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Class of 2024: Megan Pollok works internationally to increase food security , articleAt home and abroad, Pollok is helping communities create sustainable food systems.
Date: May 02, 2024 -
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China’s sinking cities indicate global-scale problem, Virginia Tech researcher says , articleA third of China’s urban population at risk of city sinking, according to new satellite data. In an invited article for the journal Science, Manoochehr Shirzaei discusses how this phenomenon points to a global problem: Land is sinking everywhere.
Date: Apr 18, 2024 -
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W_Internships combine winter break and internships for the win , articleFrom Jan. 2-12, a cohort of juniors from Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture, Arts, and Design participated in an immersive program that provides a two-week professional experiences across the region.
Date: Apr 17, 2024 -
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Collaboration drives sustainability efforts at Virginia Tech , articleVirginia Tech's comprehensive and collaborative approach to sustainability initiatives helps further its Climate Action Commitment. These efforts are just a few examples of the ways Virginia Tech demonstrates impact as a global land-grant university — promoting sustainability in its surrounding communities, through Virginia, and around the world.
Date: Apr 16, 2024 -
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Alba Yerro-Colom to use National Science Foundation CAREER award to better predict and prevent landslides , articleAlba Yerro-Colom is developing a numerical framework to study how different rainfall patterns affect the interaction between water, roots, and soil during a landslide.
Date: Apr 15, 2024 -
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Transformative alliance: Health leaders, Virginia Tech forge new partnership for diabetes management and support , articleOver 630,000 people in Virginia have diabetes, which can lead to increased risks of heart disease, stroke, kidney damage, and death.
Date: Apr 10, 2024 -
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The goal: Safe food for every home , articleTwo Virginia Tech students traveled to Kpone Katamanso, Ghana, over spring break to build a community garden.
Date: Apr 05, 2024 -
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Public health alumna Caitlin Sharkey brings her homework into the real world , articleWhat started as a classroom assignment has become part of the Bradley Free Clinic's standard operating procedure for infection control. Sharkey, a 2023 alumnus, is the health administrator at the Roanoke clinic.
Date: Apr 03, 2024 -
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Experts expanding the reach of engineering research , articleOne of the advantages of the research enterprise at Virginia Tech lies in its blend of experts with budding inventors. By employing specialists who both innovate and teach, a full body of knowledge is being passed on to the next generation of engineers.
Date: Apr 03, 2024 -
Video ItemVirginia Tech Graduate Research Student Researchers Team Up with High Schoolers to Help Cool Down Local Park , video
Graduate Students in Virginia Tech’s School of Public and International Affairs, led by Assistant Professor Theo Lim, developed an interactive game to help solve a problem for the City of Roanoke, Virginia. McCadden Park is located in one of the hottest areas of the city, and is in need of a redesign. Thanks to a partnership with Virginia Western Community College, Lim’s class taught high school students how to play the game and share their ideas. Lim earned a National Science Foundation grant to lead lead a multidisciplinary team of graduate student researchers in a collaboration with the City of Roanoke to alleviate the heat burden in areas throughout the city, and ultimately enhance living conditions for local residents. Learn more about Lim’s work: liberalarts.vt.edu/news/articles/2023/10/teaming-to-beat-the-heat.html
Date: Mar 25, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech students design a new look for vacant middle school , articleStudents are creating new designs for the former Dublin Middle School in Pulaski County to make way for affordable housing for seniors.
Date: Mar 22, 2024 -
Video ItemWAAC students design building for national competition , video
A group of students at the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center (WAAC) are designing housing with sustainability at the forefront. They have advanced to the final stage of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon 2024 Design Challenge based on their cutting edge, zero energy building design. The studio led by Susan Piedmont-Palladino, is a mix of graduate, 4th year undergraduate, and exchange students. The WAAC students are finalists in the multifamily building division and will compete at the hybrid Solar Decathlon competition event, April 19–21, 2024, at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado.
Date: Mar 19, 2024 -
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Collaborative effort explores moving power lines from overhead to underground , articleAfter receiving a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, a group of professors from the College of Engineering are working with Virginia Tech Electric Service on a project that explores ways of burying power lines underground in a safe, cost-effective manner.
Date: Mar 18, 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 -
Video ItemVirginia Tech students help turn school into affordable housing , video
Students from Virginia Tech's Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management are gaining real world experience through a collaboration between Virginia Tech and Pulaski County. The project is in its beginning phase and will ultimately result in new affordable housing for the community. Video by Jasmine Rorrer.
Date: Mar 07, 2024 -
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Study: Sinking land increases risk for thousands of coastal residents by 2050 , articlePublished in Nature, the study provides a new comprehensive look at the potential for flooding in a combined 32 cities along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts. It predicts as many as 500,000 people will be affected by flooding alongside 1 in 35 privately owned properties within the next three decades, and it highlights the racial and socioeconomic demographics of those potentially affected.
Date: Mar 06, 2024 -
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'Curious Conversations' podcast: Manoochehr Shirzaei talks about measuring sinking land , articleShirzaei discusses the importance of understanding and measuring sinking land, commonly called subsidence. He shared insights about the use of satellite data in creating high resolution maps, how land subsidence fits into the overall picture of climate change, and how he hopes the information is used by localities.
Date: Mar 04, 2024 -
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Monet Roberts receives inaugural Henrietta Lacks Legacy award , articleRoberts, assistant professor in the College of Engineering, is honored during Black History Month for her contributions to research and community.
Date: Feb 27, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech, Virginia State University to lead USDA urban agriculture projects , articleThe Virginia Tech Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation and the Virginia State University Small Farm Outreach Program will support two urban agriculture projects from the department’s Farm Service Agency: the National Urban Agriculture Initiative and Advancing Urban Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems in Virginia.
Date: Feb 23, 2024 -
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Research grant aimed at improving wastewater monitoring for diseases in rural Appalachian communities , articleAmid the ongoing efforts to combat and monitor the spread of diseases, a new project aims to bridge the gap in wastewater surveillance between urban and rural areas.
Date: Feb 15, 2024
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