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        <description><![CDATA[ The new College of Engineering dean will succeed Julie Ross, who left the position to serve as executive vice president and provost.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Awarded a prestigious fellowship from Microsoft, Associate Professor Sarah L. Rodriguez aims to impact policy and programming around higher education’s approach to artificial intelligence workforce development. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ragan, recently retired director of Virginia Tech&#39;s Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine, has been awarded the United States Animal Health Association&#39;s  Medal of Distinction. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech bacteriologist&#39;s 21 patents target a global crisis of antimicrobial-resistant infections that kill 1.27 million people annually. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ How Jessica Gilbertie&#39;s breakthrough is revolutionizing treatment for medicine&#39;s most stubborn infections. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A five-year, $625,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award will support Peng Gao&#39;s vision of intelligent, knowledge-enhanced, context-aware, and human-inspired cyberthreat protection powered by artificial intelligence. ]]></description>
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        <title>Valerie Ragan retires from director role, having guided many veterinarians onto new and rewarding paths </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In 16 years guiding the Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine, Valerie Ragan has been instrumental in retooling many veterinarians&#39; approach to their careers. ]]></description>
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        <title>Christina DiMarino honored with fellowship</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ DiMarino&#39;s teaching and research focus is on power electronics packaging and integration of wide-bandgap and ultra-wide-bandgap power semiconductors.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jin’s research tackles one of the most critical challenges for artificial intelligence: building systems that are intelligent, safe, and trustworthy in complex, real-world environments. ]]></description>
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        <title>Lindsay Lally awarded professorship</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community for more than seven years, Lally enjoys supporting future leaders in the construction industry by sharing real-world examples drawn from her career as an engineer and by bringing industry partners into the classroom.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 15 years, Bulbul makes significant research contributions to automation in design and construction.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1997, Thabet is a pioneer in what is now commonly referred to as “smart construction,” with seminal research and innovation in building information modeling. ]]></description>
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        <title>R. Michael Buehrer honored with endowed chair</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community for more than two decades, Buehrer makes significant research contributions to wireless communications, geolocation, and radar systems, addressing foundational challenges while remaining deeply relevant to the needs of both civilian and defense-related communication systems. ]]></description>
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        <title>Lingjia Liu awarded professorship</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2017, Liu’s scholarship focuses on 6G networks, machine learning for wireless, Open RAN, and dynamic spectrum access/sharing.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The award recognizes Liu’s “five decades of excellence in sustainable design education, research and practice, student mentoring, pioneering textbooks, creative scholarship, and leadership in innovative sustainable engineering training.” ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The 2025 cohort will lead initiatives to grow large-scale research centers in support of the College of Engineering’s strategic plan.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Isaacman-VanWertz, associate professor in the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was recognized for his pioneering work blending chemistry, engineering, and public health to develop low-cost air quality sensors and empower communities to take action on pollution. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Brand, associate professor in the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was recognized for his research in cement and concrete materials and will become the 2025–26 chair of the society&#39;s Cements Division in October. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Meng&#39;s appointment builds on a career defined by solving problems that matter. As holder of more than 20 U.S. patents and an elected fellow of the National Academy of Inventors since 2014, he&#39;s proven that basic scientific research can translate into tangible products that change lives, grow the economy, and benefit society. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ As assistant dean, Pelzer helped revamp the curriculum and admissions process and offered counsel to prospective students, current students, and alumni of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Many congratulations to veterinary college faculty recognized by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors at the June 3 meeting. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The institute will support new industry and government partnerships that advance research and learning opportunities and enable graduate students to address global-scale problems in close proximity to the nation’s capital.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Denby’s research addresses computational constraints encountered by small satellite systems, particularly with respect to data processing in orbit. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Academies honor the exemplary contributions of faculty members of all classifications in formal service roles or in areas of leadership.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Burns, an influential figure in the horseshoeing industry, will turn most of his work time toward helping run the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Blader, head of the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine researches how parasites interact with their hosts. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Kehn-Hall&#39;s lab uses artificial intelligence to unlock the secrets of hemorrhagic fever viruses.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ramakrishnan was recognized for his leadership in developing new algorithms and systems to forecast disease outbreaks and geopolitical events. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ramirez-Barrios teaches parasitology content across all four years of the curriculum, witnessing students&#39; entire journey to becoming veterinarians. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Qiao, the John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is recognized for his work at the interface of chemistry and its applications to technologies such as electrical energy storage.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Rossmeisl, whose research focuses on developing treatment options for brain cancers that are difficult to treat in dogs and humans, received a 2025 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Marie Boër, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and bridged faculty member at the Jefferson Lab, is expected to generate new foundational knowledge in the field of hadronic physics with her current research. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Through extensive research and clinical service in Production Management Medicine at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Kevin Pelzer significantly improved the health and welfare of animals under his care and impacted the careers of many future veterinarians. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ William Swecker devoted his career to advancing animal well-being by providing specialized care in Production Management Medicine, nutritional support services and as Director of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The prestigious award is given to Virginia scientists who have accomplished outstanding research over the last five years in life sciences, which includes the fields of biology, botany, and zoology. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech wireless communications researchers Lingjia Liu and Yi Shi have been elevated to fellows as part of the 2025 class for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), highlighting their excellence in solving the real-world challenges of wireless security, incorporating machine learning, and spectrum sharing. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Over the course of his 30-year career at Virginia Tech, Reed has mentored countless students, received $86 million in research funding, and holds 20 U.S. patents and six foreign patents in the field of wireless communications.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Collaborative approach to veterinary neurology at Virginia Tech spurs groundbreaking research, compassionate care</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The neurology team&#39;s mission at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital is threefold: research, clinical service, and education of the next generation of veterinary professionals. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Two masses were removed from the German shorthaired pointer&#39;s chest, but clinicians still needed to learn what they had removed. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The new dean of the Honors College will replace Paul Knox, who announced his retirement in August after nearly 40 years of service to Virginia Tech.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ On October 14, 1984, the late Virginia Senator John William Warner III formally dedicated the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center (EMC).  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Katz, assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education, will focus his research on assessment, which ranges from exams to lab reports to homework. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 13:13:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>Kimberly Ellis named W.S. &#39;Pete&#39; White Chair for Innovation in Engineering Education</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Since joining Virginia Tech, Ellis’ research has focused on design and analysis of production and logistics systems in collaboration with industry partners ]]></description>
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        <title>Phillip Sponenberg honored with emeritus status</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1981, Sponenberg conducted research in the conservation of rare breeds of livestock and made significant contributions through clinical service in anatomic pathology. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 19 years, Dahlgren focused on comparative musculoskeletal research investigating regenerative medicine therapies for tendon, ligament, and joint disease in horses and the translation of these findings to human medicine.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Zhenyu &#39;James&#39; Kong named Ralph H. Bogle Jr. Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2013, Kong’s scholarship focuses on manufacturing systems engineering and artificial intelligence and machine learning for advanced manufacturing. ]]></description>
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        <title>Building a COMPASS to navigate future pandemics</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ An $18 million grant announced by the National Science Foundation (NSF) will bring together five universities and more than 20 researchers, academics, and public health experts to establish the Virginia Tech-led Center for Community Empowering Pandemic Prediction and Prevention from Atoms to Societies (COMPASS).  ]]></description>
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        <title>Mary Kasarda retires after nearly three decades of service</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ After almost three decades of service, Kasarda retired on Aug. 9 from her roles as associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and as the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science’s faculty director of scholarship.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Matthew Iager DVM ’96, Sara Waltz Johnston DVM ’16, and Michael Erskine DVM ’88 received awards. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ While not a perfect system, human reasoning still outshines artificial intelligence in a number of critical areas. College of Engineering Assistant Professor Dawei Zhou wants to help change that. ]]></description>
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        <title>Peter Vikesland named inaugural Pryor Professor of Engineering</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2001, Vikesland is recognized as an international leader in nanotechnology and in the application of sensors for water quality monitoring. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jamie Bucholz, Claudia Nuñez-Penichet, and Sydney Turner, all members of the program&#39;s 2023 cohort, received the fellowships for their respective research.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Carla Savage and Sophie Wenzel embarked on a two-week immersion in Ethiopia to lay the groundwork for impactful global research.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Clayton Caswell&#39;s laboratory awarded three National Institutes of Health research grants </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The three grants, each driven by a different graduate student, highlight the diverse and impactful research conducted in Caswell&#39;s lab in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. ]]></description>
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        <title>New technique could help treat aggressive brain tumors</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Burst sine wave electroporation was found to cause less damage to cells and tissue but more disruption to the blood-brain barrier.   ]]></description>
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        <title>“New doors will always open”: Nathaniel Tablante retires after 27 years at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ After 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.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Board of Visitors recognizes college faculty</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Many congratulations to veterinary college faculty recognized by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors at the June 11 meeting. ]]></description>
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        <title>Showcasing excellence: Open House at the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center focuses on equine sports medicine  </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The EMC Open House highlighted the Jane and Stephen Hale Equine Performance Evaluation Center, the Youngkin Equine Soundness Clinic, and the Paul Goodness Podiatry Clinic, which collectively serve as the Center’s Sports Medicine Complex. Visitors learned about treatments and therapies available at the EMC to ensure that equine athletes and trail companions perform at their absolute best.  ]]></description>
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        <title>International exchange in Chile provides veterinary students with research, clinical experience  </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The 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. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A recently published paper on a kinase and its importance in triggering cellular responses caps more than 12 years of research for the veterinary college&#39;s Coy Allen. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Swecker, one of the first graduates of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, stepped down as hospital director on May 10 and retires from Virginia Tech on June 30. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Michael Nolan, clinical anatomist at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine,  receives a top honor in his profession. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ S. Ted Oyama is the 2023 recipient of the George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Watson helped start the bioinformatics program in computer science, brought the first parallel high-end computer to Virginia Tech, and started the transdisciplinary collaboration that has become a model for the department. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The next-generation wireless expert brings nearly 30 years of research experience and will serve as the department’s first female head in its 135-year history.      ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Clarke, executive vice president and provost at Virginia Tech, is only the second recipient of LSU’s Distinguished Alumnus Award for Ph.D. graduates.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Sarlo&#39;s research will facilitate the conversion of sensor data to structural models, which has applications in structural monitoring for safety and maintenance. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The veterinary college recently held its annual faculty awards reception to celebrate and recognize the exceptional contributions of its faculty members.   ]]></description>
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        <title>Bridging the software-hardware divide</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ With applications that require more robust processing speed and efficiency, the pressure is on to make every server in every data center work harder. Under the auspices of a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award, Huaicheng Li&#39;s group will work to bridge the gap between emerging hardware technologies and the needs of modern software applications. ]]></description>
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        <title>Stephen Schoenholtz honored with emeritus status</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2006, Schoenholtz made significant contributions to the sustainable management of water and soil resources through his research in the U.S. and New Zealand focusing on effects of land use on water and soil quality. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1989, Hallerman has made significant contributions to fisheries science and conservation through his work in genetics. ]]></description>
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        <title>Don Orth honored with emeritus status</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 43 years, Orth made significant contributions to the conservation and management of fishes through his work in streams and rivers. ]]></description>
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        <title>Lyme Disease in Dogs: What Dog Owners Should Know</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ As Lyme disease cases rise in the United States, not only humans are at risk; dogs are increasingly vulnerable to this tick-borne illness.  The disease&#39;s spread is facilitated by ticks, which thrive in tall grasses and wooded areas and symptoms in dogs can range from fever and joint pain to more serious conditions like kidney damage if left untreated. ]]></description>
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        <title>New equine performance center impresses as it begins serving horse community</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The indoor arena with three surfaces enhances Virginia Tech&#39;s ability to serve regional equine professionals and enthusiasts at the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center. ]]></description>
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        <title>Transformative alliance: Health leaders, Virginia Tech forge new partnership for diabetes management and support</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Over 630,000 people in Virginia have diabetes, which can lead to increased risks of heart disease, stroke, kidney damage, and death.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Five faculty members honored with academy membership for leadership, service</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Hailing from biological sciences, industrial and systems engineering, University Libraries, psychology, and architecture, the faculty members will join Virginia Tech&#39;s prestigious Academies of Faculty Service and Leadership in honor of their substantial contributions to the university. ]]></description>
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        <title>Teresa Southard seeks answers in veterinary forensics cases </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Southard, associate professor of anatomic pathology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, works to uncover if animal deaths are related to illegal activity, such as neglect and abuse. ]]></description>
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        <title>Danfeng &#39;Daphne&#39; Yao named interim head of the Department of Computer Science</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Yao, professor in the Department of Computer Science, replaces Professor Cal Ribbens, who has led the department since 2015. ]]></description>
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        <title>Open forums set for finalists for next dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The dean will lead the college&#39;s efforts for shaping the future of agriculture and life science and the land-grant mission of Virginia Tech, in all its diverse teaching, research, Extension, development, international, and service and outreach activities.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Brian Lattimer named head of Department of Mechanical Engineering </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Lattimer. a three-time Hokie, has been a leader in both industry and academia. ]]></description>
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        <title>Loki&#39;s Leap: The Golden Retriever who overcame the odds with groundbreaking care </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In a display of remarkable innovation, expertise, and heartfelt care, a team at the veterinary college recently embarked on a lengthy and involved surgery or procedure to improve the life of Loki, a cherished 1-year-old golden retriever.   ]]></description>
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        <title>Wenjing Lou named fellow of Association for Computing Machinery</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2011, Lou’s research in information and network security is a major component of the university’s growing reputation and impact in the critically important area of cybersecurity. ]]></description>
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        <title>Call for proposals: DA 2.0 project planning and development grants </title>
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        <title>Margaret Ellis receives Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Undergraduate Teaching Award</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Margaret Ellis was recognized or outstanding contributions to undergraduate education through teaching, service, and creating an inclusive community of experiential undergraduate mentorship. ]]></description>
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        <title>Audrey Ruple collaborates with Dog Aging Project, largest-known study of dog health </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Information collected on more than 47,000 dogs is helping scientists explore many angles of animal, environmental, and human health. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Daniel helped shepherd the Animal Cancer Care and Research Center to fruition and has also influenced medical education during 17 years at Virginia Tech. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Turbo, a 20-year-old Lusitano, thrives in the elite world of dressage through to the diligence of his owner, riders, farrier, and veterinary care team. ]]></description>
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        <title>Chance meeting changes life trajectory toward fulfilling career in equine veterinary medicine </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jennifer Barrett traveled an unusual path to land her dream job at the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center (EMC), a job that combines her three passions in life: clinical service, research, and teaching. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Julie Cecere, clinical associate professor of theriogenology, and Phillip Sponenberg, recently retired professor of pathology and genetics, have co-authored &#34;Breeding Better Dogs: Canine Breeding Management.”  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Abaye&#39;s award recognizes over 30 years as a beloved educator who provides numerous global and hands-on learning experiences to students. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine faculty members have written a much-needed textbook designed to provide practical advice and guidance for educators teaching the next generation of veterinarians.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Jennifer Wayne receives American Society of Mechanical Engineers Dedicated Service Award</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Wayne, a Virginia Tech alumna and professor with the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, received the award for her contributions to the society&#39;s bioengineering division and her dedication to the organization.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A clinical associate professor of cardiology, Lahmers works with students throughout their veterinary education. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine alumnus Justin Ganjei, an accomplished veterinary surgeon in Maryland, offers his expertise to help today’s veterinary students learn proper surgery techniques.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Kevin Pelzer influences many lives during 36 years at veterinary college</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Pelzer’s teaching and clinical background at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine is primarily in large animal medicine and epidemiology, but one of his most memorable experiences involved something much different. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jarome, an associate professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences&#39; School of Animal Sciences, explores the neurobiological mechanisms responsible for post-traumatic stress disorder. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Crawford, a University Distinguished Professor in the College of Science, focuses his research on the development of quantum mechanical models of molecular properties. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Chang-Tien “C.T.” Lu, Dimitrios Nikolopoulos, and Naren Ramakrishnan, all faculty in the Department of Computer Science, have been elected to the 2024 class of fellows ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Emily Schaefer is a clinical assistant professor of equine emergency and critical care after becoming board certified by the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Meng, University Distinguished Professor of Molecular Virology in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, will focus on understanding how the hepatitis E virus affects the cells in the neurovascular unit, leading to neurological injury. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Fellows are nominated by their peers and selected by a panel based on their professional achievements and contributions to the biomedical engineering community. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Willow, a golden retriever with ectopic ureters was treated at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Marr was one of six Virginia Tech researchers recently named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2023 list. Her research interests include transformation and fate of pollutants in the atmosphere, transmission of infectious disease via aerosols, viruses in the built environment, and environmental and health impacts of engineered nanoparticles. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ LeRoith, who has been with the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine since 2005, is the director of Virginia Tech Animal Laboratory Services. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech Animal Laboratory Services is one of five laboratories chosen for this new partnership between the National Animal Health Laboratory Network and the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Otto Lanz, professor of small animal surgery at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, recently spent six months in Japan to collaborate with veterinarians on mini total hip replacements.   ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2023 09:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ruple was nominated and elected to membership in the Sigma Xi honor society and the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health.   ]]></description>
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        <title>Lance Collins appointed to first Department of Navy Science and Technology Board</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The board will provide independent advice and counsel to the Department of the Navy on matters and policies relating to scientific, technical, manufacturing, acquisition, logistics, medicine, and business management functions. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 09:48:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ryan Calder, assistant professor of environmental health and policy in the Public Health Program within the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, is the principal investigator in a $650,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for research on how divides might be bridged in order to accelerate decarbonization of New England’s power grid in light of differing community values.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Phillip Sponenberg retires after 42 years of helping veterinary college, its students thrive </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Sponenberg has been present at every veterinary college commencement since the first one in 1985 and has attended every university graduation since he arrived on campus. Graduates from five different decades extol Sponenberg as a beloved professor who consistently dispensed knowledge, wisdom, and kindness.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2023 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Brian Lattimer named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Lattimer&#39;s research in the dynamics of fire and has been funded by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, Office of Naval Research, and National Science Foundation, among others. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:51:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jaclyn Nunziato received the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award, a student-nominated honor that recognizes a faculty physician who exemplifies qualities of a caring and compassionate mentor in the teaching and advising of medical students. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:44:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Ashley Johnson named Preston and Catharine White Fellow</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2015, Johnson is focused on construction engineering, management, lean construction, construction law and contract administration, and explores emerging practices in construction engineering and management education.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ With her practice focused on small animal soft tissue surgery, Simons handles everything from gastrointestinal surgeries to diagnostic biopsies to hernia repairs. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The new program will help faculty and staff from across the college better understand how to take a project from ideation through implementation, and the first cohort will concentrate on graduate education, offering support to the college’s PROTEGE initiative. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:06:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ On one morning each month, Stephen A. Smith examines the health of more species of animals than many veterinarians will in a lifetime. Because of that, some students get that same experience before they even graduate as veterinarians.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Veterinary college to present Distinguished Alumni Awards at Connect 2023 </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Two alumni and a faculty member of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine will be honored Saturday during Connect 2023. ]]></description>
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        <title>Veterinary college professor advances pathology education in Nicaragua, Guatemala </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Personally, and professionally, Francisco Carvallo is deeply invested in spreading veterinary knowledge across Latin America.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:44:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>William Ducker named Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor in Chemical Engineering</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2008, Ducker has made a number of game-changing and high-impact contributions to the fields of colloid and surface science.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:31:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Josh Iorio named Preston and Catharine White Fellow</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Iorio’s current research interests focus on improving recruitment and retention in the construction industry through enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. ]]></description>
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        <title>Robin Queen named L. Preston Wade Professor of Engineering</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2015, Queen’s research has shaped the understanding of how joint implants alter the way patients completed everyday activities such as walking and climbing stairs and has changed our understanding of the benefits and limitations of orthopaedic surgical interventions.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Georg Reichard named Preston and Catharine White Fellow</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Reichard has more than 25 years of technical and educational experience in both industry and academia.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Garvin has more than 30 years of experience as a professor of civil engineering, consultant, practicing civil engineer in the field of construction.  ]]></description>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/eng-cee-Leon-Roberto-named-Via-Professor.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Leon is internationally recognized in the field of steel-concrete composite structures and seismic design and performance of new and existing steel and composite structures.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Anuj Karpatne, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, received a five-year, $595,738 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award to explore a unified approach for accelerating scientific discovery using scientific knowledge and data.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Margie Lee honored with national poultry research award </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Margie Lee ’82, DVM ‘86, associate dean for research and graduate studies at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the Phibro Animal Health Excellence in Poultry Research Award.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering will research ways to establish future directions for concrete materials.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:41:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Weger-Lucarelli will use the $150,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop easy-to-use tools and techniques that will allow more researchers to study RNA viruses and their mutations. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 08:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>In battle against pancreatic cancer, grant-funded H-FIRE study offers hope</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The National Institutes of Health has awarded $2.6 million to a Virginia Tech team over five years for a study of High Frequency Irreversible Electroporation (H-FIRE) for tumor ablation and immune system activation in cases of pancreatic cancer.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 08:49:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Summer research training program enters 16th year at veterinary college</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine has successfully competed in starting a third renewal of the T35 grant as the program enters its 16th year of giving veterinary students the chance to explore research in the summer between academic terms.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Nammalwar Sriranganathan honored with emeritus status</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1984, Sriranganathan’s work in zoonotic disease control through vaccine development has brought international visibility to Virginia Tech.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2023 13:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Nick Simpson earns Certified Executive Chef designation</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/ds-chef-simpson-earns-CEC.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Simpson, executive chef at Owen’s Food Court, is among a group of about 2,700 chefs nationally to earn the certification. Additionally, Virginia Tech has become an official testing site for both the practical and written Certified Executive Chef exams. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:18:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Race against time: Saving the life of a newborn foal after complicated ‘red bag delivery’</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/vetmed-emc-success-story.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Lacey Assets, an 18-year-old broodmare with a first-time bout of placentitis, and her newborn foal were admitted to the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center, a teaching hospital of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, in Leesburg, Virginia, for emergency care. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:44:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>NSF CAREER award invests in the future of stable computing </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Williams recently received a five-year, $600,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award to explore new ways to stabilize and update the existing Linux kernel — globally one of the most frequently used kernels. The grant also will support educating new generations of computer scientists in the skills needed to work with the kernel. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2023 11:43:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Linsey Marr receives SURA Distinguished Scientist Award</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/eng-coe-linsey-marr-receives-sura-distinguished-scientist-award.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Marr was selected for the award by the Southeastern Universities Research Association for her transdisciplinary research on aerosol transmission. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2023 12:06:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Bonnie Smith honored with emerita status</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/vetmed-smith-emerita.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1991, Smith’s scholarship focused on classical morphology, functional morphology, and teratology.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 15:49:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Eli Vlaisavljevich named Kendall and Laura Hendrick Junior Faculty Fellow</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/eng-beam-eli-vlaisavljevich-named-kendall-and-laura-hendrick-junior-faculty-fellow.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2017, Vlaisavljevich’s research and scholarship focuses on developing histotripsy as a noninvasive, high precision, and image-guided cancer ablation method.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2023 08:23:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Veterinary college faculty recognized for contributions and impact</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/vetmed-faculty-awards.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The college honored faculty members who have shown exceptional abilities in outreach, teaching, innovation, and advancing veterinary medicine. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2023 15:46:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>New faculty advisor but same student focus in chemical engineering</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Associate Professor Stephen Martin has stepped forward to replace Y.A. Liu, longtime faculty advisor for the Virginia Tech chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2023 14:53:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>William Devenport appointed Alumni Distinguished Professor </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/eng-aoe-william-devenport-appointed-alumni-distinguished-professor.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1985, Devenport has championed experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate engineering students. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2023 10:14:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Virginia vaccination project named national &#39;immunization champion&#39;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Cooperative Extension was recently recognized by the National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit as an “Immunization Neighborhood” Immunization Champion.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Seed planted in neurotrauma research consortium hoping to harvest multimillion-dollar grants</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/vetmed-neurotrauma-research.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Michelle Theus leads the new consortium for neurotrauma research, which has been awarded a $300,000 seed grant from the Fralin Life Sciences Institute to engage in groundbreaking scientific investigation of traumatic brain injury and its long-term effects. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 10:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Jordan Budhu named Steven O. Lane Junior Faculty Fellow</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/eng-ece-Jordan-Budhu-named-Steven-O-Lane-Junior-Faculty-Fellow.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2022, Budhu has earned the reputation as a talented researcher in the area of electromagnetics as applied to electromagnetic metamaterials, metasurfaces, and spacecraft antennas.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:32:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Michael Bartlett named John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2020, Bartlett is considered an emerging leader in his field of soft materials and bio-inspired engineering.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2023 12:57:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Linsey Marr honored as University Distinguished Professor</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/eng-cee-linsey-marr-university-distinguished-professor.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Marr’s expertise on airborne pathogenic viruses helped shape national and global policies during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as empowered the public to make sound decisions backed by science. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2023 12:38:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Binoy Ravindran named Bradley Senior Faculty Fellow</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/eng-ece-Binoy-Ravindran-named-Bradley-Senior-Faculty-Fellow.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1998, Ravindran is internationally regarded for his research in computer systems software, specifically distributed systems, operating systems, and real-time systems. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2023 12:26:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Lingjia Liu named Bradley Senior Faculty Fellow</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/eng-ece-Lingjia-Liu-named-Bradley-Senior-Faculty-Fellow.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2017, Liu’s scholarship focuses on 6G networks, machine learning for wireless, Open RAN, and dynamic spectrum access/sharing. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2023 11:17:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Don Taylor earns prestigious award for career contributions to industrial, systems engineering</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Taylor, executive vice provost and Charles O. Gordon Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech, received the Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, the highest  honor bestowed by the organization. ]]></description>
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        <title>Retiring to Australia, Hodgsons give $1 million estate gift to veterinary college scholarship</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/05/vetmed-hodgsons-estate-gift1.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Future first-generation university students with demonstrated financial need, leadership qualities, and high academic standing after the first year of veterinary school will benefit from the Hodgsons’ gift in progressing toward a veterinary degree.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 10:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Fellow is the highest professional distinction in the organization. The award honors those who have made extraordinary accomplishments in the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology or practice in power engineering or have made outstanding contributions to the progress of society and the organization. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Assistant Professor Ruoxi Jia in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech has received an NSF CAREER Award to investigate fundamental theories and computational tools needed to measure the value of data.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Now that the guidelines are being published, applying them will require journal editors and private and public labs across North America to begin utilizing them in order for them to affect the quality of reporting. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In a recent article published by Illinois State University, Pratt spoke of the way her mother, Mildred Pratt, “fought racism, segregation, sexism and generational poverty to achieve a better life and help others do the same.” ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In April, Bill Hopkins will lead a roundtable discussion sponsored by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, where he will present a 30-year conservation plan for the species in Virginia that he authored in 2022.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Isaacman-VanWertz will be living in Ecuador to study emissions in the Amazon rainforest that can lead to global pollution.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ramirez-Barrios makes students a priority and sees mentorship as part of his job, not an extra obligation.    ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Michael Nappier wants to emphasize the “teaching” part of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. His solution: Going back to school. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Pruden was invited to speak with the group to help identify sustainable health outcomes for people and ecosystems.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Danfeng &#39;Daphne&#39; Yao, pioneer and expert in enterprise data security, elevated to IEEE fellow </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Yao, professor in the Department of Computer Science, is among fewer than 0.1 percent of voting members in the institute that are selected annually for this career milestone.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Pratt and Weiss will join a highly selective cohort of 36 individuals for a year-long leadership development program.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Egenrieder, who leads the STEM-focused Thinkabit Lab at Virginia Tech&#39;s Northern Virginia Center in Falls Church, received national recognition from the Association for Career and Technical Education for his commitment to helping students prepare for successful technical careers. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The 2022 award from the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning recognizes innovative approaches to helping early career faculty develop as effective teachers. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ With the five-year, $800,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, Brown will use her molecular dynamics simulation expertise to shed more light on the differences between amyloids that harm and those that don’t.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The organization presented Joerger, an assistant professor in the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, with the Colonel Thomas L. Thurlow Award and the Samuel M. Burka Award. ]]></description>
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        <title>Linsey Marr named to National Academy of Engineering</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Marr, the Charles P. Lunsford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for her advancement of fundamental knowledge of transport, removal, and mitigation of airborne pathogenic viruses.      ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Lahmers has been a central figure in the discovery, tracking, and control of Theileria, a parasite transmitted to cattle by the Asian longhorned tick. The tick was not known to be in the United States until 2017, and Lahmers helped identify its arrival in Virginia the following year.    ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Watford, the associate dean for equity and engagement for the College of Engineering, will help oversee the National Science Foundation and advise federal officials on policy matters related to science, engineering, and science and engineering education.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Vlaisavljevich, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, was recognized with an Outstanding Faculty Award in the Rising Star category by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Kathy Lu, a prominent College of Engineering researcher, was elected president, and Deborah Good, of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, was elected director of the mid-Atlantic region of Sigma Xi in November. Both will serve three-year terms beginning July 1. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In addition to this most recent honor, Dhillon has received some of the most prestigious technical awards in his discipline for analyzing and designing heterogeneous cellular networks using novel ideas from stochastic geometry. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Since the 1980s, Yoon, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and his colleagues at Virginia Tech&#39;s College of Engineering have developed various advanced separation processes for the minerals and coal industries. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 10:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>Sylvester Johnson named associate vice provost for public interest technology</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Johnson will lead efforts to support enhanced participation of Virginia Tech stakeholders to help lead the future of democracy, social justice, and equitable outcomes for an innovation-driven world. ]]></description>
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        <title>Barbara Lockee honored with 2022 David H. Jonassen Excellence in Research Award from AECT</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The national award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated a long-term record of excellence in research in instructional design and technology.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Professor Edward Weisband has completed 55 years in public education and has taught thousands of Virginia Tech students. He will speak at the university&#39;s commencement ceremony, which begins at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 16.  ]]></description>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/fralin-life-sciences-nasem-gold-mining-report.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ William Hopkins and Robert Bodnar were part of a technical team that recommended that the Virginia General Assembly and state agencies update state laws and regulations to protect against the potential environmental and health impacts of gold mining. ]]></description>
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        <title>R. Thulasi Kumar honored with University Technology Leader of the Year Award</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Kumar joins a select group of data analytics IT leaders from around the nation who have been recognized for excellence and are inspiring change in the digital learning IT sphere.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 08:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>Timothy Bolton awarded Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Zoetis award is a nationally recognized honor for a faculty member at each veterinary school in the United States. This award is given to a faculty member who has demonstrated leadership and character; teaching ability as demonstrated by the caliber of instruction and responsiveness to the needs of students. Faculty members are nominated by their students. ]]></description>
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        <title>Production Management Medicine faculty members earn board certification</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Over the past year, two members of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine’s Production Management Medicine team became board certified by the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners. ]]></description>
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        <title>Emily Sarver named Stonie Barker Professor of Mining and Minerals Engineering</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/emily-sarver-named-stonie-barker-professor-of-mining-and-mineral.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ In recognition of her teaching and research effectiveness, Sarver has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Research and Educational Excellence Award by the Health and Safety Division of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration in 2017. ]]></description>
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        <title>Hang Yu chosen for DARPA Young Faculty Award</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/hang-yu-chosen-for-darpa-young-faculty-award0.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Yu&#39;s project will focus on autonomous manufacture and repair for austere environments like space. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2022 07:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>Ron Fricker elected to Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/10/ron-fricker-vasem-inductee-2022.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Fricker is one of only five VASEM inductees for 2022 and the only new member from Virginia Tech.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:13:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Eileen Van Aken named president-elect of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/10/coe-van-aken-appointed-iise-president-elect.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ During her tenure as president, Van Aken said she would like to see the industrial and systems engineering community leverage the extraordinary resources that are available through membership. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2022 07:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Chip von Weise recognized with AIA Illinois Architecture Education Award</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Von Weise joined the Virginia Tech Chicago Studio in 2004, just two years after it was founded, and has been director since 2015.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Jason Malone receives 2022 Teaching Scholar Award for Large Class Teaching</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/10/malone-large-class-teaching-award-CETL.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The award is designed to recognize faculty members who have a longstanding record of teaching excellence in large-enrollment courses of 100 or more students per section.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Michael Nussbaum inducted into the Academy of Master Surgeon Educators</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The academy recognizes physicians who have devoted their careers to surgical education. Individuals are selected to join following stringent peer review.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2022 10:32:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Pre-Tenure Pandemic Course Relief Program to support faculty promotion, advancement </title>
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        <title>Myra Blanco appointed to increase diversity, inclusion, and empowerment for Virginia Tech’s research enterprise</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/08/vtti-myra-blanco-research-innovation-diversity-faculty-fellow.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The program selects faculty leaders to contribute to the development of Virginia Tech’s research and innovation infrastructure in targeted areas. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech chosen as one of the leading institutions of the new Build America Center</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/08/BuildAmericaCenter.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Funded by a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the center will offer educational programs, information, and resources for transportation agencies in all areas of alternative and innovative project financing and delivery.    ]]></description>
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        <title>Stephen Martin named W.S. Pete White Chair for Innovation in Engineering Education</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/06/stephen-martin-named-w-s--pete-white-chair-for-innovation-in-eng.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ During the pandemic, Martin epitomized the Hokie spirit of innovation by developing and delivering an online version of the Chemical Engineering Unit Operations Laboratory, a degree requirement. ]]></description>
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        <title>David Ford named Vecellio Professor of Construction Engineering and Management</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ford is currently a professor of civil engineering at Texas A&amp;M University and will join the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech this fall. ]]></description>
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        <title>Hosein Foroutan receives NSF CAREER Award to understand how plastic particles are aerosolized</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ According to Foroutan, microplastics are one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time. He&#39;ll use the award to investigate air-sea interaction as a source of atmospheric microplastics and nanoparticles.   ]]></description>
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        <title>Ling Li named Jones Faculty Fellow in Mechanical Engineering</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2017, Li conducts research on biological and bio-inspired materials, structural materials, and biomineralization.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2022 08:23:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ To increase efficiency of larger power systems like those found in the electrical grid, ships, and aircraft, Dong and his team will focus on the medium-voltage and high-voltage application of this technological research.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Five years into her tenure at Virginia Tech, Ross has gained widespread recognition for serving as an advocate and role model for women in STEM fields, increasing representational diversity, and growing the reach and impact of college programs and research.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Alan Asbeck receives NSF CAREER award to create new type of lower-body exoskeleton</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Asbeck, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and his team will study the way people walk and adapt to exoskeleton assistance.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 10:48:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Four Virginia Tech faculty receive recognition for outstanding leadership, service</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Faculty academies honor the exemplary contributions of faculty members in formal service roles or in areas of leadership.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Linda Dahlgren awarded the 2021 Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/03/vetmed-dahlgren-zoetis-research-award.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The award recognizes her work in comparative musculoskeletal research investigating regenerative medicine therapies for tendon, ligament, and joint disease in horses and the translation of these findings to human medicine.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The celebration honored more than 200 authors from across Virginia Tech who wrote 250 books in the three years since the last Virginia Tech Authors Recognition Event was held. ]]></description>
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        <title>Maryam Shakiba receives NSF CAREER award to study microplastics pollution in oceans</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/03/Shakiba_CAREER.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Shakiba&#39;s resulting project will investigate how macroplastics degrade into microplastics in oceans under the highly coupled effects of weathering and mechanical stresses. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2022 10:12:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Jennifer S. Wayne elected chair of AIMBE Academic Council</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Wayne, professor and department head of Virginia Tech’s Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics in the College of Engineering, has substantially contributed to the fields throughout her career, with a focus on experimental and computational simulation of musculoskeletal function. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Academic Leaders Network unites 15 ACC schools in learning, leadership development</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/03/provost-acc-academic-leaders-network.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Ninety faculty and administrators from ACC schools gathered at Virginia Tech in March to network, share ideas, and leverage the power of world-class research institutions. ]]></description>
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        <title>Shima Shahab receives NSF CAREER Award to develop innovative methods for delivering ultrasound treatments</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/03/eng-shahab-career-award-2022.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Shahab, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has worked with her team to develop focused ultrasound as an effective tool for treating issues within the brain. ]]></description>
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        <title>Pinhas Ben-Tzvi named fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/03/eng-ben-tzvi-asme-fellow.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Ben-Tzvi is the founding director of the Robotics and Mechatronics Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and focuses on fundamental and applied research in robotics, mechatronics, and controls.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 08:32:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Alan Michaels elected fellow of the National Academy of Inventors</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/03/alan-michaels-national-academy-inventors-fellow.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Michaels, the director of the Spectrum Dominance Division at the National Security Institute and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech, is the inventor of 44 awarded U.S. patents with approximately 80 more international issuances.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>Landon Marston receives NSF CAREER award to advance water sustainability and economic resilience </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/02/CAREER_Marston.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ His project will use an integrated systems approach to uncover the drivers of industrial water use, water infrastructure dependencies within the U.S. economy, and water scarcity risks and opportunities. ]]></description>
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        <title>Dennis Dean honored as fellow of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/02/fralinlifesci-dean-asbmb-fellow-2022.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Dean, University Distinguished Professor of biochemistry and founding director of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute at Virginia Tech, was recently honored for his efforts to advance the molecular life sciences through scientific research, diversity, education, mentorship, and service to the scientific community. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>Robin Queen elected fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/02/queen-AIMBE-fellow.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The College of Fellows – which honors the top 2 percent of medical and biological engineers in the country – consists of 1,500 individuals who are outstanding leaders, engineers, entrepreneurs, and innovators in the field. ]]></description>
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        <title>Chris Williams named senior member of the National Academy of Inventors</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/02/eng-williams-nai-senior.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Williams has excelled in the field of additive manufacturing (also called 3D printing), establishing himself as a pioneer from the earliest days of the technology’s appearance on the Virginia Tech campus. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2022 10:42:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>John Robertson named senior member of the National Academy of Inventors</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/02/john-robertson-senior-member-national-academy-inventors.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ As part of the Cancer Engineering Team, Robertson and colleagues have developed the use of energy-based therapies for treating previously untreatable cancers, such as brain and liver tumors.     ]]></description>
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        <title>University Exemplary Department or Program Awards honor excellence in academic engagement, student well-being</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The award recognizes teaching and learning effectiveness in developing and sustaining effective approaches to teaching, academic engagement, and student well-being at the graduate or undergraduate levels. ]]></description>
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        <title>Physics’ Leo Piilonen awarded Lifetime Fellowship by American Association for the Advancement of Science </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Piilonen is a professor in the Department of Physics, part of the Virginia Tech College of Science. AAAS is honoring Piilonen for his “distinguished contributions to experimental elementary particle physics, particularly for leadership in the Belle and Belle II collaborations and in their muon and K-long meson detection and identification.” ]]></description>
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        <title>American Association for the Advancement of Science honors X.J. Meng as Lifetime Fellow</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/01/fralinlifesci-meng-aaas-lifetime-fellow.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Meng, University Distinguished Professor at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and professor of internal medicine at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, is being honored for his paradigm-shifting discoveries of animal hepatitis E viruses leading to the recognition of human hepatitis E as a zoonotic disease that is transmitted from animals to human and between different animals species.     ]]></description>
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        <title>Linsey Marr receives Virginia’s highest faculty honor</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Marr is one of fewer than 12 worldwide experts on aerosol transmission of viruses and one of only a handful in America. She has been working with airborne viruses for the past 13 years, but her expertise became widely known during the COVID-19 pandemic. ]]></description>
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        <title>A. Roger Ekirch receives Virginia’s highest faculty honor</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ekirch, an award-winning historian, has achieved international acclaim for his published works, which together have been translated into ten languages. ]]></description>
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        <title>Michael J. Garvin inducted into National Academy of Construction</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/11/Garvin.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Garvin was chosen for his proven leadership in alternative project delivery and contracting methods, public-private partnerships, project finance, and significant research for major transportation and infrastructure projects. ]]></description>
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        <title>Eric Paterson honored with 2021 William H. Webb Medal</title>
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