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Community partnerships help Roanoke-based counselor education program bridge mental health care gaps , articleMaster’s degree students at the Virginia Tech Roanoke Center increase the region’s access to mental health services while also getting a “heavy dose of reality” through experiences with at-risk youth, underserved communities, and local schools.
Date: Nov 27, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech’s sustainability initiatives continue to grow , articleRecent sustainability accomplishments reflect Virginia Tech’s holistic commitment to creating a more sustainable future through strategic initiatives, innovative research, and collaborative efforts across the university.
Date: Nov 19, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech students' water-sampling drone innovation takes them to Malawi and Rome , articleTraditional sampling methods require workers to wade into potentially contaminated waters. A drone does the same work much more safely.
Date: Nov 15, 2024 -
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Scientists suggest amping up efforts to mitigate effects of climate change , articleIn an article published in Nature Climate Change, three Virginia Tech Center for Ecosystem Forecasting researchers were among 23 global experts to call for scaling up current near-term iterative ecological forecasting.
Date: Nov 11, 2024 -
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Chinese veterinary students pioneer exchange program at Virginia Tech , articleIn a pioneering exchange program, four Chinese veterinary students from Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University experienced American veterinary medicine at veterinary college. The eight-week initiative, launched in August 2024, immersed students in diverse specialties while laying groundwork for a broader partnership, with Virginia Tech students set to study in China by June 2025.
Date: Nov 08, 2024 -
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Community embedded ecologist helps bridge gap between researchers and locals , articleHaldre Rogers has been researching the impact of the invasive brown tree snake on the limestone forests of Guam for 22 years. Through this, she has learned the value of working with local and Indigenous people.
Date: Oct 11, 2024 -
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Researcher receives grant to study and restore tropical rainforest ecology , articleJ. Leighton Reid received a $600,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award to research the restoration of a tropical rainforest in Ecuador.
Date: Oct 09, 2024 -
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Researchers launch Bangladesh’s first biocontrol program to combat invasive weed , articleVirginia Tech’s Integrated Pest Management Activity, part of the Center for International Research, Education, and Development, launched a biocontrol program that harnesses the use of natural enemies to fight the noxious Parthenium weed and enhance the nation’s food security.
Date: Oct 04, 2024 -
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Student proposals advance Virginia Tech’s sustainability initiatives , articleAt the start of each academic year, the Office of Sustainability seeks proposals from student groups for campus sustainability projects that support Virginia Tech’s Climate Action Commitment.
Date: Sep 20, 2024 -
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X.J. Meng receives prestigious MERIT Award to study hepatitis E virus , articleMeng, University Distinguished Professor of Molecular Virology, is the first at Virginia Tech to receive the prestigious grant from the National Institutes of Health, which offers long-term funding to exceptional researchers.
Date: Sep 13, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech earns gold STARS rating for universitywide sustainability efforts , articleThis year, the Virginia Tech earned its highest score ever through universitywide collaboration focused on key sustainability initiatives.
Date: Sep 03, 2024 -
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Restoration Ecology Working Group provides guidance for Town of Blacksburg , articleThe group, based in Virginia Tech's Global Change Center, has been instrumental in helping the town restore Heritage Park to its native ecology.
Date: Aug 23, 2024 -
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From Blacksburg to Ethiopia: Veterinary college professors forge partnerships to tackle food insecurity, empower communities , articleCarla Savage and Sophie Wenzel embarked on a two-week immersion in Ethiopia to lay the groundwork for impactful global research.
Date: Jul 30, 2024 -
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Clayton Caswell's laboratory awarded three National Institutes of Health research grants , articleThe three grants, each driven by a different graduate student, highlight the diverse and impactful research conducted in Caswell's lab in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine.
Date: Jul 25, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech seismologist gets to the core of historic West Coast earthquake , articleTina Dura's research team, which is examining core sediments and diatoms to help reconstruct the seismic history of the Cascadia subduction zone, was featured in a broadcast episode on the Oregon PBS program "All Science. No Fiction."
Date: Jul 18, 2024 -
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New technique could help treat aggressive brain tumors , articleBurst sine wave electroporation was found to cause less damage to cells and tissue but more disruption to the blood-brain barrier.
Date: Jul 16, 2024 -
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“New doors will always open”: Nathaniel Tablante retires after 27 years at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine , articleAfter 27 years at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Nathaniel Tablante has retired. He served as associate director of the Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine, professor, and poultry veterinarian with University of Maryland Extension.
Date: Jul 16, 2024 -
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Steger Center immerses students in global community to build ‘passione’ for learning , articleKicking off a busy summer at the university’s study abroad hub in southern Switzerland, the inaugural meeting of the center’s new advisory council aimed to broaden opportunities for students and faculty to study, conduct research, and engage with the community.
Date: Jul 15, 2024 -
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International exchange in Chile provides veterinary students with research, clinical experience , articleThe collaboration between the Austral University of Chile and the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine began in 1996 and has since expanded to other colleges across Virginia Tech.
Date: Jul 08, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech leads international collaboration to enhance infrastructure resilience in India , articleThe Center for International Research, Education, and Development has assembled a transdisciplinary team from Blacksburg and India to develop a new generation of infrastructure professionals.
Date: Jul 02, 2024
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