http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/index.html en Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-765.html Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Professor of History James I. Robertson will sign copies of his new CD set, "The Many Faces of the Civil War", Saturday, Nov. 29 at the Volume II Bookstore in Blacksburg prior to and after the university's football game with the University of Virginia. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-765.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-766.html The Virginia Tech Department of Music, of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences presents "A Musical Odyssey: Piano Music by Kent Holliday," a faculty recital featuring the compositions of Kent Holliday on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. in the Squires Recital Salon. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-766.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-767.html The Southwest Virginia Science Forum brings together university, college, and corporate researchers to develop new relationships, share ideas, and showcase inventions and discoveries. The next forum is Dec. 10 at the Fralin Life Science Institute (formerly the Biotechnology Center) on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, from 4 to 7:30 pm. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-767.html Research Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-768.html Cadets in the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets participated in the annual Shadow Day fundraiser on Wednesday Nov. 5, raising $4,765.50 towards cadet scholarships. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-768.html Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets We Remember Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-776.html In the vast and timely field of energy-related research, scientists and engineers are focusing their efforts on developing efficient energy sources for self-powered devices. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-776.html Outreach and International Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-749.html A group of Virginia Tech student leaders and faculty members traveled to Tecnologico de Monterrey (Monterrey Tech) in Mexico to present at the 2008 International Leadership Conference held from Oct. 22 through 26. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-749.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-750.html Guy A. Sims, assistant vice-president for student affairs at Virginia Tech, has announced that Nicki Cantrell, director of student activities, will be retiring at the end of February in 2009. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-750.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-753.html Effective Nov. 7, Mildred Rigney Johnson, Virginia Tech's director of undergraduate admissions, began serving a four-year term on the College Board's governing body, the board of trustees. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-753.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-760.html Virginia Tech and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) signed a memorandum of understanding in Dahlgren, Va., Nov. 25, designed to develop and expand a framework of cooperation that will benefit the university's students and faculty in addition to Navy technology programs. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-760.html College of Engineering Research Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-738.html Ranga Pitchumani, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Connecticut, has been named a John R. Jones III Fellow in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech recently by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-738.html Philanthropy College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-748.html On Thursday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m., the Town Gown Community Relations Committee will host an event designed to bring together members of the Virginia Tech and Blacksburg communities to discuss information about alcohol-influenced behavior, both on and off campus. The forum will be held in the Town Council Chambers of the Blacksburg Municipal Building. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-748.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-754.html Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets alumnus Capt. Eric Keith, who received a degree in psychology from the College of Science in 1999, has been selected as a Hokie Hero. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-754.html College of Science Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-759.html The Virginia Tech Foundation, at the request of the university board of visitors, is exploring a public/private development to build a parking garage, administrative support space, and graduate or professional housing on a location adjacent to campus off Turner Street. Working with Point West Management, a Blacksburg development group led by long-time resident Bob Pack, the university plans to link the project to the Virginia Tech Arts Initiative. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-759.html Virginia Tech Foundation Virginia Tech Board of Visitors http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-710.html Susan Steeves, of Radford, Va., has been named media relations manager in the Office of University Relations at Virginia Tech. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-710.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-721.html Kenneth E. Webb Jr. of Blacksburg, Va., professor and interim department head for Animal and Poultry Sciences in Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences received the 2008 American Society of Animal Sciences (ASAS) Fellow Award-Research Category. He was honored at the society's annual meeting in Indianapolis, Ind. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-721.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-722.html Three representatives from Stavropol State Agrarian University (SSAU) in Russia recently visited the Blacksburg, Va., and College Park, Md., campuses of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine according to Dr. Bettye Walters, director of the veterinary college’s international programs. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-722.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-747.html Two Virginia Tech researchers have been awarded a 2.4 million dollar grant by the National Science Foundation to investigate ways to engage females in information technology career fields in five states -- Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and West Virginia. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-747.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Research Outreach and International Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-708.html Thomas A. Campbell has been named assistant director for research and operations for the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and program manager for the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-708.html Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-717.html Since the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine's Veterinary Teaching Hospital opened its doors, technicians have been working alongside veterinarians to provide the highest quality for hospital patients. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-717.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-740.html A team of electrical and computer engineering students from Virginia Tech's Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is a winner for the second time in the Smart Radio Challenge competition. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-740.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-756.html An international consortium of researchers has begun an effort to sequence the genome of the domesticated turkey. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-756.html Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Research College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-757.html The University Exemplary Department Awards program recognizes the work of departments and/or programs that maintain exemplary teaching and learning environments for students and faculty. With this award, the university publicly honors the collaborative efforts and successes of a group of dedicated colleagues actively performing work that is essential for sustaining truly excellent academic environment. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-757.html Undergraduate Education http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-723.html Department of Music Assistant Professor of Voice Dr. Theodore Sipes and guest pianist/collaborator Erica Sipes present the world premier of New York composer Manly Romero's "Three Songs for a Wedding," an art song cycle based on an English translation of Pablo Neruda's "Three Poems for a Wedding." Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-723.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-709.html A group of nine international car manufacturers and suppliers is awarding $4.9 million to the Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Science's Center for Injury Biomechanics, known internationally for its research on trauma and how it affects the human body. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-709.html College of Engineering Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-713.html Donald Orth, the Thomas Jones Professor of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences at Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources, has received one of three Making a Difference Awards from the Instream Flow Council. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-713.html College of Natural Resources and Environment Philanthropy http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-739.html Shea Porr of Charles Town, W.Va., has been named superintendent of the Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension Center (MARE Center). Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-739.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences National Capital Region Virginia Cooperative Extension http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-712.html Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources is now accepting applications for a national urban forestry fellowship offered by the Garden Club of America and made possible through the donations of its Zone VI members, national membership, and Casey Trees. The first awards were presented in 2006. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-712.html College of Natural Resources and Environment http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-720.html Training Virginians to be Master Naturalists has been Michelle Prysby's number one task since 2006. More than 80 citizens from throughout the state recently gathered in Wytheville for Virginia's first Master Naturalist Conference to broaden their knowledge base on trees, insects, birds, habitats, and watersheds. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-720.html College of Natural Resources and Environment http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-745.html Five years ago, Virginia Tech burst onto the high-performance computing scene using Apple Power Mac G5 computers to build System X, one of the fastest supercomputers of its time. Today, Srinidhi Varadarajan and Kirk W. Cameron of Virginia Tech's Center for High-End Computing Systems (CHECS) and professors of computer science in Virginia Tech's College of Engineering have designed a new supercomputer. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-745.html Research College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-751.html Brian E. Warren of Blacksburg, Va., who served as assistant vice president for student affairs until his retirement in 2006 died Tuesday morning, Nov. 18 at Montgomery Regional Hospital. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-751.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-716.html Michelle Pyne, a fourth-year interior design student in the School of Architecture + Design, College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech, has won a grand prize in the national JELD-WEN Student Door Design Contest. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-716.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-718.html Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent for targets and methods to develop new drugs for malaria. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-718.html Research Virginia Bioinformatics Institute http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-743.html Students designing and constructing a solar house for the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition are raising funds for their project by raffling an electric car. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-743.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-744.html A pioneering educational program designed to excite children about science and provide them with a real university experience will be offered for this first time in the United States thanks to the efforts of a team at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-744.html Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Virginia Cooperative Extension Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (K-12 STEM education) http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-746.html Edward F. D. Spencer of Blacksburg, Va., has been appointed vice president for student affairs at Virginia Tech. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-746.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-692.html By unanimous approval, two prominent leaders in the equine industry were recently named to Virginia Tech's Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center's Council. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-692.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-701.html The National Institutes of Health has renewed a five-year research grant for a total of $2.5 million to an international biodiversity group led by David G.I. Kingston, University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Virginia Tech. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-701.html College of Science Chemistry Cancer research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-706.html A young man who uses a wheelchair and has limited hand use is a whiz at technology; he competes successfully for a full-time information technology position at Virginia Tech. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-706.html Office of the Vice President for Administration http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-715.html Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets alumna Maj. Kara Gittes Miller, who received a degree in political science from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences in 1999, has been selected as a Hokie Hero. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-715.html Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Alumni http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-725.html James A. Burger of Blacksburg, the Garland Gray Professor of Forestry in the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech, was conferred the "professor emeritus" title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting on Nov. 3. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-725.html Philanthropy Virginia Cooperative Extension College of Natural Resources and Environment http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-726.html Joe R. Cowles of Blacksburg, professor of biological sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, was conferred the "professor emeritus" title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting on Nov. 3. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-726.html College of Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-727.html Jack A. Cranford, associate professor of biological sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, was conferred the "associate professor emeritus" title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting on Nov. 3. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-727.html College of Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-728.html Asim Esen of Blacksburg, professor of biological sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, was conferred the "professor emeritus" title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting on Nov. 3. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-728.html College of Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-729.html Sue W. Farquhar, associate professor of foreign languages and literatures in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, was conferred the "associate professor emerita" title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting on Nov. 3. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-729.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-730.html Guy J. Indebetouw of Blacksburg, professor of physics in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, was conferred the "professor emeritus" title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting on Nov. 3. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-730.html College of Science http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-731.html David F. Kibler of Blacksburg, professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, was conferred the "professor emeritus" title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting on Nov. 3. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-731.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-732.html Rosary V. Lalik, associate professor of education in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, was conferred the "associate professor emerita" title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting on Nov. 3. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-732.html National Capital Region College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-734.html Thomas M. Murray of Radford, Va., Montague-Betts Professor of Structural Steel Design in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, was conferred the "professor emeritus" title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting on Nov. 3. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-734.html Philanthropy College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-735.html Richard J. Neves of Blacksburg, professor of fisheries and wildlife science in the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech, was conferred the "professor emeritus" title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting on Nov. 3. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-735.html College of Natural Resources and Environment http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-736.html Raymond H. Plaut of Blacksburg, the D.H. Pletta Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, was conferred the "professor emeritus" title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting on Nov. 3. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/11/2008-736.html Philanthropy College of Engineering