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        <description><![CDATA[ The Center for Advancing Undergraduate Science Education (CAUSE) launched Colleagues in the Classroom this past fall. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Reitmeier, who is graduating with dual degrees in psychology and cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, was selected as the Outstanding Senior in the College of Science. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jefferson Lab, one of the Department of Energy&#39;s 17 national laboratories, has been at the forefront of particle accelerator and nuclear physics research, driving discoveries that explore the fundamental structure of matter. This is the first time a university has partnered in an organization selected to manage it. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Twenty-seven students were honored during the CMDA program’s annual Academic Excellence Celebration. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ This month&#39;s recipients were recognized for their commitment to Ut Prosim (That I May Serve).  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Davis, whose research focuses on disordered eating and related psychopathology, has been designated as an APS Rising Star. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Sharon Brickhouse Martin ’83, MEA ’88 of Arlington; Christopher Ramos ’12 of Falls Church; Jane Cady Rathbone ’80 of Virginia Beach; and Mehul Sanghani ’98 of McLean will join the board on July 1. ]]></description>
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        <title>New position aims to close the gap in Virginia&#39;s large animal veterinary services </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Nearly half of Virginia&#39;s livestock producers can&#39;t get adequate veterinary care. The state created a first-of-its-kind position to fix that. The person they hired has been preparing for it his whole life.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Center for Communicating Science created a recipe to help bridge the gap between science research and the public through its Science on Tap series. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Using better algorithms, Gretchen Matthews and her colleagues are focused on reducing energy load and protecting data centers from catastrophic loss. ]]></description>
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        <title>These students turn an argument on its head</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The open-forum style Ethics Club allows students from different backgrounds to share their opinion and collaboratively discuss the ethics in modern day problems. ]]></description>
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        <title>In memoriam: Pavithra Sundaresh, senior, College of Science</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Sundaresh, a senior in the School of Neuroscience, passed away on March 30. She was 20 years old. ]]></description>
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        <title>Meet this spring&#39;s Corps of Cadets leaders </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The cadets guiding the corps this spring are sharing their leadership philosophies, responsibilities, and lessons learned with the regiment. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Senior Simba Srivastava spent two years unscrambling an ancient fossil. His findings, published in Papers in Palaeontology, shed light on how dinosaurs dominated the Jurassic period. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech experts are available this week to talk about issues in the news, the drought, and Autism Acceptance Month. To schedule an interview with any of them or if you need analysis on other topics, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ New study in Science Advances reveals that sinking land, not just rising oceans alone, will be the main cause of future coastal flooding along Indonesia’s most populous island.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Daron Acemoglu, economics professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the virtual 2026 Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Distinguished Public Lecture on April 8.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ When it comes to error sensitivity, quantum computers are huge divas. Virginia Tech physicists devised a technique that draws on hidden quantum geometry to simplify the problem.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Designed to spark innovative, interdisciplinary work, the fund in the College of Natural Resources and Environment supports early stage research that positions teams for larger external funding opportunities while advancing university priorities. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In a recent study published in the Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences, biologist Julie Allen and an international working group developed a set of recommendations to ensure trustworthy biodiversity monitoring data. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In a first for the university, two faculty members have received appointments to both academies. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The brand-new science fiction movie “Project Hail Mary” hinges on an alarming scenario that imagines the early death of our sun. Virginia Tech astrophysicist Nahum Arav explains what the the sun&#39;s eventual fate will be and the danger that poses to Earth in the far, far future. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ December honorees were celebrated for embodying the Aspirations for Student Learning with a special focus on Self-understanding and Integrity. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In the spring, Fetsko will finish a master&#39;s degree in computer science and start a career as a data engineer. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Two doctoral students were a featured panel at a recent mentorship workshop at the Graduate School. They shared their experiences and insights about being mentees on their degree journeys. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Human Magnetometry Laboratory at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC is developing magnetoencephalography techniques to study brain activity during natural social interactions between parents and their babies. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Times Higher Education (THE) Innovation &amp; Impact Summit at Virginia Tech’s Academic Building One in Alexandria convened more than 200 delegates from 61 universities across 28 countries alongside industry leaders and federal agencies. It was the first time this summit took place in North America. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech hosts Times Higher Education Innovation &amp; Impact Summit</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Times Higher Education (THE) Innovation &amp; Impact Summit at Virginia Tech’s Academic Building One in Alexandria convened more than 200 delegates from 61 universities across 28 countries alongside industry leaders and federal agencies. It was the first time this summit took place in North America. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Research scientist Sean Beamis and graduate student Elizabeth Curtiss worked as part of a collaborative project studying earthquake history along a 150-mile fault system in western Nepal.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In a study published recently in Current Biology, paleontologists pin down brain evolution in the first flying reptiles. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Datta is developing scalable statistical methods to extract meaningful patterns from complex, high-dimensional data. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Nine research teams received funding for innovative collaborations that will pave the way for large-scale, transformative research funding. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The award recognizes the collaborative efforts and successes of a group of colleagues actively performing work that is essential for sustaining a truly excellent academic environment.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The ceremony celebrated individuals embodying the Aspirations for Student Learning with a special focus on a commitment to unwavering curiosity. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Fourth-year CMDA major Sarah Qazi talks about her passion for data science and what she hopes to do in the future. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The holiday season is full of joy and traditions, and it can also bring a few headaches. Whether you’re keeping your pets out of trouble, protecting your wallet from scammers, caring for holiday plants, or navigating family dynamics, Virginia Tech experts offer advice to help you through it all.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation Dan Sui reported to the Board of Visitors that the university&#39;s research enterprise remains on track to reach $600 million in externally sponsored research expenditures by 2029.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech media relations office has experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news and holiday topics including tariffs and the impact on the holidays, food safety, cooking with invasive species, Christmas trees, and more. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech economists David Bieri and Jadrian Wooten weigh in on the best strategies for holiday shoppers navigating an uncertain landscape of tariffs, with the Supreme Court decision pending. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ This year, all Virginia Tech students are invited to celebrate Thanksgiving with a holiday meal hosted by College of Science Dean Kevin Pitts and his wife, Toni. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A global company that maintains the Web of Science, Clarivate compiles an annual list of researchers who demonstrated significant influence through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Roberts &#39;22, was a member of the Corps of Cadets and earned her degree in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience from the College of Science. ]]></description>
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        <title>Experts available: Government shutdown stalemate ends, flights delayed, SNAP benefits, yams vs sweet potatoes, more</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Tatsu Takeuchi has been recognized for his advocacy and support of physics teachers by the American Association of Physics Teachers  ]]></description>
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        <title>Around the world, Hokies thrive together</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ As International Education Week highlights global well-being, stories from across the university’s worldwide community reveal how connection fuels joy and learning. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Resarchers tap a new method to model mosquito disease transmission.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Introduction to Earth Science textbook wins statewide award</title>
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        <title>Rising Hamburger Helper sales may signal shifting consumer confidence, expert explains</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Hamburger Helper, the familiar boxed mix that combines pasta and sauce with a pound of ground beef, is finding its way back into more American kitchens.  Virginia Tech economist Jadrian Wooten said the renewed interest in Hamburger Helper offers insights into how families are adjusting to record beef prices and higher grocery costs.   ]]></description>
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        <title>In memoriam: Amy Stanford, Department of Economics</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A Virginia Tech alumna, Stanford worked in the Department of Economics for nearly 20 years. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:54:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>Cadets honored with flag detail at Louisville game</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Cadets Charlie Hudson, Sam Selby, and Iain Fergusson received the flags at Saturday’s football game. ]]></description>
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        <title>Zietsman announced as director of the Computational Modeling and Data Analytics program</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Mathematics professor Lizette Zietsman has served as interim director of the Computational Modeling and Data Analytics program since July. ]]></description>
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        <title>Saving a salamander may require human intervention</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech researchers William Hopkins and Erin Hotchkiss and Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources biologists are rearing hellbender salamander eggs in captivity to help stabilize eastern hellbender populations and support long-term population recovery in Virginia. By protecting eggs and juveniles during their most vulnerable stage, the head start approach gives populations a better chance to recover while broader ecological restoration efforts, such as planting riparian buffers and implementing best land management practices, take root. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech media relations office has the following experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news including the Virginia elections on Nov. 4, Halloween, Daylight Saving, and more. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Research published in Nature Sustainability highlights urgent need for adaptation as sinking land threatens millions in India. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 06:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Virginia Tech scientist to present insights in real-time human brain chemistry at Penn’s Flexner Lecture</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Read Montague of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC will share how his group’s pioneering technology measures the release of dopamine, serotonin, and other neurochemicals in the living human brain.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ It’s officially scary season, but some aspects of our natural world can be frightening all the time. Here are a few examples of real-life scary science from Virginia Tech science experts.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ First-year Cadets Sonja Dexter, Brandon Burrows, and Claire Abele received the flags at Friday&#39;s football game. ]]></description>
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        <title>Meet the Corps of Cadets leaders for the fall semester</title>
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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[ Joshua Drake, Nisha Duggal, Daniel English, Bryan Hsu, and Courtney Leisner were recognized for exemplifying the power of interdisciplinary research to address humanity’s greatest challenges. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Inspired by her family’s experience with dementia, graduate student Brieann Brown is exploring how something called epigenetics could protect memory and improve quality of life for future generations. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A tiny fossil found in Southwestern Virginia eluded classification for more than 514 million years. Now, Virginia Tech geoscientists have restored this unique organism into its evolutionary lineage. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ First-year Cadets Alan Pellissier, Ashlyn Mason, and Heidi Nahid received the flags at Saturday’s football game. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ This unique workshop connects math, data science, and security through talks, hands-on activities, and engagement with graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from the Virginia Tech Department of Mathematics. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The university is tied for No. 51 overall and tied for No. 21 among Top Public Schools, both in the National Universities class, in the rankings released Tuesday ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ More than 50 Hokies will share projects, from reimagining a former mill in Floyd to building bridges with local schools, as the university hosts the Engagement Scholarship Consortium International Conference in October. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Plenty of people have levied theories about potential recession indicators across the economy this year. But what if the key to finding the right economic indicator is to stop thinking outside the box and to start thinking about the box itself? Virginia Tech economist Jadrian Wooten believes that the so-called cardboard box index may carry with it a warning sign for today.    ]]></description>
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        <title>Bryan Hsu awarded faculty fellowship</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2014, Liu is a core member of the Academy of Integrated Science’s nanoscience degree program and served on the committee that developed this innovative program.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech media relations office has experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news including what cardboard says about the economy, the National Guard in Chicago, National Recovery Month, fall foliage, and more. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ For the first time, scientists measured dopamine and serotonin in real time in people with Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor. The signals showed a fundamental difference  — a key step forward for treatment. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers looked at how offbeat flavors such as acerola, bilberry, and horchata went down the hatch in a small group of people. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Council members are international leaders in dystonia care and research. They review research grants for funding and attend workshops to discuss the most pressing research directions.    ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 50 years, Burns made significant research contributions to the concern of the development of rigorous and practical computational algorithms for control, optimization, and design and sensitivity analysis of engineering and biological systems.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Assistant Professor Alaa Algargoosh is pioneering research at Virginia Tech that integrates architecture, neuroscience, and technology to design sound-responsive spaces that enhance well-being, focus, and sustainability. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ &#34;Like artificial intelligence, quantum technology offers a completely new approach,” Assistant Professor of Computer Science Jamie Sikora said. After several years of investment in faculty, students, and facilities, the Department of Computer Science is graduating its first Ph.D. student in the rapidly evolving field of quantum computing this May.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ More than $65,000 was awarded to 24 students during the Computational Modeling and Data Analytics (CMDA) program’s annual scholarship dinner held April 25 at the Inn at Virginia Tech. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ PhD candidate Xavier Ozowara of the Whitehead Lab explores how strawberry plants respond chemically to attacks from diverse herbivorous insects. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A team of Virginia Tech neuroscientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC will capture real-time brain signals that govern people’s decisions about food with help from a $2.75 million grant. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech media relations office has experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news, including the market chaos in response to tariffs, American&#39;s infrastructure woes, whether Elon Musk is helping or hurting Republicans, and more. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu.     ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Khodaparast, physics professor and L.C. Hassinger Faculty Fellow in Nanoscience, has been elected a 2025 fellow of SPIE. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A team of chemists found a way to see into battery interfaces — tight, tricky spots buried deep inside the cell have long frustrated battery designers.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech media relations office has experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news including the potential of a third term for Donald Trump,  tariffs, the TikTok ban deadline, and more. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The new dean will replace Paul Winistorfer, who announced his retirement effective this fall, after 16 years of leadership and service to the college and Virginia Tech. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Popham, professor of biological sciences, was selected for “distinguished contributions to studies of the structure, synthesis, and hydrolysis of the peptidoglycan wall components of bacteria vegetative cells and endospores.” ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech’s Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology, in collaboration with Amazon and Alexandria’s Torpedo Factory Art Center, is holding a series of hands-on workshops that blend art, technology, and innovation. These monthly sessions, held at Amazon’s HQ2 and open to the public at the Torpedo Factory Art Center, explore topics ranging from artificial intelligence to spatial audio. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In other action the board addressed resolutions on campus housing and federal executive orders. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Bruce Ackerman, the Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, will deliver the 2025 PPE Distinguished Lecture at 5 p.m. March 26 in the Moss Arts Center. ]]></description>
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