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Category: impact Member One pledges $50,000 to support medical school scholarship honoring Henrietta Lacks , articleMember One, a division of Virginia Credit Union, has committed $50,000 over five years to support the Henrietta Lacks Excellence in Medicine Scholarship at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM). The scholarship supports medical students from populations underrepresented in medicine, helping reduce financial barriers for future physicians. It honors the legacy of Henrietta Lacks, a Roanoke native whose cells—taken without her knowledge during cancer treatment—became one of the most important tools in modern medical research.
Date: May 23, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Virginia Tech alumna earns prestigious agricultural fellowship , articleMegan Pollok will travel to Ghana to improve school-based agriculture education in the country as part of the International Agricultural Education Fellowship Program.
Date: Jul 15, 2024 - -
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Category: impact The goal: Safe food for every home , articleTwo Virginia Tech students traveled to Kpone Katamanso, Ghana, over spring break to build a community garden.
Date: Apr 05, 2024 - -
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Category: impact Virginia Tech is satisfying the craving for semiconductor advancement , articleBy increasing opportunities through the development of new majors and professional programs for lifelong learning, Virginia Tech is securing a pipeline of talent to continue to support the semiconductor industry in the commonwealth and across the globe.
Date: Nov 07, 2023 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction Clean water for students in India , articleVirginia Tech looks to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
Date: Oct 09, 2023 - -
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Category: impact Brain Tumors in Children , articleExperts from Children's National, Virginia Tech, and Columbia University join forces to explore new tactics to fight lethal childhood brain cancer.
Date: Sep 28, 2023 - -
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Category: impact Accelerating global food production , articleVirginia Tech addresses the need for global agriculture productivity.
Date: Aug 09, 2023 - -
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Category: impact Afghan refugees forge ‘a path forward’ in Virginia sheep farming , articleRelocated to Northern Virginia after the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, a group of Afghan nationals is starting a sheep farm with the help of Virginia Cooperative Extension.
Date: Jul 28, 2023 - -
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Category: impact On-campus Peace Corps recruiter builds on Virginia Tech’s commitment to service , articleThe university — one of just two in the commonwealth with a Peace Corps recruiter — is sending three recent graduates to volunteer in Kyrgyzstan, Guatemala, and Lesotho.
Date: Jun 30, 2023 - -
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Virginia Tech Advantage Research faculty invested in economics of students success , articleChanit'a Holmes cares so much about her students that her research focuses on how to best help them succeed in college. Holmes recently completed two studies exploring the success weekly electronic feedback and support might have on students’ academic success.
Date: Jun 22, 2023 - -
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Category: impact Virginia Tech students and faculty support Cambodia’s journey to national rice fortification , articleCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty and students, with the help of CALS Global, traveled to Cambodia to create demand for fortified rice that vastly improves the nutritional content of the most popular food in the country.
Date: Apr 07, 2023 - -
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Category: campus experience University continues progress toward Climate Action Commitment goals , articleNearly two years after the university's Climate Action Commitment was approved, Virginia Tech has made significant progress toward achieving critical milestones that help accomplish a carbon neutral Blacksburg campus by 2030.
Date: Nov 14, 2022 - -
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Category: impact Beauty is only skin deep. As it turns out, so is disease detection. , articleProfessor Masoud Agah has received a National Science Foundation grant to develop a novel skin sensor that provides insight into an individual's health.
Date: Nov 10, 2022 - -
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Category: impact Research collaboration initiated to increase pedestrian safety , articleThe Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and NEC demonstrate intersection safety using artificial intelligence-based video analytics.
Date: Nov 10, 2022 - -
Video ItemCategory: impact Tracking carbon sequestration in forests is more than meets the eye , video
Brian Strahm teaches his students that forests are a lot more than just trees, leaves, and soil. The professor in the College of Natural Resources and Environment shows how forest growth naturally captures carbon dioxide in the environment.
Date: Nov 07, 2022 - -
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Category: research Building the tools to make environmental data more accessible and forecasts more accurate , articleQuinn Thomas will be leading Virginia Tech’s efforts as part of a $3.2 million National Science Foundation project that will develop the DeCODER platform to assist researchers in predicting environmental change.
Date: Oct 13, 2022 - -
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Category: research Students bring spark, power, and drive to cybersecurity research , articleMeet a few of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative student researchers in Southwest Virginia who are reframing the big questions and finding the answers – all while training to be future cybersecurity leaders.
Date: Oct 10, 2022 -
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