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Virginia Tech Global Distinction Changes in the aging heart may lessen the risk of irregular heartbeats , articleResearchers have discovered that microscopic structural changes in the aging heart may reduce the risk of irregular heartbeats.
Date: May 20, 2025 - -
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Category: culture May Aspire! Awards recipients embody the spirit of Ut Prosim , articleStudent Affairs' May celebration recognized members of the Virginia Tech community who model the Aspirations for Student Learning.
Date: May 09, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction New online tool tests how taxes shape sugar-sweetened drink purchases , articleResearchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC created the Experimental Beverage Marketplace to study how taxes affect consumers’ purchase of soft drinks, energy drinks, and other sugary beverages.
Date: Apr 29, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction AI-backed saliva test shows promise for flagging chemotherapy risk, early results indicate , articleFralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists developed a saliva-based artificial intelligence screening method that could flag patients at risk for dangerous side effects from a widely used chemotherapy drug.
Date: Apr 22, 2025 - -
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Category: culture Aspire! Awards recipients embrace leadership to empower communities , articleVirginia Tech students, faculty, and staff are recognized for their commitment to Student Affairs’ Aspirations for Student Learning.
Date: Apr 17, 2025 - -
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Category: research Finding community and focus in interdisciplinary cancer research , articleDoctoral student Blanka Bordas had not planned to work in Washington, D.C., as she earned her degree, but opted to do so for the chance to work with an outstanding mentor on cancer research
Date: Apr 11, 2025 - -
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Category: academics Virginia Tech names 10 new Bouchet Scholars for 2025 , articleThe scholars will attend the honor society's annual conference at Yale University.
Date: Apr 09, 2025 - -
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Category: culture Aspire! Awards honors recipients' commitment to uplifting the student experience at Virginia Tech , articleStudent Affairs recognized students, faculty, and staff who embrace the Aspirations for Student Learning during their time at Virginia Tech.
Date: Apr 03, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction From child brain development research to Capitol Hill advocacy , articleGraduate student Blakely Lockhart has been named an Early Career Policy Ambassador by the Society for Neuroscience, the world’s largest organization of brain and nervous system researchers.
Date: Apr 03, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction Virginia Tech study finds unique brain changes linked to witnessing trauma , articleResearchers discovered distinct molecular differences in how the brain processes directly experienced versus witnessed trauma — a finding that could lead to more targeted treatments for PTSD.
Date: Mar 17, 2025 - -
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Category: research Incoming graduate students tackle health challenges , articleThe innovative Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program continues its tradition of multidisciplinary research.
Date: Feb 28, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction Virginia Tech neuroscientists discover mitochondria’s role in shaping memory circuits , articleResearchers have revealed a critical process that supports the brain cells needed for learning, memory, and social recognition.
Date: Feb 11, 2025 - -
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Category: research Graduate student’s research goal: Improve outcomes for brain cancer patients , articleA Jeanine L. Matte Fellowship will help advance Samantha Howerton’s doctoral research into personalized therapies for glioblastoma.
Date: Jan 29, 2025 - -
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Category: research Fellowship helps doctoral student get to the heart of cardiac disease , articleAbigail Doku will use a Ray A. Gaskins graduate fellowship to continue her doctoral research into heart failure, the world’s leading cause of death, at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Jan 02, 2025 - -
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Category: research Virginia Tech student explores promising treatment avenue for lupus , articleWith support from a new National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award F30 award, Oakland is exploring an approach that uses DNA-like molecules that imitate bacterial DNA and have the potential to possibly ease lupus symptoms.
Date: Dec 17, 2024 - -
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Category: research At Hokie Pitch, graduate students present business plans for biomedical innovations , articleTranslational biology, medicine, and health graduate students gathered for a "Shark Tank"-style event, pitching research-driven commercialization ideas to solve health problems.
Date: Dec 16, 2024 - -
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Category: research Virginia Tech alumni from Zeta Beta Tau fraternity set up legacy of giving — ahead of schedule , articleMason Wheeler, a doctoral student working at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, is the first recipient of the fraternity’s endowed fellowship.
Date: Dec 05, 2024 - -
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Category: research Ray A. Gaskins graduate fellowship supports research into childhood epilepsy , articleTranslational biology, medicine, and health doctoral student Mona Safari will gather preliminary data to better understand the cellular basis of treatment-resistant seizure disorders in children.
Date: Nov 21, 2024 - -
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Category: research Translational biology, medicine, and health student pursues science close to home with new grant , articleMason Wheeler, a doctoral candidate in the Pfleger Lab at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, earned a prestigious Ruth Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Date: Oct 31, 2024 -
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