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College of Architecture, Arts, and Design faculty tackle real-world challenges through research and creativity , articleFaculty are using college-funded research grants to develop innovative, community-focused projects that aim to improve everyday life through creative technology and collaboration.
Date: May 22, 2025 - -
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Students create nature-inspired sculpture to welcome visitors to Alexandria , articleInspired by the symmetry of the dogwood fruit and the idea of connection and complexity, Master of Fine Arts candidate Braden Perryman led a team of Virginia Tech students to design and build "Emergence," a large-scale public sculpture commissioned for Academic Building One and installed in Alexandria.
Date: Apr 30, 2025 - -
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Where passion meets possibility , articleThrough the Student-Initiated Research Grant program, students in the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design are transforming bold, personal ideas into innovative, hands-on research with real-world impact.
Date: Apr 25, 2025 - -
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Lia Braaten Hager, design vice president for Global Home Care at Procter & Gamble, to deliver commencement address for the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design , articleDrawing on a career spent championing creativity and innovation in the corporate world, alumna Lia Hager is returning to campus to inspire May graduates with a message about the courage to pursue bold ideas.
Date: Apr 07, 2025 - -
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Arts and technology highlight new academic, industry, and government partnership , articleVirginia Tech’s Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology, in collaboration with Amazon and Alexandria’s Torpedo Factory Art Center, is holding a series of hands-on workshops that blend art, technology, and innovation. These monthly sessions, held at Amazon’s HQ2 and open to the public at the Torpedo Factory Art Center, explore topics ranging from artificial intelligence to spatial audio.
Date: Mar 26, 2025 - -
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Save the date: ICAT Creativity + Innovation Day 2025 Date: Mar 18, 2025 - -
Video ItemArchitecture and Design Career Day , video
The 19th annual School of Architecture and School of Design Career Day took place on Feb. 24. For students who are pursuing degrees and careers in a design field, the event is a chance to meet and make a solid first impression with potential employers. For the employers themselves, the career fair is an opportunity to access the pipeline and hire career-ready young professionals.
Date: Mar 07, 2025 - -
Video ItemStudents explore unique career pathways through unexpected connections , video
Every semester, students from the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design come together as a “collective studio” to produce a print design journal. The publication displays student work, shares alumni experiences, and highlights current interests within the design community and the students’ own studios. This fall, students chose to focus the publication on one question: “What else can I do with my degree?” and interviewed alumni with architecture degrees who followed unique career paths. Seeing all of the different avenues these alumni have been able to take and what they have achieved opens new possibilities for students in architecture and beyond.
Date: Mar 06, 2025 - -
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Secrets of Oscar night red carpet fashion, shared by an expert , article“If they get it right, a star’s Oscar night style can set their career for life and keep them on everyone’s mind for decades to come, whether they win or not,” says Stephany Greene, a fashion designer and stylist who teaches in Virginia Tech’s fashion merchandising and design program. Greene shares her expertise on fashion trends and the tremendous behind-the-scenes efforts that create the looks seen on Oscar night.
Date: Feb 24, 2025 - -
Video ItemFrom novice to NASCAR: David Wilson, TRD, and the power of a team , video
David Wilson's journey from Virginia Tech Engineering student to NASCAR wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. After a tough decision to leave the Corps of Cadets, he later abandoned the comfort of corporate America and moved across the country for a job with Toyota Racing Development (TRD). 35 years later, Wilson has grown the once small racing garage for Toyotas into a world-class racing company and will be retiring from his role as president of TRD at the end of 2024. Watch as he reflects on the influences of Virginia Tech, the Army, and his powerful team.
Date: Dec 16, 2024 - -
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Designing his own Virginia Tech experience , articleInterior design senior Ethan Greenough has found opportunity and inspiration through student organizations, overseas study, an internship, and the natural environment of Southwest Virginia.
Date: Nov 13, 2024 - -
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Posters designed to draw voters , articlePrintmaking students took their inspiration from Works Progress Association posters of the past as they learned how to design and produce art that would encourage community members to vote this November.
Date: Oct 31, 2024 - -
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Hokies tackle e-scooter issues in Georgetown , articleBrook Kennedy led a team of industrial design students this summer in developing Nest, a prototype parking rack that could encourage e-scooterists, as well as cyclists, to park more responsibly.
Date: Oct 14, 2024 - -
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Industrial design faculty recognized for their contributions to academia , articleIndustrial design faculty Martha Sullivan and Isabel Prochner were recognized for their contributions to academia by the Industrial Designers Society of America.
Date: Oct 11, 2024 - -
Video ItemMeet this year's Hokie Sock designers , video
This year’s limited-edition Hokie socks were designed by Virginia Tech students, Mikaela Saint Hilaire and Mia Jimenez. Their designs take inspiration from campus favorites – such as buildings on campus and Lane Stadium – and offer a way for Hokies to stay connected to the community while supporting Virginia Tech.
Date: Sep 27, 2024 - -
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The magic of turning food waste into paint pigments , articleYoon Choi, assistant professor in Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture, Arts, and Design, launched the Food Magic project in 2023. The project utilizes a multi-stream recycling approach to capture food waste that can be transformed into natural powder pigments for art.
Date: Jul 08, 2024 - -
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Virginia Tech hosts national summit on creativity, empathy, and AI , articleMore than 70 experts in the arts and technology convened in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area to discuss and share their usage of artificial intelligence in the arts.
Date: Apr 18, 2024 - -
Video ItemDesigning for a purpose , video
DesignUP is a one-day design-a-thon in which design professionals are paired with teams of students, and together they develop graphics for local non-profits.
Date: Apr 11, 2024 - -
Video ItemSwiss poster collection inspires next generation of designers , video
Virginia Tech is home to one of the largest Swiss poster collections in the United States, with the age of the posters ranging from the 1960s to the 2010s. The posters were donated by designers Dennis Ichiyama and Oscar Fernandez in 2023 with the goal of them becoming a teaching tool for young designers. In March of 2024, some of those posters were on display at the Armory Gallary in the School of Visual Arts in an exhibit titled, "Collections and Connections: Excerpts from the Swiss Poster Collection at Virginia Tech".
Date: Mar 21, 2024 - -
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Grants aim to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration , articleWith funding up to $25,000, the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology is accepting proposals for research projects in science, engineering, arts, or design until Feb. 4.
Date: Jan 11, 2024 -
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