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Article ItemUniversity Libraries Prototyping Studio resurrects dinosaur cousin skeletons bone by bone , article
3D scanners and printers are constructing strikingly realistic replicas of the extinct Teleocrater rhadinus using fossils from more than 240 million years ago. Funded through an Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology grant, a team of experts is showing how technology can illuminate the past and bring long-extinct organisms face-to-face with the present.
Date: Mar 18, 2024 -
Video ItemMemory Palace Project brings collaborative performance to the Cube , video
Annie Stevens, percussion soloist, and Rachel Rugh, dance soloist and choreographer, will perform the 70 minute production. The dance, percussion, and cinematic performance explores how memories impact our daily lives which will include performances of Chris Cerrone's "Memory Palace" and Emily O’Halloran's "Shell". The concert will also feature the Virginia Tech percussion ensemble and university dancer students, including students from Radford University. The show runs March 15-16 from 7 pm to 8:30 pm in the Cube at Moss Arts Center.
Date: Mar 12, 2024 -
General ItemFaculty and students invited to tour ICAT studio spaces
Faculty and students are invited to tour ICAT studio spaces at the Moss Arts Center for a maximum of one hour.
Date: Mar 04, 2024 -
Article ItemCoding 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 -
Video ItemThe EYE Planetarium brings together ICAT and the Science Museum of Western Virginia , video
The Science Museum of Western Virginia recently reopened its planetarium with help from researchers in Virginia Tech's Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology. The updated exhibit, known as The EYE, offers a variety of shows and interactive experiences, including breathtaking astronomical journeys, immersive full-dome films, and educational programs tailored to all ages.
Date: Feb 28, 2024 -
Video ItemAerial Circus offers unique workout option for participants , video
The free workshop was held in The Cube at Moss Arts Center, and was made possible in part by a grant from the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology.
Date: Feb 09, 2024 -
Video Item‘Shakespeare’s Garden’ comes to Northern Virginia , video
“Shakespeare’s Garden: An Immersive Sound Stroll Through His Sonnets, Soliloquies, and Scenes,” is now open at the Torpedo Factory Art Center’s Target Gallery in Alexandria. The exhibit is presented by Virginia Tech’s Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT) and the City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts. The installation enables visitors to explore an immersive sound and visual experience as they follow a meandering path through the space and listen to Shakespearean texts performed by Virginia Tech students. The Target Gallery is typically open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily with occasional 5 p.m. and holiday closures. The exhibition runs through May 26th.
Date: Feb 08, 2024 -
Article ItemResearch institutes enhance impact , article
The research institutes’ work and opportunities for engagement will be on display prior to and following the State of the University Address on Wednesday, Feb. 7, in the Cube at the Moss Arts Center and may have additional information available in the lobby.
Date: Feb 02, 2024 -
General ItemExhibitors wanted: Hokie for a Day field trips
Exhibitors are invited to share brief, engaging tabletop experiences for fifth grade learners at Wednesday Hokie for a Day field trips. Student clubs, grant-funded projects, outreach classes, labs, and researchers are invited to present.
Date: Jan 23, 2024 -
Article ItemBeauty meets function: Students revive ancient cooling technology for modern application , article
Graduate and undergraduate students in industrial design and architecture 3D printed intricately designed protypes of evaporative cooling partitions, an ancient technology made relevant again as society seeks energy-efficient approaches to combat heat.
Date: Jan 18, 2024 -
Article ItemGrants aim to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration , article
With 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 -
Video ItemLooking to the past for sustainable ways to beat the heat , video
Faculty and student researchers in the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design are using 3D-printed ceramics technology paired with computational designs to explore the relevance of ancient cooling technology in service of offsetting the energy and carbon footprint of conventional mechanical cooling.
Date: Jan 09, 2024 -
Article ItemResearchers use music to grow student interest in technical fields , article
Virginia Tech researchers are leveraging sound, music, and creative technologies to get secondary school students and recent high school interested in wave physics.
Date: Dec 21, 2023 -
Article ItemVirtual reality transports designers into the past for sustainable solutions to heat , article
Interior Design Professor Eiman Eglewely and an interdisciplinary team of students have created a 3D virtual reality replication of the house of Sheikh Isa, a Middle Eastern structure built in the 1800s. This project has shown students sustainable approaches to cooling and opened their eyes to another part of the world without leaving Blacksburg.
Date: Dec 14, 2023 -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Koeun Choi talks about screen time, young children, and AI as a reading aide , article
Choi talked about the impact of media on young children, shared insights from her research on screen time, and introduced a project that explores the use of artificial intelligence to help children learn to read.
Date: Dec 11, 2023 -
Article ItemThe state of the arts , article
It’s hard to imagine Virginia Tech without the Moss Arts Center, which for 10 years has created opportunities for students and the greater community to see world-class artists and performers and has served as a catalyst to create connections between research, technology, and creativity.
Date: Dec 09, 2023 -
Video ItemWorkshop focuses on science storytelling , video
Visiting artist Amelia Winger-Bearskin, associate professor of AI and the arts at the University of Florida, lead an ideation and prototyping workshop with students in the Creativity and Innovation District.
Date: Nov 21, 2023 -
Video ItemUsing virtual reality to bring the architecture of Bahrain to Blacksburg , video
Interior Design professor Eiman Eglewely and an interdisciplinary team of students have created a 3D virtual reality replication of the house of Sheikh Isa, a Middle Eastern structure built in the 1800s. This project has shown students sustainable approaches to cooling and opened their eyes to another part of the world without leaving Blacksburg. Funding was provided by a faculty-initiated grant through the College of Architecture, Art, and Design in 2022 and a major SEED grant through the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology in 2023.
Date: Nov 20, 2023 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech Science Festival to return on Nov. 11 , article
The event on the Blacksburg campus will showcase more than 50 exhibitors with science experiments ranging from biology and physics to mathematics and robotics.
Date: Nov 07, 2023 -
Article ItemUniversity's research portfolio surges forward , article
Based on fiscal year 2023 data estimates, federal, state, local, and private research awards grew a combined 17 percent, while research expenditures rose to more than $650 million — a 13 percent increase over last year's totals.
Date: Nov 06, 2023
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