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‘Curious Conversations’ podcast: Shaily Patel talks about the cultural significance of ghosts , articlePatel is teaching a new course that explores hauntology, its connection to ghost stories, and the cultural significance of these narratives. She talked about the role of ghosts as cultural metaphors and how ghost stories serve as a way of making meaning out of past traumas.
Date: Oct 27, 2025 - -
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Scholars program empowers researchers to explore concerns across the globe , articleThe Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment awarded up to $30,000 to five interdisciplinary research teams to address critical, individual, and societal concerns affecting people and places.
Date: Oct 16, 2025 - -
Video ItemYour attention, please: Virginia Tech lab studies why focus shifts as we age , video
Distractions are everywhere. How can we stay focused as we get older? To answer the question, Associate Professor of Human Development Ben Katz is fusing social science with neuroscience as part of a $750,000, NIH-funded research project. Katz leads the project alongside co-PIs Tae-Ho Lee, an associate professor of psychology at Virginia Tech, and University of Tennessee researcher Il Hawn Kim. Graduate research assistants Elayna Seago and Marrium Mansoor have played an integral role in achieving Katz's portion of the project. The Virginia Tech Cognitive Aging and Translational Science Laboratory (CAATS) studies issues like how distraction, focus, and social factors affect the brain across the lifespan.
Date: Aug 29, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech researcher questions sending more humans to space , articleVirginia Tech researcher and Ph.D. student, Savannah Mandel, is a proponent of unmanned exploration. But she wants systemic change in the industry before we send more humans to outer space.
Date: Oct 01, 2024 - -
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Researchers seek to better understand population mobility in the Indo-Pacific , articleA research team led by Anamaria Bukvic in the Department of Geography received a $2 million grant from the Department of Defense to evaluate how efforts to adapt to climate change affects population mobility in coastal areas in the Indo-Pacific.
Date: Sep 09, 2024 - -
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Collaborative research to benefit coastal flounder populations and fishers , articleFaculty in the College of Natural Resources and Environment have received $1.79 million from the National Science Foundation for an interdisciplinary research project that will examine the dynamics of socio-environmental factors impacting coastal fisheries.
Date: Sep 03, 2024 - -
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Sarah Turner named director of alumni relations for College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences , articleTurner has more than 20 years of working in higher education in West Virginia.
Date: Aug 13, 2024 - -
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New study views wildlife through the lens of diversity , articleThe study from the College of Natural Resources and Environment reveals that social support is a key driver for diverse participation in wildlife viewing.
Date: Aug 08, 2024 - -
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Tradition meets transformation for Maasai women , articleA new study by Virginia Tech Associate Professor Tim Baird reveals that a changing Africa is creating avenues of empowerment for Maasai women.
Date: Aug 02, 2024 - -
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Study traces an infectious language epidemic , articleThis is the first research using artificial intelligence to empirically link social media linguistic patterns to real-world public health trends, highlighting the potential of these large language models to identify critical online discussion patterns and point to more effective public health communication strategies.
Date: May 11, 2024 - -
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Renowned scholar to address the complexities of the science and policy relationship , articleMany of today’s most pressing challenges require research and technology to coincide with policymaking to enact real change. This will be the focus of this spring’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Policy program keynote seminar on Thursday, April 11, at 4 p.m. featuring research policymaking advocate Roger Pielke Jr.
Date: Apr 04, 2024 - -
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‘Challenges to Creating an Egalitarian Society’: Kellogg Center to host MacArthur Fellow at annual lecture , articleElizabeth Anderson of the University of Michigan will deliver the 2024 PPE Distinguished Lecture from 5-6:30 p.m. April 3 at the Moss Arts Center.
Date: Mar 26, 2024 - -
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Maple syrup producers provide sweet news for threatened birds , articleVirginia Tech researchers are participating in a new grant that will encourage maple syrup producers to improve forest biodiversity in an effort to help bird populations in the U.S.
Date: Mar 22, 2024 - -
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Research aims to bring a circular revolution to industry , articleCollege of Natural Resources and Environment researchers are gaining insights from value-retention processes and natural systems to explore how to transition industry toward a sustainable future.
Date: Mar 15, 2024 - -
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Virginia Tech students, public invited to Swiss Embassy program for female leaders , articleVirginia Tech in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland will host a program March 16 in honor of Women's History Month. It will discuss gender in politics and provide a pathway to participation for future women leaders.
Date: Mar 11, 2024 - -
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In world of continuous disagreement, professor envisions new social contract , articleAs a recipient of the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Professor Michael Moehler, director of the Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Virginia Tech, will continue his social contract theory research in Germany.
Date: Feb 14, 2024 - -
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Hope takes root in Uganda , articleFulbright recipient Sarah Juster is researching how agroforestry interventions can help displaced refugees in Uganda.
Date: Oct 30, 2023 - -
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Unlocking the power of the humanities: Virginia Tech Humanities Week returns Oct. 22-27 , articleFrom artificial intelligence to prison reform, Humanities Week sessions will explore critical issues and topics facing society.
Date: Oct 17, 2023 -
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