July 2008

Kimberle Badinelli elected National Association of College and University Food Services mid-Atlantic region president

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Kimberle Badinelli, associate director of student programs for public relations and information technology at Virginia Tech, has been elected president of The National Association of College and University Food Services mid-Atlantic region.

Public forums slated for Rocky Knob recreational area

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

John McGee, Virginia Tech assistant professor of forestry and geospatial Extension specialist, will conduct two community workshops to collect local ideas and community preferences for how to boost tourism in the Rocky Knob recreation area of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

LoMascolo, Dennis Smith named co-directors of Women's Center

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Anna LoMascolo of Blacksburg, associate director for programming, and Christine Dennis Smith of Christiansburg, Va., associate director for counseling and advocacy, have both been promoted to co-director of Virginia Tech's Women's Center.

Mahajan, Dean to lead Virginia Tech Carilion Medical Research Institute

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Roop Mahajan, the James S. Tucker Professor of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been named director of the Virginia Tech Carilion Medical Research Institute, announced Mark McNamee, Virginia Tech senior vice president and provost.

Sixth engineering professor earns National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Leyla Nazhandali, an assistant professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, is the recipient of a 2008 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award.

Researchers to help develop sustainable tourism strategy for part of the Blue Ridge Parkway

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

A research team from Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business and College of Natural Resources has received a $266,000 grant from the National Park Service and Blue Ridge Heritage Inc. to help develop a sustainable tourism strategy for the Rocky Knob area of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Ninth Annual Milka Bliznakov Prize call for submissions

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) center, in Virginia Tech's College of Architecture and Urban Studies, invites architects, scholars, and researchers to honor the International Archive of Women in Architecture founder and Virginia Tech emerita faculty member Milka Bliznakov through their research on women in architecture and related design fields.

The Green500 List: Good things come in threes

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The Green500 List debuted in November 2007 and ushered in a new era of energy-efficient supercomputing. The Green500 List is intended to serve as a ranking of the most energy-efficient supercomputers in the world and as a complementary view to the Top500 List.

Two conferences to highlight importance of aquaculture industry

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Researchers and industry officials will come together in late July to gain a perspective on the challenges facing the nation's aquaculture industry and investigate possible solutions to these with two conferences hosted by Virginia Tech.

Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise names new department head

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has named Susan Hutson of Winston-Salem, N.C., head of the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise.

Student team wins NASA's future aircraft undergraduate competition

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

A team of six undergraduate aerospace engineering students from Virginia Tech earned first place honors with their entry of STINGRAE in the 2008 NASA Aircraft Design Competition sponsored by NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate's Fundamental Aeronautics Program, part of the agency's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.

Emerging Leaders Workshop and Conference to begin July 31

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The Emerging Leaders Workshop and Conference, hosted by the Virginia Tech Graduate School, will be held July 31 through Aug. 3 at The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center in Roanoke.

Visiting summer students enhance research skills in watershed sciences and engineering

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Undergraduate students from universities across the nation, including one Virginia Tech student are working side by side with Virginia Tech professors this summer on research projects related to sustainable management of resources.

Office for Equal Opportunity, Office of Multicultural Affairs merge to form Office for Equity and Inclusion

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Two long-standing offices at Virginia Tech, the Office for Equal Opportunity and the Office of Multicultural Affairs, have joined to become one entity, known as the Office for Equity and Inclusion.

Student team debuts decadent, convenient banana dessert at New Orleans food expo

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Who doesn’t like a banana split? Fresh fruit, three flavors of ice cream and chocolate syrup. Yum.

Virginia Tech Police Department places first in Chiefs Challenge

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The Virginia Tech Police Department won first place in the Virginia Chiefs Association Chiefs Challenge 2007.

American Council of Education names Norrine Bailey Spencer an Extraordinary Woman

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Norrine Bailey Spencer, associate provost and director of undergraduate admissions at Virginia Tech, was selected to be one of the women profiled the American Council on Education’s "35 Weeks of Extraordinary Women."

Eric Wong named John W. Hancock Professor in Animal Science

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Eric Wong of Blacksburg, professor of animal and poultry sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, was named the John W. Hancock Professor in Animal Sciences by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board’s quarterly meeting on June 20.

Fred D'Aguiar reappointed as Gloria D. Smith Professor of Africana Studies

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Fred D’Aguiar, professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, has been reappointed as the Gloria D. Smith Professor of Africana Studies by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors at the board’s quarterly meeting June 20.

Bikers, start your engines for a motorcycle tour of Virginia's lost communities

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The Virginia Tech Community Design Assistance Center, in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, is hosting the second annual Lost Tour of Virginia—a motorcycle tour through picturesque communities and winding roads in Tazewell County—on Saturday, July 12, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Pamplin College partners with Deloitte to prepare students for sweeping changes to United States accounting profession

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business is one of two schools selected to partner with audit and consulting firm Deloitte to develop much needed college accounting curricula on the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Researchers improve productivity at Devil's Slide tunnels with National Science Foundation-funded software

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Virginia Tech engineers have developed exciting new software technology, geotechnical Visualization Tools (gVT) that allows the use of 3-D visualization for making detailed maps of rock masses – either above or below ground, as they are exposed by excavation.

New insight to demineralization: Scientists demonstrate amorphous silica dissolves by pathway similar to crystals

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

From toothpaste to technology, noncrystalline or amorphous silica is an active ingredient in a myriad of products that we use in our daily lives. As a minor, but essential component of vertebrate bone, an understanding of silica reactivity in physiological environments is crucial to the development of successful biomedical implants and synthetic materials with bone-like properties.

Engineering professor Ted Oyama receives Humboldt Foundation Award

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

S. Ted Oyama, who holds the Fred W. Bull Professorship of Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech, has received a Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander Humboldt Foundation of Germany.

Katherine Soniat honored with emeritus status