http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/index.html en Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-279.html Virginia Tech National Capital Region and the National Defense University Information Resources Management College have signed a memorandum of understanding designed to strengthen the quality and resources of academic programs at both universities. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-279.html National Capital Region http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-280.html Virginia Tech has named Carolyn Barnes, a resident of Virginia Beach, Va., as the Outstanding Graduating Senior in the College of Liberal Arts and Humans Sciences for the 2007-2008 academic year. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-280.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-281.html Virginia Tech has named Philip Chong, a resident of Fairfax, Va., as the Outstanding Graduating Senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for the 2007-2008 academic year. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-281.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-282.html Virginia Tech has named Sherri Cook, a resident of Winchester, Va., as the Outstanding Graduating Senior in the College of Engineering for the 2007-2008 academic year. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-282.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-283.html Virginia Tech has named Jesse Fallon, a resident of Spring Mills, Pa., as the Outstanding Graduate in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine for the 2007-2008 academic year. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-283.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-284.html Virginia Tech has named Christopher Fields-Johnson, a resident of Richmond, Va., as the Outstanding Graduating Senior in the College of Natural Resources for the 2007-2008 academic year. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-284.html College of Natural Resources and Environment http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-285.html Christine George, of Manassas, Va., has been named the 2008 Outstanding Senior in the College of Science for the 2007-2008 academic year. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-285.html College of Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-286.html Virginia Tech has named Tatiana Mishina, a resident of Pilot, Va., as the Outstanding Graduating Senior in the Pamplin College of Business for the 2007-2008 academic year. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-286.html Pamplin College of Business http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-287.html Virginia Tech has named Andrew Valentine, a resident of Midlothian, Va., as the Outstanding Graduating Senior in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies for the 2007-2008 academic year. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-287.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-294.html Three outstanding Virginia Tech students, each with an impressive record of undergraduate research and leadership experience, have received highly competitive Barry M. Goldwater scholarships for the 2008-09 academic year. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-294.html College of Engineering College of Agriculture and Life Sciences College of Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-307.html The Executive Committee of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors will meet on Monday, May 5, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Troutman Sanders offices in Richmond (1001 Haxall Point, Richmond, Va.). Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-307.html Virginia Tech Board of Visitors http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-271.html The YMCA at Virginia Tech has partnered with Virginia Tech Recycling and others to help reduce the waste going into landfills from Student Move Out each May with their Ytoss? program. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-271.html Division of Student Affairs Campus sustainability http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-273.html George Hazelrigg, of Blacksburg, a senior project associate in the landscape architecture program in Virginia Tech's College of Architecture and Urban Studies, has been awarded the Bradford Williams Medal at the annual national meeting of the American Society of Landscape Architecture in San Francisco. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-273.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-293.html Saving lives and ships by improving the stability and safety of sea-going vessels is the goal of Virginia Tech College of Engineering researcher Leigh McCue, who has won two highly competitive grants to support her research. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-293.html College of Engineering Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-308.html Researchers in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech have provided critical support for an international research effort led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that is helping resolve the global public health threat caused by contaminated heparin. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-308.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-248.html Patricia Dove, professor of geosciences in Virginia Tech's College of Science, has been named a 2008 Fellow in the American Geophysical Union. Dove was recognized for her outstanding contributions to the advancement of the geophysical sciences. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-248.html College of Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-275.html Hurricanes often lift the roofs off buildings and expose them to havoc and damaging conditions, even after the worst of the wind has passed. A local roofer, Virginia Tech faculty members from architecture and engineering, and a graduate student have devised an inexpensive vent that can reduce roof uplift on buildings during high winds, even a hurricane. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-275.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies Research College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-245.html A graduate research assistants at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech has received an outstanding student award from the Virginia Tech Graduate School. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-245.html Virginia Bioinformatics Institute http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-261.html Sruthi Atmakur, a landscape architecture student in Virginia Tech's School of Architecture + Design, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, is researching what about a public space's environment can make women feel comfortable and safe, and what can do just the opposite. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-261.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-262.html The Virginia Maryland-Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech will collaborate with the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ACVO) and Pet Health Systems during the first ACVO National Service Dog Eye Exam on Friday, May 16, 2008. Merial Inc. is the official event sponsor. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-262.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-288.html Virginia Tech has been recognized as a recipient of the 2008 Governor's Environmental Excellence Award for its commitment to the stewardship of Virginia's natural resources through the Sustainability Week 2007 Program. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-288.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-289.html Tae-sik Lee, the Republic of Korea ambassador to the United States, will deliver the keynote address at Virginia Tech’s 2008 Graduate Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 9, at 3 p.m. at Cassell Coliseum. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-289.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-238.html C. Patrick Washington, a Virginia Tech doctoral student in the Center for Public Administration and Policy, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, has won the Mortimer A. Dittenhofer Dissertation Research Award for his research proposal entitled, "Examining the Fiscal Implications of a 'Catch 22' Mission: The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Proliferation of Improper Payments in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina." Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-238.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-242.html The availability of new genome sequencing technology has prompted a Virginia Tech plant scientist Boris Vinatzer to test an intriguing hypothesis about how agriculture's early beginnings may have impacted the evolution of plant pathogens. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-242.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Research Fralin Life Science Institute http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-263.html Virginia Tech's Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center has added an ophthalmology service through an alliance with Scottsdale, Ariz., based Eye Care for Animals. The new offering, which became available on March 4, is provided by Dr. Gwendolyn Lynch, a board certified veterinary ophthalmologist and associate doctor at Eye Care for Animals Leesburg, Va., location. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-263.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-237.html Stephanie P. Newbold, a graduate of Virginia Tech’s public administration and policy doctoral program in the Center for Public Administration and Policy, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, won an honorable mention from the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration for her dissertation, "All but Forgotten: Thomas Jefferson’s Contribution to the Development of Public Administration in the United States." Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-237.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-240.html Understanding the dynamics of large, chaotic systems, such as weather and climate, is the goal of Virginia Tech College of Engineering researcher Mark Paul, who has received a $400,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award to support his research. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-240.html College of Engineering Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-276.html Approximately 150 faculty, staff, and students recently gathered to hear Dr. Temple Grandin, an expert in autism and animal behavior, present a seminar entitled, "Animals in Translation: Understanding animal behavior through the mind of a visual thinker," at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-276.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-295.html The Department of Building Construction, in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, jointly with the Myers-Lawson School of Construction, will celebrate the grand opening of Bishop-Favrao Hall on Thursday, May 1. The new facility houses both the Department of Building Construction and the Myers-Lawson School of Construction. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-295.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies Philanthropy http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-297.html William E. Skelton, 1940 graduate of Virginia Tech, is the recipient of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s Ernest T. Stewart Award for Alumni Volunteer Involvement. This award is the highest honor the council gives to an alumni volunteer. With nearly 3,400 members, it is one of the largest international associations of educational institutions. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-297.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Philanthropy Virginia Cooperative Extension http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-241.html "Teaching With Toys" will be the topic of a seminar by Hassan Aref, the Reynolds Metals Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech who also holds a Niels Bohr Visiting Professorship at the Technical University of Denmark. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-241.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-260.html It is easy to overlook that most of the energy we consume daily, such as electricity or natural gas, is produced with the help of a dwindling resource – fresh water. Virginia Tech professor Tamim Younos and undergraduate student Rachelle Hill are researching the water-efficiency of some of the most common energy sources and power generating methods. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-260.html Research College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-269.html Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech Professor and Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory Director Chris Barrett presented the keynote address at High Performance Computational Biology (HiCOMB) 2008, the seventh annual Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers international workshop on high performance computational biology, on April 14, 2008. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-269.html Virginia Bioinformatics Institute http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-274.html Jeremy Connell, a third-year industrial design student in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies’ School of Architecture + Design, has won first place in the Create the Future design contest’s machinery/equipment category for his cargo management system. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-274.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-226.html Virginia Tech's Division of Student Affairs has received a $1 million gift, which will be used to advance health education that its donor established more than 30 years ago. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-226.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-239.html The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine has been awarded full accreditation from the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Council on Education for a seven-year period. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-239.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-246.html Virginia Tech has named two University Honors program students 2008 Undergraduate Woman of the Year and Undergraduate Man of the Year. These honors are among the most prestigious student awards given to Virginia Tech undergraduate students. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-246.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-272.html The eighth annual Virginia Indian Nations Summit on Higher Education will take place April 25 through April 27 at Virginia Tech's Skelton Conference Center. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-272.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Diversity http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-277.html Robert Lang, co-director of the Metropolitan Institute, an Alexandria, Va.-based center of Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture and Urban Studies, who is consulted frequently by the national media, including USA Today and The New York Times, on topics relating to demographics, housing and the built environment, and metropolitan governance, is being tapped to inform Western European audiences. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-277.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-244.html The Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech has named Jeanne Forbis as its chief of staff and executive communications officer. Forbis will serve as a key advisor to the institute's Executive and Scientific Director Bruno Sobral and play a key role in shaping the institute’s collaborative culture in the years ahead. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-244.html Virginia Bioinformatics Institute http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-267.html This weekend features two major events for the Virginia Tech community. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-267.html We Remember http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-249.html Three Virginia Tech communicators have won Virginia Press Women awards. The winners — Susan Trulove, research division communications manager; Clara Cox, university publications director; and Heather Riley Chadwick, College of Architecture and Urban Studies communication manager — were announced at the Virginia Press Women Annual Spring Conference in Staunton, Va. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-249.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-253.html Following the events of April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech's Adult Day Services activity director, Ila Schepisi channeled her active seniors' overwhelming desire to give back to the community and formed the Caring Hands organization. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-253.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences We Remember http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-256.html An undergraduate student team from Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture + Design led by Terry Surjan, associate professor of architecture, are traveling to London in June to display a full-scale pavilion they designed and developed for the South Kensington Hub Site/Pedestrian Tunnel to Museums site at the month-long London Festival of Architecture. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-256.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-266.html A beloved son who built computers and loved all types of music, but jazz most of all. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-266.html We Remember http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-254.html Digging in the dirt may not seem a particularly inviting way to perform community service, but grime doesn’t daunt the sisters of Virginia Tech’s Chi Delta Alpha Service Sorority. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-254.html Division of Student Affairs Division of Student Affairs We Remember http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-265.html Virginia Tech's students, faculty, staff, alumni, family, and friends have pledged more than 400,000 hours of volunteer service for this academic year and have already served more than 200,000 hours to honor those lost April 16, 2007, through the university's volunteerism initiative, VT-ENGAGE. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-265.html We Remember http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-243.html A research team from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech has identified an enormous superfamily of pathogen genes involved in the infection of plants. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-243.html Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-252.html Virginia Tech's Community Design Assistance Center, an outreach center of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, invites residents of the Stroubles Creek Watershed to attend a Rain Barrel Workshop on Saturday, April 19, and Saturday, May 3, from 1 to 4 p.m. to learn how rain barrels can help the creek, and consequently, the New River, get healthier. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-252.html Virginia Cooperative Extension College of Architecture and Urban Studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-255.html Valley Interfaith Child Care Center's executive director, Katy St. Marie, waves goodbye while shuffling along on her knees, her assumed height more closely matching that of the determined child she follows. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-255.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences We Remember College of Science