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Class of 2024: Jack Micallef leaves his creative mark on University Libraries , articleMicallef, University Libraries’ student social media production assistant, used his creativity, drive, and communication skills to help create social media content that appealed to his peers while earning a degree in packaging systems and design.
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Cheesy Nights continues as a delicious Virginia Tech finals week tradition , articleCheesy Nights began in 2011 with just $100 for cheese, butter, bread, and a small griddle in Newman Library. Every semester since, University Libraries and campus partners, family volunteers, and community members tie on their aprons and grill thousands of cheese sandwiches for hungry Hokies during finals week.
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Five faculty members honored with academy membership for leadership, service , articleHailing from biological sciences, industrial and systems engineering, University Libraries, psychology, and architecture, the faculty members will join Virginia Tech's prestigious Academies of Faculty Service and Leadership in honor of their substantial contributions to the university.
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Virginia Tech researchers work to make yoga accessible to everyone , articleThe project, a collaboration between the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Cooperative Extension, and the University Libraries, aims to reach historically underrepresented populations in yoga.
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DataBridge program inspires futures one data point at a time , articleThe program in University Libraries pairs students with data problems proposed by researchers from across Virginia Tech. Students collaborate with faculty members while earning course credit or monetary payment and building their data analysis skills along the way.
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History to meet aerodynamics during library's paper airplane competition , articleUniversity Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives will host hosting the April 23 celebration that features the Archives of American Aerospace Exploration collections. Visitors can dive into the rich history of American space exploration while building their own potentially prize-winning aircraft.
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'Hidden in Plain Sight' exhibit shines a light on the history of slavery in Charleston , articleThe exhibit on the second floor of Newman Library examines themes in the memorialization and representations of slavery in the South Carolina city's public spaces including Southern charm and nostalgia, Southern charm and violence, and enslaved narratives.
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University Libraries Prototyping Studio resurrects dinosaur cousin skeletons bone by bone , article3D scanners and printers are constructing strikingly realistic replicas of the extinct Teleocrater rhadinus using fossils from more than 240 million years ago. Funded through an Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology grant, a team of experts is showing how technology can illuminate the past and bring long-extinct organisms face-to-face with the present.
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Public help needed for research in Chicago covenants , articleLaDale Winling is calling on volunteers throughout Chicago to help study thousands of paper land records and racial covenants.
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'Women in Appalachia' exhibit spotlights how food and crafting created community , articleThe exhibit is on display in Newman Library through March. “The best part about creating this exhibit is thinking about the story I want to tell,” said graduate student and exhibit creator Kaitlynn Harless. “Each section tells a story about their lives with the thread of community connecting them.”
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Optical character recognition helps unlock history , articleUniversity Libraries data experts are using the technology to extract text from scanned images of early 20th century real estate documents to make them more readable and electronically searchable.
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Alumnus spotlights local history using local mail , articleFrom walks with his father to days spent in Virginia Tech's Special Collections and University Archives, alumnus Bob Hill spotlights the history of the postal service in the New River Valley as an important step in U.S. expansion.
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Christiansburg Institute, University Libraries collaborate to preserve Appalachian African American storytelling, history , articleA $251,052 grant from the Council on Library Information Resources will support the digitization of 870 photographs, 60 slides, 15 diplomas, 48,000 typed pages, and 3,300 handwritten pages from the Christiansburg Institute's principals, teachers, and students to spotlight the Black Appalachian experience throughout the ages.
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AI and the spread of fake news sites: Experts explain how to counteract them , articleWith national elections looming in the United States, concerns about misinformation are sharper than ever, and advances in artificial intelligence have made distinguishing genuine news sites from fake ones even more challenging. Virginia Tech experts explore three different facets of the AI-fueled spread of fake news sites and the efforts to combat them.
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New open textbook fosters ecological stewardship in property management , articleReleased in 2023 through the Open Education Initiative and Virginia Tech Publishing, housed in University Libraries, this pioneering work fills major gaps that existed in sustainability resources for undergraduate and graduate college property management programs.
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Animatronics course encourages innovation and collaboration , articleThe new course brought together visual arts and robotics, allowing students to design and build lifelike robotic objects using the resources of the Studios Network at University Libraries.
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Research project to map early modern travel , articleBy dissecting at least 86 travel itineraries, Rachel Midura and a research team will trace the ways and challenges of travelers before the year 1700 across oceans and land, mostly throughout Europe.
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Open textbook project wins prestigious international award , articleUniversity Libraries' Open Education Initiative team received a first-of-its-kind "highly commended" designation for the open textbook project "Original Études for the Developing Conductor" at the 2023 Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers Annual Conference Awards.
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University Libraries’ data expert named maintainer community lead for The Carpentries , articleNathaniel Porter, social science data consultant and data education coordinator for University Libraries, is taking on a new role for the international community of data and computing educators.
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University Libraries receives 2024 Insight Into Diversity magazine’s Library Excellence in Access and Diversity Award , articleUniversity Libraries was recognized for its initiatives supporting diversity and inclusion. It is the only library in Virginia to receive the national honor out of 56 academic libraries across the country.
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Virtual reality transports designers into the past for sustainable solutions to heat , articleInterior Design Professor Eiman Eglewely and an interdisciplinary team of students have created a 3D virtual reality replication of the house of Sheikh Isa, a Middle Eastern structure built in the 1800s. This project has shown students sustainable approaches to cooling and opened their eyes to another part of the world without leaving Blacksburg.
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A time to be thankful: News about Hokie Nation , articleHokies in Blacksburg and across the world do work that advances study, impacts communities, and leads the charge for positive change.
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New program creates TRAILblazers of diversity and inclusion , articleThis fall, the Transformational Allyship for Inclusive Leadership program brought together 27 senior leaders from across campus to commit to making change — in themselves and in their corners of the university.
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Newman Library exhibition 'We’re Still Here' highlights Native peoples on the Virginia Tech campus and beyond , articleNative students of Virginia Tech created the artwork at an Indigenous Community Center program featuring collage making. Themes included culture is not a costume, contemporary fashion and contributions of Natives, foodways and food sovereignty, missing and murdered Indigenous women, and climate justice.
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Virginia Tech’s global impact: Dropping in on Hokies studying and working around the world , articleOn any given day, in every corner of the world, Virginia Tech students, faculty, staff, and alumni are making a profound impact. As the university celebrates International Education Week, we check in with some of those Hokies embodying the university’s commitment to international education and engagement.
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