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    Leading the way , article

    Virginia Tech is committed to educating the leaders of the future — and to creating the opportunities that move leadership into action.

    Date: Mar 14, 2024
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    Coding for the careers of the future , article

    CodeKids is currently in the pilot phase. As it’s rolled out into classrooms, public school teachers and students will provide feedback to help Hamouda’s students refine the tools. In the process, they will practice using their skills to pursue Virginia Tech’s land-grant mission and its motto, Ut Prosim.

    Date: Mar 01, 2024
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    Collective agency, collective change , article

    The National Science Foundation has awarded Virginia Tech engineering faculty $1.2 million to study efforts to overcome isolation and scholarly devaluation among Black discipline-based education researchers. The three-year study is a collaboration with Ohio State and Vanderbilt universities.

    Date: Feb 26, 2024
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    Virginia Tech awarded a $250,000 Sloan Foundation grant , article

    The grant is part of an initiative aimed at improving university systems and processes associated with graduate education to make them more equitable and inclusive across all programs and campuses.

    Date: Jan 08, 2024
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    Innovation Campus hosts STEM Discovery Fair for K-12 students , video

    Students and parents attended a STEM Discovery Fair at Francis C. Hammond Middle School in Alexandria. The event was sponsored by the Innovation Campus, College of Engineering, Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity, College Access Collaborative, and the College of Science.

    Date: Nov 02, 2023
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    Closing the inclusion gap in computer science , article

    In the United States alone, National Center for Education Statistics show that in 2020, self-identified males constituted 77 percent of computer science graduates, and 36 percent of degree recipients self-identified as white — the largest single ethnic demographic in the discipline. The Department of Computer Science continues to fund an initiative to support diversity and inclusion in computing.

    Date: Oct 24, 2023
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    College of Engineering selects inaugural Dean's Fellows cohort , article

    The new program will help faculty and staff from across the college better understand how to take a project from ideation through implementation, and the first cohort will concentrate on graduate education, offering support to the college’s PROTEGE initiative.

    Date: Oct 11, 2023
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    Summer camp spotlights Black excellence in engineering , video

    BEE VT (Black Engineering Excellence) is a summer camp for rising junior and senior high school students. The camp offers an opportunity to explore the many facets of engineering while learning about college life. During the two-week camp, staff from Bloomberg Industry Group visited with the students to provide feedback and advice on an engineering design project.

    Date: Aug 02, 2023
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    TechGirls exchange program bridges cultures through STEM , video

    TechGirls is an international summer exchange program designed to empower and inspire young women from around the world to pursue careers in science and technology. These young women participated in STEM activities, including a final project that focuses on developing technology to benefit in their communities. The TechGirls program is offered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State, and Legacy International in partnership with Virginia Tech. Learn more at https://techgirlsglobal.org/

    Date: Aug 02, 2023
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    C-Tech² explores engineering and campus life at Virginia Tech , video

    The Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) offers this program to rising junior and senior high school girls. The two week camp focuses on hands-on learning activities to help guide budding engineers in their future college and professional career paths.

    Date: Jul 05, 2023
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    Virginia Tech joins regional coalition aiming to create mid-Atlantic clean hydrogen hub , article

    Through the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, the university has partnered with more than 60 others to potentially bring green hydrogen — and the good-paying jobs and improved energy security that comes with the zero-carbon fuel — to the Hampton Roads region.

    Date: May 01, 2023
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    Transforming the engineering graduate student experience , article

    With the support of a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the College of Engineering will focus on changing the graduate engineering education system by connecting, integrating, and improving numerous processes in addition to providing support for graduate students.

    Date: Mar 30, 2023
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    Alexandria City middle schoolers become NASA engineers during Project Red Rover , article

    This past week, 36 students from four Northern Virginia middle schools were called upon to help NASA launch a mock Mars mission. Dubbed the Project Red Rover Robotics Program, the mission tasked students with the building, programming, and automation of a Vex IQ robot that simulated a Mars rover.

    Date: Mar 14, 2023
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    Jim Egenrieder named 2023 National ACTE Postsecondary Professional of the Year , article

    Egenrieder, who leads the STEM-focused Thinkabit Lab at Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Center in Falls Church, received national recognition from the Association for Career and Technical Education for his commitment to helping students prepare for successful technical careers.

    Date: Feb 22, 2023
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    Planes, trains, and automobiles: How technology impacts critical decision-making , article

    Kostas Triantis is exploring how cognitive biases influence trust in automation and decisions to delegate tasks to automated technologies.

    Date: Feb 14, 2023
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    Black History Month events, programs, and celebrations

    In celebration of Black History Month (BHM) 2023, Virginia Tech, the Black Cultural Center, and a wide array of campus partners and programs honor the achievements of Black people and showcase the diversity of the Black community with programs and events throughout the month of February.

    Date: Feb 02, 2023
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    Bevlee Watford chosen to serve on National Science Board , article

    Watford, the associate dean for equity and engagement for the College of Engineering, will help oversee the National Science Foundation and advise federal officials on policy matters related to science, engineering, and science and engineering education.

    Date: Jan 19, 2023
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    Building a network: The career journey of Irvine Sloan ‘05 , article

    A sibling rivalry drove Sloan to become the first person at Virginia Tech to earn simultaneous degrees in mechanical engineering and electrical and computer engineering, and he hasn't slowed his pace since.

    Date: Jan 03, 2023
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    Virginia Tech engineers receive NSF grant to research optically driven semiconductor technology , article

    Principal investigator Yuhao Zhang and three other professors from the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems flagship program, ASCENT.

    Date: Dec 07, 2022

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