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        <description><![CDATA[ Parti talked about how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence are turbocharging social engineering scams and what individuals can do to protect themselves.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Four faculty members representing four colleges, one school, and three departments were named fellows or scholars in the +Policy Network’s 2025-26 policy research cohort, each receiving up to $10,000 to turn policy ideas into real-world solutions. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ryan Cooglar’s horror film SINNERS, a box office sensation in 2025, has received 16 Academy Award nominations, the most for any movie in cinema history. Patrick Salmons, whose research focuses on the intersections of music, history, race, and class relations, discusses how the movie uses music and metaphors to comment on issues of racism in America. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ With Valentine’s Day approaching, Virginia Tech experts Sarah Ovink and Rose Wesche discuss how fictional love stories influence expectations for real-life relationships. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech experts unpack the reasons that people are drawn to feel-good, formulaic films at the holidays. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Braun passed away Nov. 12 following a vehicle crash in Brookline, Massachusetts.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment awarded up to $30,000 to five interdisciplinary research teams to address critical, individual, and societal concerns affecting people and places. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center is a federal-university-tribal research partnership that provides scientific information and tools needed to help fish, wildlife, and ecosystems adapt to the impacts of environmental change.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech experts are available to discuss the looming government shutdown, President Trump&#39;s meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, the rise in political violence, impacts around Taylor Swift&#39;s upcoming album release, and more. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Swift’s new album is a cultural, economic, and musical masterclass that offers lessons on reshaping the music industry, marketing, capitalizing on a brand, and the pressures of fame, say Virginia Tech experts.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ During her performances, Sana Illahe plays stringed instruments, such as the swarmandal and tanpura, and a wind instrument called the harmonium.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers at Virginia Tech, including sociologist Liesel Ritchie, geophysicist Manoochehr Shirzaei, and civil engineer David Munoz, are working to better anticipate the flooding caused by hurricanes and help communities better prepare for extreme weather events. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech experts are available to discuss issues around the flooding in Texas, Benjamin Netanyahu&#39;s visit to Washington, rising measles cases, Elon Musk&#39;s intent to form a new political party, the U.S. tourism shortfall, and more. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Featuring faculty from four Virginia Tech colleges, the transdisciplinary group aims to use their research to improve patient outcomes and clinician experience. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The slate of contenders for the 2025 Oscars for Best Picture produced some unexpected front runners among the expected candidates. Experts at Virginia Tech shared their thoughts on why these movies should — or shouldn’t — stand out among their peers.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ After being diagnosed with a detached retina just days before she was to fly to India to lead a study abroad program, Professor Bonnie Zare relied on strong connections with Hokies and partners in India to ensure that her students could experience a transformative cultural immersion. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech has a plethora of experts representing many disciplines available for interviews on a variety of holiday-connected topics and research. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The potential for record-breaking online sales this holiday season unfortunately signifies opportunities for holiday scams, and as technology advances, so do the tactics of scammers. Virginia Tech cybercrime expert Katalin Parti shared tips for new scammer tactics to guard against, through the holiday season and beyond. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech experts are available to discuss the growing collection of shopping holidays, President Biden&#39;s pardon of his son Hunter, the new Netflix show &#34;One Hundred Years of Solitude&#34;, understanding and accommodating neurodivergence, recycling plastic waste, and more. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The week highlights the essential work happening in the humanities at Virginia Tech and around the world. Members of the public and the Virginia Tech community are invited to attend panel discussions, lectures, and other activities that start Oct. 14. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech media relations office has the experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news including the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the anticipated rate cut by the Federal Reserve, TikTok appealing to the courts, and more. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu.     ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Shannon Bell has focused her research from coal to the native herbs of Appalachia, addressing the inequities of the herbal supply chain, increasing the number of forest botanicals, and improving harvester benefits while protecting the natural environment.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Forest Botanicals Region Living Monument Storywalk Trail debuted with a celebration that was open to the public at Flag Rock Recreation Area in Norton, Virginia. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Money is key to any political campaign - in fact, it often makes or breaks candidates and defines their success. To get this money into the bank, voters are inundated with emails, texts, mailers, and phone calls asking for donations during campaign seasons. But a Virginia Tech criminologist says to be careful where you send your money and explains how to spot donation scams, which are becoming more and more sophisticated through artificial intelligence (AI). ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ph.D. student Mackenzie Rose writes poetry to process her experiences as a survivor of domestic abuse.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ After the first round of funding in December 2023, the initiative has added five more projects to the list, making for nine total projects funded through the Mellon Foundation. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The annual Sturm and Wilson Essay Awards, lauding excellence in creative arts, research, and undergraduate writing, went to faculty members in the Colleges of Architecture, Arts, and Design and Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, plus a senior student in sociology.   ]]></description>
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        <title>Suchitra Samanta honored with emerita status</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Samanta, a member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 18 years, made significant contributions to the fields of women’s and gender studies as well as Asian American studies through her work. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences recognized faculty and staff award recipients at an April ceremony. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 12:31:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Anthony Kwame Harrison named Alumni Distinguished Professor</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Harrison’s extraordinary success in the classroom is marked by much more than what he has accomplished. It’s found in how he makes his students feel.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Sociologists from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences have joined with researchers from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to investigate how precision agriculture practices can be implemented by local farmers. ]]></description>
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