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Cadets chosen for special duty at the NC State game , articleFirst-year cadets Dante Aguilar, David Ellis, and Mary Ortwein will receive the flags at the first home football game of the season against North Carolina State.
Date: Sep 25, 2020 -
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Nanoscience group wins a second nod from the NSF , articleA Virginia Tech center with unique expertise in Earth and environmental nanotechnology has again been selected for a prestigious national network funded by the National Science Foundation.
Date: Sep 24, 2020 -
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Hokies help bend trend in New River Valley , articleThe downward trend of cases indicates that the majority of students have embraced public health guidelines and avoided potentially dangerous situations, such as crowded indoor spaces or parties. With cooler temperatures approaching, it's crucial that guidelines continue to be followed in the weeks ahead.
Date: Sep 23, 2020 -
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Fluid flow in the brain: Sorting the good and the bad , articleIan Kimbrough, an assistant professor in the School of Neuroscience, and Jennifer Munson, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, are taking research learned from brain tumors to help fight Alzheimer’s.
Date: Sep 23, 2020 -
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Department of Psychology’s Richard Winett honored with emeritus status by Board of Visitors , articleWinett, Heilig-Meyers Professor of Psychology in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of Heilig-Meyers Professor Emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Date: Sep 22, 2020 -
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College of Science debuts annual magazine , articleWhen COVID-19 shook the world at the start of 2020, eventually killing more than 900,000 people worldwide and shuttering economies, the Virginia Tech College of Science took action. The 2020 Virginia Tech College of Science Magazine covers these actions from across every department and program.
Date: Sep 21, 2020 -
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Scientists advance understanding of blood-brain barrier health with implications for brain disease , articleThe finding gives scientists a path to understand diseases where frequent blood-brain barrier damage occurs, including traumatic brain injury, stroke, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease.
Date: Sep 21, 2020 -
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To ensure safe drinking water, experts forecast the health of lakes and reservoirs , articleAn aquatic ecosystem forecasting system, developed by Virginia Tech researchers, will measure water quality conditions that can be shared every day with water utilities, drinking water managers, and many other decision-makers.
Date: Sep 18, 2020 -
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Chemistry’s John Matson named Dr. A.C. Lilly Jr. Faculty Fellow in Nanoscience , articleJohn Matson, an associate professor of chemistry in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has been named the Dr. A.C. Lilly Jr. Faculty Fellow in Nanoscience by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Date: Sep 17, 2020 -
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Geosciences’ Steve Holbrook to lead multi-university effort to study the Earth’s hidden critical zone , articleAs part of a new, $5.3 million five-year National Science Foundation grant, Holbrook and collaborators at eight other universities in the U.S. and Canada will study the delicate and complex balance of processes — physical, hydrological, biological, and chemical — of the Earth's critical zone.
Date: Sep 14, 2020 -
General ItemCareers in Science Job Fair to be virtual for fall 2020
Are you pursuing a career in life sciences, physical sciences, formal sciences, data sciences, or health sciences? If so, you should plan to participate in the Careers in Science Job Fair.
Date: Sep 11, 2020 -
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Walking a fine line: How chemical diversity in plants facilitates plant-animal interactions , articleChemical ecologists at the Whitehead Lab at Virginia Tech are working to uncover why plants have such diverse chemicals and to determine the functions of these chemicals in plant-microbe and plant-animal interactions.
Date: Sep 09, 2020 -
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Quarantine boredom buster leads to budding small business , articleAt the start of the pandemic, back home in Chesapeake, Virginia, Jarred Green '20 had to find a way to fill his newly found free time. He had a table saw and a passion for craftsmanship. Both became his ticket to a new business venture.
Date: Sep 09, 2020 -
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Solutions to big problems: they’re in the (soft matter) solution , articleShengfeng Cheng, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics in the College of Science, was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for research in “Nonequilibrium Physics in Drying Soft Matter Solutions.”
Date: Sep 09, 2020 -
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A partnership benefits nanofabrication research at Virginia Tech and beyond , articleAs a culmination of efforts between LINK + LICENSE + LAUNCH, the College of Engineering, and a lead faculty member, SPTS Technologies, a KLA company, provided cutting-edge nanofabrication equipment through a combination of corporate sponsorship and commercial provisions that will provide Virginia Tech students and faculty the ability to conduct processes related to nanotechnology and nanoscience research.
Date: Sep 08, 2020 -
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Hokie helps in a hot zone , articleSenior Cameron Buck traveled to Hidalgo County, Texas, on July 1 to begin a month of volunteering in hospital ICUs swamped with COVID-19 patients.
Date: Sep 08, 2020 -
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Findings by physicist Rana Ashkar upend understanding of cholesterol’s effects on cellular membranes , articleAshkar has published a new study with far-reaching implications in the general understanding of disease and the design of drug delivery methods in the effect of cholesterol in cell membranes.
Date: Sep 04, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech research sees continued growth , articleResearch expenditures are up and sponsored awards have increased by 15 percent, building upon the prior year’s expenditure total of $542 million, despite the impact of COVID-19 felt nationally by higher education institutes, according to preliminary fiscal year-end reports.
Date: Sep 04, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech researchers begin testing campus wastewater for COVID-19 , articleThe advance will allow the university to monitor clusters of campus buildings on a daily basis, testing for the presence of the virus in fecal matter. If the testing shows positive results, the university can then conduct targeted testing among individuals to zero in on possible infections.
Date: Sep 03, 2020 -
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Chemistry’s Feng Lin Lab is splitting water molecules for a renewable energy future , articleWater may seem basic as a molecule made up of just three atoms, but the process of splitting it is quite difficult. But Lin’s lab has done so. Even moving one electron from a stable atom can be energy-intensive, but this reaction requires the transfer of four to oxidize oxygen to produce oxygen gas.
Date: Sep 03, 2020
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