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General ItemRegister for the Ecological and Biocultural Restoration Summit
A one-day summit for the Restoration Ecology Working Group held on April 12 at the University Club, West-End Zone.
Date: Mar 18, 2024 -
Article ItemProtecting older populations through policy , article
Pamela Teaster is currently serving as a 2023-24 fellow of the Health and Aging Policy Fellowship program and will help develop legislation to protect older Americans.
Date: Mar 13, 2024 -
Article ItemSeed grants fuel multidisciplinary, community-engaged mental health research , article
The first seed grants from the newly formed Whole Health Consortium, housed within Virginia Tech's Institute of Society, Culture, and Environment, will support programs ranging from using artificial intelligence to help adults with autism to developing interventions for food insecurity among young children
Date: Mar 07, 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 ItemInnovate and Connect: Register now for the 2024 Whole Health Consortium Annual Meeting at Virginia Tech
Register now for the 2024 Whole Health Consortium Annual Meeting, scheduled for April 5, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. in the South End Zone of the University Club at Virginia Tech.
Date: Jan 19, 2024 -
Article ItemNew program mentors first-generation Latinx students from rural communities , article
The Centers for Rural Education and Refugee, Migrant, and Displacement Studies have teamed up with Galax City High School to create a new mentoring initiative, the Galax Mentoring Program, aimed at keeping Latinx students from rural Virginia engaged in education.
Date: Jan 10, 2024 -
Article ItemMeagan Brem and team receive grant to study alcohol-fueled acts of violence among intimate partners , article
Brem, director of the university’s Research for Alcohol and Couples Health Lab, and her team will assemble a group of 100 heavy-drinking men and women students who have self-reported histories of intimate partner violence who will then be expected to report their drinking habits and other information for 30 consecutive days.
Date: Jan 08, 2024 -
Article ItemThe key to successful research? Let the community lead , article
Barbara Allen, a Louisiana native and a professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Science, Technology, and Society, has received a $600,000 National Science Foundation grant to further her research in Louisiana's Cancer Alley. The project comes after she completed similar research in two French towns located in industrial zones.
Date: Dec 12, 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 ItemBird feeding may give humans something to chirp about , article
Ashley Dayer and a team of researchers at Virginia Tech and beyond are working to develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between bird feeding and human well-being.
Date: Dec 06, 2023 -
Article ItemInterconnection highlights consortium's person-centered approach to health research , article
The Whole Health Consortium at Virginia Tech will combine the expertise of faculty, students, and community partners to explore a more well-rounded approach to person-centered well-being than traditional health research.
Date: Nov 30, 2023 -
Article ItemTeaming up to beat the heat , article
Professor Theodore Lim has received a Stage 2 National Science Civic Innovation Challenge Planning Grant. Through the award, Lim and his team will have $1 million to spend over the course of a year as they address soaring temperatures caused by harmful urban planning practices in certain Roanoke City neighborhoods.
Date: Nov 06, 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 -
Article ItemResearch in a nutshell: Graduate students take the stage for a fast-paced presentation competition , article
Nearly 30 Virginia Tech graduate students representing a myriad of research interests and seven colleges will take part in the ninth edition of the Nutshell Games on Nov. 11 at 4:30 p.m. at the Moss Arts Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Date: Nov 02, 2023 -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Maaz Gardezi on developing agriculture tech alongside farmers , article
Gardezi is an assistant professor of sociology in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. He shared the importance of developing agriculture technology alongside and with the input of farmers, and a current interdisciplinary project to study how to best facilitate that work.
Date: Oct 23, 2023 -
Article ItemDavid Orden honored with emeritus status , article
A member of the Virginia Tech community for 41 years, Orden has served as a faculty member in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and as director of the Global Issues Initiative in the Institute for Society, Culture and Environment.
Date: Oct 20, 2023 -
Article ItemGraduate students vie for top prizes in science fair with a twist , article
Elementary students judged Virginia Tech graduate students' research presentations at the Flip the Fair event held at the Melrose Branch Library in Roanoke.
Date: Oct 17, 2023 -
Article ItemAccomplishments, scholarship, and impact honored at research celebration , article
More than 70 Virginia Tech faculty members were recognized during the annual event on Oct. 10.
Date: Oct 16, 2023 -
Article ItemSix faculty selected for Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment PREP awards , article
The interactive, two-semester cohort program is designed for faculty pursuing research in social science disciplines who have strong potential for success in seeking external funding but who are relatively new to the proposal writing process or those whose past proposals did not receive funding.
Date: Oct 13, 2023 -
Article ItemClean water for students in India , article
Virginia Tech looks to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
Date: Oct 09, 2023
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