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06/26/09 Board of Visitors approves promotions, tenure, continued appointments
06/22/09 Business council launches higher education support campaign
06/03/09 Doctor of Medicine program at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine granted preliminary accreditation status

Agriculture and Life Sciences

06/24/09 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute scientists sequence genome of the nitrogen-fixing, soil-living bacterium
06/22/09 New Virginia Cooperative Extension website connects citizens with research-based knowledge
06/19/09 University scientists warn Asia of widespread invasive pest threat
06/18/09 Powe Award supports infectious disease research
06/10/09 Paul Estabrooks named Society of Behavioral Medicine Fellow
06/08/09 William Bain recognized as 2009 Virginia Farmer of the Year
06/05/09 Rick Rudd named Virginia Cooperative Extension Professor of Excellence in Community Viability
06/05/09 Caryl E. Gray honored with emeritus status
06/04/09 Virginia Tech Soil Judging Team wins North American College Teachers of Agriculture National Soil Judging Contest
06/03/09 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences names Joe Marcy food science and technology department head

Architecture and Urban Studies

07/02/09 Visual communications design student to intern at White House
07/01/09 Book featuring Grand Egyptian Museum design proposals by Ahmed Ali published
06/29/09 Landscape architecture student Christina Hicks receives recognition in James River Green Building Council's 2009 Green Spaces Competition
06/12/09 Washington Alexandria Architecture Center students merge creative concepts of dance and space to design dance studio in Arlington
06/04/09 Donna Dunay, G. T. Ward Professor of Architecture, named American Institute of Architects Fellow

Engineering

07/02/09 University collaborates with The MathWorks to expand MATLAB and Simulink use throughout engineering students and faculty
07/01/09 Pratt & Whitney expands engineering university partnership with Virginia Tech
06/30/09 Doug Nelson receives third National Science Foundation faculty advisor award
06/25/09 Computer scientist is selected to participate in National Academy of Engineering's 2009 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
06/18/09 Powe Award supports development of more robust thermoelectric materials
06/16/09 National Science Foundation supports Virginia Tech engineer in efforts to improve public school infrastructure

Extension

06/25/09 Teachers offered environmental education training through Extension
06/22/09 New Virginia Cooperative Extension website connects citizens with research-based knowledge
06/08/09 William Bain recognized as 2009 Virginia Farmer of the Year
06/05/09 Rick Rudd named Virginia Cooperative Extension Professor of Excellence in Community Viability

Liberal Arts and Human Sciences

06/26/09 Jacqueline Bixler co-edits a new book on the transformation of Latin American theatre
06/25/09 Wat Hopkins appointed to visiting professorship at University of North Carolina

Natural Resources

06/29/09 Recession no damper on Americans' vacation travel plans
06/29/09 University unveils wooden sculpture honoring lives of April 2007 tragedy
06/24/09 Geography professor directs international land abandonment study in Russia
06/17/09 Audrey Zink-Sharp appointed wood science and forest products interim department head
06/17/09 Center for Geospatial Information Technology announces new director and restructuring
06/12/09 College of Natural Resources doctoral student receives Environmental Protection Agency fellowship
06/11/09 College of Natural Resources graduate student launches northern snakehead website
06/08/09 University's eCorridors program assists Alaska in assessing broadband

Outreach

06/26/09 Strong Roots conference aimed at helping families with special needs children
06/19/09 University scientists warn Asia of widespread invasive pest threat

Pamplin College of Business

07/02/09 Marketing professor studies vacation's impact on happiness
06/29/09 Recession no damper on Americans' vacation travel plans
06/25/09 In Memoriam: Robert B. Pamplin, Virginia Tech alumnus, college namesake, former Georgia-Pacific CEO
06/10/09 Pamplin College faculty listed among the world's top 50 tourism scholars
06/09/09 Pamplin students explore international business and culture this summer
06/05/09 Reed Kennedy appointed Pamplin international programs director

Research

06/30/09 Doug Nelson receives third National Science Foundation faculty advisor award
06/29/09 Six new Virginia Tech Carilion research projects address infectious disease, develop medical technology
06/24/09 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute scientists sequence genome of the nitrogen-fixing, soil-living bacterium
06/22/09 New Virginia Cooperative Extension website connects citizens with research-based knowledge
06/18/09 Powe Award supports development of more robust thermoelectric materials
06/18/09 Powe Award supports infectious disease research
06/16/09 National Science Foundation supports Virginia Tech engineer in efforts to improve public school infrastructure
06/15/09 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute researchers develop new method for breast cancer biomarker discovery
06/03/09 Doctor of Medicine program at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine granted preliminary accreditation status

Science

07/01/09 Chemistry student awarded prestigious Fulbright scholarship to study environmental impact of aerosols
06/29/09 Six new Virginia Tech Carilion research projects address infectious disease, develop medical technology
06/09/09 Anne McNabb honored with College of Science Diversity Award
06/05/09 Robin M. Andrews honored with emeritus status

Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine

06/26/09 Veterinary college offers full-service camelid care
06/23/09 Veterinary college's Ondrej Becvar provides needed hoof care to cattle locally and around the world
06/15/09 Veterinary college alumna, Melinda Cep, earns prestigious science fellowship
06/11/09 New 16-slice Computed Tomography scanner installed in Veterinary Teaching Hospital
06/08/09 Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approves new Master of Public Health program
06/05/09 Grant H. Turnwald honored with emeritus status

National Capital Region

06/16/09 Research professor Jack Harrald appointed chairman of National Research Council Disasters Roundtable
06/12/09 Washington Alexandria Architecture Center students merge creative concepts of dance and space to design dance studio in Arlington
06/11/09 College of Natural Resources graduate student launches northern snakehead website
06/08/09 Virginia Tech, IBM to partner with Arlington County on emergency system informatics initiative

Student Affairs

06/30/09 Frank Shushok Jr. named associate vice president for student affairs
06/25/09 Recreational Sports now offers local youth the opportunity to start lifeguard training with Guard Start course
06/12/09 Fraternity-organized Flex Out Hunger donation program proves successful once again
06/10/09 Students volunteered 2,867 hours as Hokie Ambassadors
06/03/09 Recreational Sports offers new American Red Cross guard start training course, babysitter's training course for area youth

 

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