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Category: research Inaugural winners of new research awards named , articleEstablished by the Office of Research and Innovation and Office of Faculty Affairs and funded by the Virginia Tech Alumni Association, the new awards were created to complement the Jacob A Lutz Award for Eminent Scholars.
Date: May 05, 2025 - -
Video ItemCategory: impact Alumna donates extensive collection of Civil War letters , video
A collection of Civil War-era letters was donated to Special Collections and University Archives, shedding light on the daily lives and correspondence of General Gabriel Wharton and his wife, Anne "Nannie" Radford Wharton. This rare and comprehensive archive includes intimate exchanges between the couple and other historical documents, offering a glimpse into the war's personal impact.
Date: Apr 03, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Significant collection of Civil War letters between general and his wife finds a new home at Virginia Tech , articleThe letters between Gen. Gabriel C. Wharton and his wife, Anne “Nannie” Radford Wharton, were written between 1863-65 and provide insight into Southwest Virginia life during tumultuous wartime and detail the couple’s opinions, love, ambitions, fears, and frustrations from both battlefield and homefront perspectives.
Date: Mar 31, 2025 - -
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Category: academics With fellowship, history professor to record life of human rights legend , articleAmanda Demmer, associate professor of history, has received a research fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to write a biography on Ginetta Sagan, a leader in the international human rights movement after World War II.
Date: Mar 11, 2025 - -
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Category: academics Eight Virginia Tech faculty recognized for outstanding leadership, service , articleAcademies honor the exemplary contributions of faculty members of all classifications in formal service roles or in areas of leadership.
Date: Mar 07, 2025 - -
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Category: culture Faculty club pop-up events spark connection and collaboration , articleTeaching and research faculty are creating a sense of community at a series of Faculty Affairs-planned events that facilitate "intellectual socializing."
Date: Feb 05, 2025 - -
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Category: academics New Provost’s Leadership Development Program teaches faculty to lead where they are , articleOnly a few of the 22 faculty members in the eight-month Leading in Place cohort, launched this fall, are serving in formal leadership roles. But the Faculty Affairs–designed program embraces the idea that everyone is a leader — and that it's wise to cultivate leadership skills no matter your position.
Date: Nov 27, 2024 - -
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Category: impact How one Hokie turned a liberal arts education into a mega sports media career , articleMatt Arden '99 is helping Fanatics Collectibles set its creative content initiative into motion as its first executive producer.
Date: Nov 12, 2024 - -
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Category: campus experience Ancestry inspires Monacan student's passion for learning, art, and advocacy , articleAlicia Aldaz, a member of the Monacan Nation, started her journey at Virginia Tech more than 20 years ago. Now, she is back to earn her degree and is helping other Indigenous students feel at home.
Date: Oct 11, 2024 - -
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Category: academics Virginia Tech Humanities Week focuses on 'Debating Democracy' , articleThe week highlights the essential work happening in the humanities at Virginia Tech and around the world. Members of the public and the Virginia Tech community are invited to attend panel discussions, lectures, and other activities that start Oct. 14.
Date: Oct 07, 2024 - -
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Category: academics Paul Quigley named Center for Humanities director , articleQuigley, the James I. Robertson, Jr. Associate Professor of Civil War Studies and director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, will take the helm of the Center for Humanities July 1. Sylvester Johnson, the center's founding director, is returning to Northwestern University.
Date: Jun 25, 2024 - -
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Category: research 'Curious Conversations' podcast: Anna Zeide talks about the history of food waste , articleZeide joined Virginia Tech’s “Curious Conversations” to talk about the history of food waste in America and its impact on society and the environment. She shared insights related to several historical turning points and stressed that addressing food waste requires rethinking and integrating food security and waste management systems.
Date: Apr 01, 2024 - -
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Category: research Public help needed for research in Chicago covenants , articleLaDale Winling is calling on volunteers throughout Chicago to help study thousands of paper land records and racial covenants.
Date: Mar 14, 2024 - -
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Category: research Optical character recognition helps unlock history , articleUniversity Libraries data experts are using the technology to extract text from scanned images of early 20th century real estate documents to make them more readable and electronically searchable.
Date: Mar 13, 2024 - -
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Category: impact Experts available: U.S. soldiers killed in drone strike, Super Bowl LVIII, tax season, and more , articleThe Virginia Tech media relations office has the following experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu.
Date: Jan 29, 2024 - -
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Category: research Research project to map early modern travel , articleBy dissecting at least 86 travel itineraries, Rachel Midura and a research team will trace the ways and challenges of travelers before the year 1700 across oceans and land, mostly throughout Europe.
Date: Jan 29, 2024 - -
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Category: impact Holiday story ideas: Smart toy safety, managing holiday stress, economics of Christmas music, and more , articleThe Virginia Tech media relations office has the following experts available for interviews on holiday related topics. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu.
Date: Dec 04, 2023 - -
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Category: research 'Curious Conversations' podcast: Anna Zeide talks about the history of winter holiday foods , article
Zeide is an associate professor of history at Virginia Tech. She is also the founding director of the Food Studies Program in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.
Date: Dec 04, 2023 - -
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Category: academics Your Thanksgiving menu doesn't look like Colonial America's first celebration , articleThe holiday’s modern spread is evolving to include global dishes that represent the diversity of today’s America, said Anna Zeide, associate professor and director of the Food Studies Program at Virginia Tech.
Date: Nov 17, 2023 -
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