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Destruction and displacement: History professor earns grant to explore effects of interstate highway system , articleNo mapping systems exist to pinpoint every community affected by the displacement and environmental destruction of the interstate highway system in the United States. LaDale Winling is determined to change that.
Date: Jan 05, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech becomes the eighth Russian Language Flagship school in the United States , articleThe Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures launched the program this fall after earning a competitive grant from The Language Flagship, part of the National Security Education Program at the U.S. Department of Defense.
Date: Dec 23, 2020 -
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New academy to braid disciplines together to tackle complex problems , articleMany of the most daunting issues facing humanity today demand solutions that draw on a range of technical, social, and cultural domains. The College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences has launched an Academy of Transdisciplinary Studies to help catalyze Virginia Tech’s response to such challenges.
Date: Dec 22, 2020 -
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Building upon common ground, with humanity at the core , articleFor years, researchers throughout Virginia Tech have studied issues centered on forced relocation. Now a new College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences center will bring together faculty, students, and community groups to forge a greater understanding of displacement and its impact.
Date: Dec 18, 2020 -
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Class of 2020: Grace Baggett finds her bearings in words , articleFrom the illustrated stories she typed out on old-school technology as a child to her time spent in the publishing realms of Virginia Tech, the English major knows her passion for words, whether her own or those of others, will help her after she graduates.
Date: Dec 16, 2020 -
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Introducing the flavor of community and the humanities to food studies , article“The Food Studies Program was created to forge community around food studies from a humanities and social science perspective in service to faculty, staff, students, and the public,” said Anna Zeide, director of Virginia Tech’s new Food Studies Program.
Date: Nov 24, 2020 -
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Appalachian studies program offers special funding opportunity for undergraduates , articleThe Appalachian studies program offers a special funding opportunity for undergraduates with ties to the region. Because of their desire to create a positive future in Appalachia, Kaylee Crockett, an agricultural technology major, and Isabella Jimenez, a biological science major, received the honor for 2020.
Date: Nov 16, 2020 -
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Thomas Gardner earns Alumni Distinguished Professor renewal in 38th year at Virginia Tech , article“I have experienced numerous moments of pride as an educator, including over these past 10 years,” said Gardner. “But honestly, I’m most proud of the students who learned new ways to think in my class and have gone on to apply those ways of thinking far beyond anything I would have ever dreamed possible.”
Date: Nov 13, 2020 -
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Researcher expands caregiving study during the COVID-19 pandemic , articleToni Calasanti, a Virginia Tech sociology professor, was interviewing both heterosexual and same-sex couples for an Alzheimer’s disease and dementia grant when the COVID-19 pandemic changed the parameters for many of those couples. A supplemental grant is now allowing her team to study those changes.
Date: Nov 06, 2020 -
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Choices and Challenges Forum tackles counternarratives in technology and disability , articleThis 2020 edition of the Choices and Challenges Forum — a three-decade-old Virginia Tech public engagement series — will explore ethical and social issues around advances in science and technology. The three-session Zoom series begins Nov. 9.
Date: Nov 05, 2020 -
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New center for philosophy, politics, and economics named for Virginia Tech alumnus , articleThree key disciplines intersect in the Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, an initiative that integrates research, teaching, and outreach to allow faculty and students to collaborate in developing comprehensive solutions to complex problems.
Date: Nov 03, 2020 -
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Deans’ forum to place COVID-19 in fuller context , articleTwo Virginia Tech deans will host a trio of virtual events aimed at illustrating how a range of fields in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities can contribute to an understanding of the coronavirus pandemic.
Date: Oct 28, 2020 -
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New Virginia Tech research lab to explore human side of advanced technology , article“Technology should not be created simply for the sake of creating technology,” said Aaron Brantly, director of the Tech4Humanity Lab. “We need to consider the impact of the technology on human beings. That’s the bullseye of our mission.”
Date: Oct 23, 2020 -
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Peter Graham honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 1978, Graham has made significant contributions to the fields of British literature, literature and science, and literature and medicine.
Date: Oct 22, 2020 -
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Lessons from another deadly pandemic courtesy of Virginia Tech researchers , articleProfessors of history and statistics at Virginia Tech collaborate to seek a better understanding of COVID-19 through the lens of the 1918 influenza pandemic.
Date: Oct 21, 2020 -
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Open Access Week features keynote 'Counting what counts in recruitment, promotion, and tenure' , articleAs part of virtual Open Access Week, on Tuesday, Oct. 20, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Elizabeth Gadd (submitted photo), research policy manager at Loughborough University, United Kingdom, will deliver the keynote presentation.
Date: Oct 14, 2020 -
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Professor rebels against material and class gains through poetry , articleWhat started out as a creative challenge became an epic poem, which in turn became an award-winning book. The Mu of Virginia chapter of Phi Beta Kappa honors English Professor Carmen Giménez Smith's creative excellence.
Date: Sep 16, 2020 -
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Danna Agmon receives 2020 Albert Lee Sturm Award for Faculty Excellence , articleAs the historian of French colonialism began researching a new book, her first book was recognized by Virginia Tech’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter.
Date: Sep 15, 2020 -
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New Arabic major offers more than language skills , articleVirginia Tech now offers a major in this critical and in-demand language and prepares students for their roles in global affairs, service, and education.
Date: Aug 31, 2020 -
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When politics, religion, and sexuality are the conversation , articleWhile getting her master’s degree, the assistant professor of religion and culture discovered an interest in political theology. Now she is co-hosting a podcast dedicated to the broad swath of topics the discipline encompasses.
Date: Aug 28, 2020
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