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In memoriam: Mike Naff, director, Application Information Systems

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:20:09 -0500

Naff spent 34 years working at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech receives funding for middle school STEM programs

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The School of Education is implementing Studio STEM, an after-school project for three local middle schools, thanks to a million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation.

College of Natural Resources and Environment department renamed Sustainable Biomaterials to reflect wider scope

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The name change more accurately reflect the new, wider scope of education and research being conducted by the department and aligns with the college's broader transition toward an increased emphasis on sustainability and the environment.

Researcher to study how students learn engineering concepts

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Holly Matusovich will use a $438,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to study how students are motivated to learn engineering practices, including relearning concepts that are false that they previously thought true.

Virginia Tech students curate video art exhibit at Taubman Museum of Art

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

An exhibition of contemporary video art curated by Virginia Tech students is currently open at the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Va..

Shane Ross garners CAREER Award to advance understanding of fluid flows, from blood inside the body to oil spills in bodies of water

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

For the past eight years, Ross has focused his career on determining these various types of behavior and how to more successfully predict what many once believed to simply be chaotic motion.

Video: Students learn the art of counseling in newly renovated Roanoke space

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Virginia Tech's award-winning counselor education program sports expanded spaces and better equipment.