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Cheesy Nights continues as a delicious Virginia Tech finals week tradition , articleCheesy Nights began in 2011 with just $100 for cheese, butter, bread, and a small griddle in Newman Library. Every semester since, University Libraries and campus partners, family volunteers, and community members tie on their aprons and grill thousands of cheese sandwiches for hungry Hokies during finals week.
Date: Apr 18, 2024 -
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Learn about online Canvas-integrated homework system WeBWorK Date: Apr 11, 2024 -
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Five faculty members honored with academy membership for leadership, service , articleHailing from biological sciences, industrial and systems engineering, University Libraries, psychology, and architecture, the faculty members will join Virginia Tech's prestigious Academies of Faculty Service and Leadership in honor of their substantial contributions to the university.
Date: Apr 09, 2024 -
Video ItemShowcase your accomplishments on Virginia Tech Experts , video
Virginia Tech Experts is a unique searchable online profile system that gives Virginia Tech researchers and educators a place to display their scholarly works, research interests, teaching, and more.
Date: Apr 03, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech researchers work to make yoga accessible to everyone , articleThe project, a collaboration between the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Cooperative Extension, and the University Libraries, aims to reach historically underrepresented populations in yoga.
Date: Apr 02, 2024 -
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DataBridge program inspires futures one data point at a time , articleThe program in University Libraries pairs students with data problems proposed by researchers from across Virginia Tech. Students collaborate with faculty members while earning course credit or monetary payment and building their data analysis skills along the way.
Date: Mar 29, 2024 -
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History to meet aerodynamics during library's paper airplane competition , articleUniversity Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives will host hosting the April 23 celebration that features the Archives of American Aerospace Exploration collections. Visitors can dive into the rich history of American space exploration while building their own potentially prize-winning aircraft.
Date: Mar 25, 2024 -
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'Hidden in Plain Sight' exhibit shines a light on the history of slavery in Charleston , articleThe exhibit on the second floor of Newman Library examines themes in the memorialization and representations of slavery in the South Carolina city's public spaces including Southern charm and nostalgia, Southern charm and violence, and enslaved narratives.
Date: Mar 25, 2024 -
Video ItemLet's pawty! Virginia Tech celebrates therapy dog's birthday , video
Virginia Tech's therapy dog Epcot celebrated his 3rd birthday on March 22, 2024 at a party hosted by University Libraries. Alongside handler Trent Davis, Epcot has provided comfort to students since joining Virginia Tech's Animal Assisted Therapy program in 2023. Students can visit Epcot during his "office hours" on Thursdays from 4-5pm on the 1st floor of Squires Student Center.
Date: Mar 22, 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 -
Video ItemDataBridge prepares students for professional workforce , video
University Libraries' DataBridge program helps students bridge the gap between academic coursework and real-world career possibilities.
Date: Mar 18, 2024 -
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University Libraries Prototyping Studio resurrects dinosaur cousin skeletons bone by bone , article3D 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 -
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Public help needed for research in Chicago covenants , articleLaDale Winling is calling on volunteers throughout Chicago to help study thousands of paper land records and racial covenants.
Date: Mar 14, 2024 -
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Leading the way , articleVirginia Tech is committed to educating the leaders of the future — and to creating the opportunities that move leadership into action.
Date: Mar 14, 2024 -
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'Women in Appalachia' exhibit spotlights how food and crafting created community , articleThe exhibit is on display in Newman Library through March. “The best part about creating this exhibit is thinking about the story I want to tell,” said graduate student and exhibit creator Kaitlynn Harless. “Each section tells a story about their lives with the thread of community connecting them.”
Date: Mar 14, 2024 -
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Optical character recognition helps unlock history , articleUniversity Libraries data experts are using the technology to extract text from scanned images of early 20th century real estate documents to make them more readable and electronically searchable.
Date: Mar 13, 2024 -
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Alumnus spotlights local history using local mail , articleFrom walks with his father to days spent in Virginia Tech's Special Collections and University Archives, alumnus Bob Hill spotlights the history of the postal service in the New River Valley as an important step in U.S. expansion.
Date: Mar 11, 2024 -
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Christiansburg Institute, University Libraries collaborate to preserve Appalachian African American storytelling, history , articleA $251,052 grant from the Council on Library Information Resources will support the digitization of 870 photographs, 60 slides, 15 diplomas, 48,000 typed pages, and 3,300 handwritten pages from the Christiansburg Institute's principals, teachers, and students to spotlight the Black Appalachian experience throughout the ages.
Date: Mar 07, 2024 -
Video ItemVirginia Tech Authors Recognition Event celebrates campus-wide scholarship , video
The Virginia Tech Authors Recognition Event honored 103 authors on February 26, 2024. The event was hosted by University Libraries and was held on the second floor of Newman Library. The Virginia Tech Authors Recognition Event was first held in 2006, and has since grown to include a wide range of materials including published books, musical works, films, and more.
Date: Feb 29, 2024 -
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AI and the spread of fake news sites: Experts explain how to counteract them , articleWith national elections looming in the United States, concerns about misinformation are sharper than ever, and advances in artificial intelligence have made distinguishing genuine news sites from fake ones even more challenging. Virginia Tech experts explore three different facets of the AI-fueled spread of fake news sites and the efforts to combat them.
Date: Feb 22, 2024
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