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Class of 2024: Brandon Tapia is engineering a greener future , articleBrandon Tapia is the outstanding senior for the Department of Chemical Engineering. He plans to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to pursue his Ph.D. in chemical engineering upon graduation.
Date: Apr 19, 2024 -
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College of Science to launch Center for Advancing Undergraduate Science Education , articleBy integrating research and practice, the center aims to foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation in undergraduate science and mathematics education.
Date: Mar 27, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech provides expertise at the National Dialogue on Research Integrity event , articleFour Virginia Tech experts provided their perspectives on improving the state of research integrity education at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.
Date: Mar 15, 2024 -
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Collective agency, collective change , articleThe 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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Experts available: Presidential polling numbers, future of electric vehicles, AI in education, 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: Feb 19, 2024 -
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'Curious Conversations' podcast: Andrew Katz talks about using AI in education , articleKatz shares his insight related to the applications of AI models such as ChatGPT in analyzing student responses and providing feedback, the challenges of AI in education, and hope that it can provide a more individualized educational experience.
Date: Feb 19, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech awarded a $250,000 Sloan Foundation grant , articleThe 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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Universitywide team to lead Carnegie Community Engagement Classification application , articleThe designation recognizes “collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities for the mutually beneficial creation and exchange of knowledge and resources.” Virginia Tech was first classified for community engagement in 2006.
Date: Dec 12, 2023 -
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NSF-funded project places faculty at center of responsible research culture , articleDuring the next five years, STEM faculty will be encouraged to participate in the project called Innovative Research and Ethical Impact. Faculty can contribute in a variety of ways, from taking short assessment surveys, to joining cohorts to collaboratively explore responsible innovation and communication methods, to using their professional peer networks to generate meaningful culture change.
Date: Nov 30, 2023 -
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$9 million award from the Department of Defense will fund groundbreaking FutureG research , articleLingjia Liu, professor of electrical and computer engineering and an inaugural faculty member at the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus, will lead a crossdisciplinary team in researching large-scale wireless networks for FutureG technology..
Date: Oct 20, 2023 -
Video ItemYoung engineers find their passion at Frith First-Year Makerspace , video
In its 25th year at the university, Frith Makerspace enables first-year engineering students to learn the basics through hands-on activities and peer mentorship. The goal is to foster a community where collaboration and problem-solving become the foundation of their engineering education.
Date: Oct 19, 2023 -
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College of Engineering selects inaugural Dean's Fellows cohort , articleThe 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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Jake Grohs named interim director of Center for Educational Networks and Impacts , articleIn the position, Grohs will bring his experience facilitating collaboration between Virginia Tech researchers, schools, and industries in Southwest Virginia communities to help the center, part of the Institute of Creativity, Arts, and Technology, evolve to its next level.
Date: Sep 25, 2023 -
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Faculty 'cautiously optimistic' about the potential of generative AI , articleFirst reacting with hesitation to the fall 2022 debut of ChatGPT, Virginia Tech faculty are now starting to embrace artificial intelligence's transformative power in teaching and research.
Date: Sep 19, 2023 -
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Future Mitchell Hall brings promise for engineering research and experiential learning , articleOn Aug. 29, Virginia Tech Board of Visitors' Buildings and Grounds Committee approved the design review for Mitchell Hall, a state-of-the-art engineering and research building that will provide engineering students, faculty, and staff with innovative lab space and ample opportunities for experiential learning.
Date: Aug 29, 2023 -
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Building bridges in Bolivia , articleA group from Virginia Tech joined an Engineers in Action trip that focused on constructing a pedestrian bridge in a remote area outside the Bolivian capital. Students designed and helped build the bridge, aiding a community and gaining practical engineering experience in the process
Date: Aug 22, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine receives prestigious award to support innovation , articleThe Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine has been awarded the National Board of Medical Examiners Stemmler Fund for 2023-24 to support its innovative approaches to medical student assessment.
Date: Aug 18, 2023 -
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Aiming for a home run with electrical engineering education , articleWith a $944,231 National Science Foundation CAREER award, Nicole Pitterson in the Department of Engineering Education will develop models for how faculty can design and teach content for their courses in a way that aligns holistically with their students’ needs.
Date: Aug 09, 2023 -
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Ethics education conference draws international audience , articleThe two-day event on Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus highlights research funded by the National Science Foundation.
Date: Jul 24, 2023 -
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Commonwealth Cyber Initiative funds $700,000 in experiential learning projects to support Virginia students , articleThe Commonwealth Cyber Initiative is investing in seven experiential learning projects, giving students crucial cybersecurity, on-the-job training in areas such as privacy protection and mobile software development.
Date: Jun 26, 2023
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