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'Curious Conversations' podcast: Rose Wesche talks about feelings, casual relationships , articleWesche joined the podcast to chat about the science behind the warm, fuzzy feelings that often accompany a new romance as well as the transition from infatuation to attachment and how to maintain intimacy and passion in relationships. She also shared her research that explores the emotional outcomes of casual sexual relationships and offered advice for those in relationships.
Date: Feb 12, 2024 -
Video ItemAfter-school program blends arts and robotics to spark students' interest in STEAM education , video
Virginia Tech researchers Koeun Choi and Myounghoon Jeon are introducing students at Eastern Montgomery Elementary School to various robotics theories through creative outlets such as music and dance. The thirteen week after-school program will culminate in a theater performance featuring robots programmed by the students.
Date: Nov 07, 2022 -
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Methods and the message: Studying the role of communication in stopping pandemics , articleJulie Gerdes, an assistant professor in the Department of English, has been awarded a grant through the Council on Vibrant Virginia to study vaccine hesitancy among Latinx communities.
Date: Mar 28, 2022 -
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Shannon Marshall Mury’s advocacy for early childhood receives national recognition , articleSurprised at receiving a national teacher of the year award, the early elementary education teacher wants people to know the Child Development Center for Learning and Research is more than a day care.
Date: Oct 28, 2021 -
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Rosemary Blieszner receives Alumni Fellow Award from Penn State , articleThe Alumni Fellow Award, the most prestigious award given by the Penn State Alumni Association, recognizes alumni who are leaders in their professional fields.
Date: Oct 19, 2021 -
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Biomedical engineering researchers to study knee re-injury risk using wearable sensors , articleSupported by a $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and led by Robin Queen, the Kevin P. Granata Faculty Fellow and professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics, a team of researchers from Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia will assess second anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries — a tear of the same ACL or of the ACL in the other knee — using wearable sensors.
Date: Oct 15, 2021 -
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Class of 2021: Human development major Carly Rettie determined to improve education through policy , article“I entered college thinking I wanted to be an elementary school teacher,” said the senior human development major. “I have since had experiential learning opportunities that opened my eyes to careers in education I didn’t even know existed.”
Date: May 11, 2021 -
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COVID Companions collaboration benefits students and the community , articleIsolation is still on the rise from the COVID-19 pandemic, and Virginia Tech and organizations within the New River Valley community are offering a way to minimize feelings of loneliness among older adults.
Date: May 04, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech researcher strives to lower suicide risk among homebound older adults through $1.3 million project , article“Community-engaged scholarship is a core facet of fulfilling the Virginia Tech motto of Ut Prosim (That I May Serve),” said Matthew Fullen, an assistant professor of counselor education. “Opportunities like this grant are part of my calling to support those who are vulnerable and equip those who are willing to lend a helping hand.”
Date: Mar 10, 2021 -
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Center for Gerontology receives $2.1 million to study extended family caregivers of people with dementia , articleKaren Roberto and Tina Savla, both core faculty members of Virginia Tech’s Center for Gerontology, are leading a five-year study funded by the National Institute on Aging that will examine the role of extended family caregivers and their service use, needs, and challenges.
Date: Jan 25, 2021 -
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School of Education assistant professor revolutionizing the older adult wellness narrative , article“We want to change the conversation about aging from one of decline to one of opportunity,” said Matthew Fullen, an assistant professor of counselor education. “Eschewing definitions of wellness that merely emphasize physical health is one way to change that conversation.”
Date: Dec 10, 2020 -
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Going above and beyond in residential environments and design , articleAs Morgan Jones and Taylor Olson were planning to graduate, they both entered kitchen and bathroom design competitions and won. Their hard work at Virginia Tech has already paid off in their early careers.
Date: Nov 20, 2020 -
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Researchers study how privacy preferences, family tensions can deter use of contact tracing apps , articleFrance Bélanger and Katherine Allen were engaged in a study on smart home speakers and the privacy and other concerns they sparked when the pandemic emerged. Pondering the dilemma of health officials trying to expand the use of contact tracing apps, the researchers wondered whether such apps also triggered similar privacy tensions in families.
Date: Nov 13, 2020 -
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Researcher expands caregiving study during the COVID-19 pandemic , articleToni Calasanti, a Virginia Tech sociology professor, was interviewing both heterosexual and same-sex couples for an Alzheimer’s disease and dementia grant when the COVID-19 pandemic changed the parameters for many of those couples. A supplemental grant is now allowing her team to study those changes.
Date: Nov 06, 2020 -
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Katherine Allen honored with emerita status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 1989, Allen has advanced critical areas of research, assessment, and theory through her scholarship on family diversity, family gerontology, feminist family studies, and LGBTQ families.
Date: Oct 14, 2020 -
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National Science Foundation funds research on the social implications of COVID-19 , articleThree research teams at Virginia Tech were awarded RAPID grants from the the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences directorate of the National Science Foundation to spur the development of social science–oriented research related to COVID-19.
Date: Sep 14, 2020 -
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Dustin Read named head of Department of Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management , articleWhen the new department leader started his career in real estate, he worked with distressed properties, but knew he wanted to work with a different type of asset. Little did he know, his educational experiences would change the scope of his interests.
Date: Jul 31, 2020 -
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Online program focuses on protecting vulnerable older adults during COVID-19 and beyond , articleWhen Pamela Teaster envisioned a leadership program in gerontology, the world had not yet been transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic. But now the certificate program’s launch this fall coincides with a time when policies for the aging population are more critical than ever. That’s why an influential advocate from Washington, D.C., is teaching the inaugural class.
Date: Jul 23, 2020 -
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Alumna Evelyn Blake makes a fashionable remembrance , articleBlake, who’s about to celebrate her 100th birthday, is donating, in honor of her mentor, handmade garments to the historic costume and textile collection in the Department of Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management.
Date: May 18, 2020 -
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Pandemic parenting needs personal strategy , articleCOVID-19 has altered what parenting looks like for many mothers and fathers. Virginia Tech researcher Cindy Smith provides a few tips that might help navigate these new, at times stressful dynamics.
Date: May 07, 2020
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