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General ItemSave the date: 2026 Undergraduate Nutshell Games Date: Mar 17, 2026 -
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General ItemUpcoming webinar: The women who helped drive 'The Magic School Bus' Date: Mar 17, 2026 -
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Walk Like a Man! , videoWalk Like a Man is a devised dance/theater performance that asks the question: In the age of the male loneliness epidemic and the manosphere, what does it mean to be “man enough?" The absurdist romp is directed by Instructor of Dance Rachel Rugh in collaboration with a cast from across the university.
Date: Feb 06, 2026 - -
Video ItemImmersive exhibit celebrates Nikki Giovanni's life and poetry , video
Virginia Tech celebrates the late Nikki Giovanni through an immersive exhibit at the Center for the Arts. The exhibit uses video projection of graphics and photos with an original music score to highlight six of Giovanni's poems read by Giovanni herself. This exhibit will move to the Torpedo Factory Art Center in 2026. Poetry and Readings: Nikki Giovanni Poetic Arrangement: Brittney S. Harris and Charles Nichols Music: Charles Nichols Embodied Movement: Brittney S. Harris Motion Capture: Trevor Finney and Alice Macanga Motion Graphics and Graphic Design: Meaghan Dee, Trevor Finney, Demetrya Dye, and Lexy Altieri Project Advisor: Gena E. Chandler, PhD Project Management: Meaghan Dee ICAT Technical Support: Gustavo Araoz, David Franusich, Brandon Hale, and Tanner Upthegrove Additional Thanks to Kelsey Hammer, Ella Shaffer, and Morgan Weidling for participating in creative brainstorming sessions. Special thanks to Virginia Fowler for permission, time, and poetry consultation. Additional thanks to Virginia Tech, President Sands, the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT), the University Libraries at Virginia Tech, and the Center for the Arts for supporting this project. And thank you to Nikki Giovanni for her incredible life and legacy.
Date: Dec 10, 2025 - -
Video ItemInterdisciplinary course fosters collaboration , video
Pauline Kalker, one of the artistic directors from the theater company Hotel Modern, leads a workshop for students in the Introduction to Applied Collaborative Techniques class. Students collaborate to bring landscapes to life through a performance using imagery, puppetry, and live sound effects.
Date: Nov 18, 2025 - -
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Around the world, Hokies thrive together , articleAs International Education Week highlights global well-being, stories from across the university’s worldwide community reveal how connection fuels joy and learning.
Date: Nov 07, 2025 - -
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Cracking open the essence of the Nutshell Games , articleThirty Virginia Tech graduate students will take the stage and share their work in ways that are engaging, clear, and meaningful. No jargon. No slides. Just brilliant ideas, told from the heart, as part of the Nutshell Games on Oct, 23 at 5:30 pm.
Date: Oct 21, 2025 - -
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Video ItemNutshell Games come to Alexandria with focus on Pandemic Science , video
The Virginia Tech-led National Science Foundation Center for Community Empowering Pandemic Prediction and Prevention from Atoms to Societies (NSF COMPASS Center) and Virginia Tech’s Center for Communicating Science hosted the first ever Pandemic Science in a Nutshell Games. Participants were challenged with presenting their pandemic science research or related topic to an audience and panel of judges in just 90 seconds. The fast-paced presentation competition took place inside the Boeing Auditorium at Virginia Tech’s Academic Building One in Alexandria.
Date: Aug 07, 2025 - -
Video ItemHelping researchers communicate their science , video
Virginia Tech's Center for Communicating Science provides workshops for professional development with the goal to make research communication more personal, direct, spontaneous, and responsive.
Date: May 19, 2025 - -
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Project preserves Black scientists' voices and histories , articlePatty Raun and Carrie Kroehler from the Center for Communicating Science wanted a way to highlight the voices often marginalized in STEM.
Date: Mar 18, 2025 - -
Video ItemVirginia Tech faculty explain their research at the Faculty Nutshell Talks , video
Presented by the Center for Communicating Science, the Faculty Nutshell Talks is a chance for participants to develop better communication skills when presenting their science to a wider audience.
Date: Mar 13, 2025 - -
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National Dialogue on ethics in pandemic science brought researchers and community together , articleThere are plans to hold biennial National Dialogue events in community spaces, such as libraries and nonprofit centers.
Date: Feb 20, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech Wind Ensemble invites the child in all of us to 'Wild Symphony' , articleThe musical adventure combines storytelling, music, and visual art, narrated by Virginia Tech’s Patricia Raun, Virginia Tech Alumni Distinguished Professor of Theatre Arts. The concert takes place on Sunday, March 2, at 2 p.m. at the Moss Arts Center.
Date: Feb 10, 2025 - -
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Nutshell Games to inspire both audience and presenters , articleThe Nutshell Games, hosted by Virginia Tech's Center for Communicating Science, will offer graduate students this challenge: to present their research in just 90 seconds to a live audience and panel of judges. This year's event will be held Nov. 2 at the Moss Arts Center and is free and open to the public.
Date: Oct 29, 2024 - -
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Expansive and innovative expertise distinguishes 28 new faculty members in the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design , articleNew faculty in the College of Art, Architecture, and Design are bringing a wealth of expertise into the classroom, as well as creative topics and new approaches to inquiry to their research and creative scholarship.
Date: Sep 11, 2024 - -
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Building a COMPASS to navigate future pandemics , articleAn $18 million grant announced by the National Science Foundation (NSF) will bring together five universities and more than 20 researchers, academics, and public health experts to establish the Virginia Tech-led Center for Community Empowering Pandemic Prediction and Prevention from Atoms to Societies (COMPASS).
Date: Aug 22, 2024 - -
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International scientists converge at Virginia Tech to further plant health research , articleVirginia Tech hosted the International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, bringing 250 plant health scientists from 27 countries to Blacksburg for an exchange about the global food chain.
Date: Aug 16, 2024 - -
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Virginia Tech educators honored with Roanoke Women in STEM Awards , articleCarrie Kroehler’s impact and dedication to communicating science was recognized with the American Heart Association's first Roanoke STEM Goes Red, Women in STEM Award, alongside Ashley Sloan, lead instructor of the Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab at the Virginia Tech Roanoke Center, at the association's executive breakfast.
Date: May 30, 2024 - -
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Patricia 'Patty' Raun named Alumni Distinguished Professor , articleUsing the tools of theatre to develop communication skills in science and technology professionals, Raun’s impact on education transcends disciplines and borders.
Date: Apr 29, 2024 -
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