-138.html Graduate studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-146.html Dr. Ashish Ranjan of Blacksburg, a Ph.D. candidate in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (DLACS), recently received first place for his research poster during the two-day Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine Via Research Recognition Day. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/03/2007-146.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Research Graduate studies