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Board of Visitors approves 2026 promotions, tenure, and continued appointments , articleThe board approved the following promotions, tenure, and continued appointments.
Date: Jun 02, 2026 - -
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Budgets, future research opportunities, athletics among topics discussed by Board of Visitors , articleEffective July 1, board member Jim Miller will serve as rector and Nancy Dye will serve as vice rector. Each will serve a one-year term.
Date: Jun 02, 2026 - -
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Board of Visitors advances capital project that will increase campus housing by 1,200 beds , articleWith Board of Visitors approval of the capital project construction authorization, the New Residence Halls project – consisting of four new residence halls – targets completion for occupancy at the start of the 2028-29 academic year.
Date: Jun 02, 2026 - -
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Virginia Tech, Children’s National create pediatric AI innovation hub to speed research, care , articleThe hub brings together clinicians, researchers, and data scientists to speed the development of artificial intelligence technologies designed specifically for children.
Date: Jun 02, 2026 - -
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Immersive display returns to National D-Day Memorial for America 250 , articleThe shows on June 5-6 will not only include the original retelling of the efforts leading up to and including the Normandy invasion, but a new prelude connecting those events to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence’s signing.
Date: May 29, 2026 - -
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Researchers test noninvasive cancer treatment to trigger body's immune defenses , articleImmunotherapy combined with histotripsy may offer new hope for both dogs and people with osteosarcoma, an aggressive bone cancer.
Date: May 28, 2026 - -
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Why some cancers are worse than others , articleChromosome numbers and cell size fuel cancer progression, according to new studies published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Cancer Research.
Date: May 25, 2026 - -
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A video game is helping improve Marine Corps training , articleResearchers from the Center for Human-Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech and the University of Memphis recently deployed a program that leverages a modified version of the 2007 game, “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare,” at Marine Corps University in Quantico.
Date: May 18, 2026 - -
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Sandponics offers more affordable path for farming in water‑scarce regions , articleResearchers are working on improvements to sustainable agriculture that could reduce environmental damage, lower production costs, and expand food growing opportunities in water-limited regions. The system they’re using, referred to as sandponics, reimagines aquaponics by replacing expensive synthetic substrates with one of the world’s most abundant natural materials.
Date: May 17, 2026 - -
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‘The right patchwork’: New studies examine tobacco regulation , articleThree studies led by addiction researcher Roberta Freitas-Lemos examine approaches to reducing tobacco use, including tax policies and menthol bans.
Date: May 15, 2026 - -
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Four alumni to be honored for distinguished service and achievement , articlePreston M. White ’63, Jean Dickinson Gibbons Fielden ’62, Jerry Hulick ’73, and Sarah Franklin ’97 will be honored with the university’s top honors — the Ut Prosim Medal, the University Distinguished Achievement Award, and the Alumni Distinguished Service Award, respectively — at University Commencement on Friday.
Date: May 11, 2026 - -
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Researchers aim to fight aggressive cancer with a virus , articleScientists are engineering viruses to carry a cancer-killing molecule directly to brain tumors — a novel approach to treating glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive and treatment-resistant cancers.
Date: May 05, 2026 - -
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Belinda Sturm appointed head of the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , articleSturm, currently the Ross McKinney Endowed Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Kansas, will join the department July 25.
Date: May 04, 2026 - -
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Listening sessions scheduled for Presidential Search Committee , articleA session for students will occur this Thursday, May 7. A separate session for faculty and staff will take place next Monday, May 11.
Date: May 03, 2026 - -
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No digital content is safe from generative AI, researchers say , articleCybersecurity researchers discovered that simple artificial intelligence tools can defeat security techniques meant to protect authentic content from use in deepfakes, facial identity theft, or artistic style mimicry.
Date: Apr 30, 2026 - -
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Grant backs early-career study on metabolism and food choices , articleThe award from the National Institutes of Health will support Mary Elizabeth Baugh ’09, M.S. ’13, Ph.D. ’18 and her research into better understanding how changes in brain activity translate into how people make choices about what to eat.
Date: Apr 30, 2026 - -
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Blocking two proteins reverses lung scarring in preclinical study , articleResearchers identified a new therapeutic strategy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, that could move beyond delaying the disease to reversing lung scarring.
Date: Apr 30, 2026 - -
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New study finds task switching raises risk in transplant surgeries , articleThe research analyzed over 300,000 transplant surgeries from 2007-19 and provides causal evidence that task switching — transitioning between cognitively different procedures — can affect patient outcomes.
Date: Apr 30, 2026 - -
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Team works to deliver wireless power through sound waves , articleShima Shahab is leading a team that is using acoustic energy waves to send power to batteries that might be difficult to access.
Date: Apr 27, 2026 - -
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Whit Babcock to retire from athletics director role , articleBeginning July 1, Babcock will continue serving as athletics director emeritus, an advisory role to the university president and the new athletics director.
Date: Apr 24, 2026 -
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