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Article ItemLand-grant mission: local to global , article Date: Oct 13, 2026 -
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CAREER Awards , articleThe Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award is among the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in their field.
Date: Oct 12, 2026 - -
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Mary V. Lipscomb honored with emerita status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for over 32 years, Lipscomb taught numerous undergraduate biology courses, placing strong emphasis on student learning and engagement.
Date: Oct 01, 2026 - -
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Robert S. Cohen honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for seven years, he led the Department of Biological Sciences from 2018 to 2025 and championed the growth of the Department of Biological Sciences by recruiting 15 new faculty members.
Date: Oct 01, 2026 - -
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A deadly fungus may not live to see the last of us , articleVirginia Tech researchers successfully killed the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus in animal studies by identifying how it resists current therapeutic methods.
Date: Sep 30, 2026 - -
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Hurricane Helene deposited nearly one-fifth of annual microplastics at one North Carolina site , articleMicroplastics are often linked to urban areas near roads and development, but a new study shows that wind and rain carry them from the atmosphere into remote headwaters — a process intensified by major storms such as Hurricane Helene.
Date: Sep 24, 2026 - -
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First-of-its-kind preventative phage therapy provides promising results , articleAssistant Professor and Blackwood Junior Faculty Fellow Bryan Hsu and his team recently demonstrated that prophylactic phage therapy, using an engineered nonpathogenic E. coli bacterium, successfully protected mice from an oral salmonella infection.
Date: Sep 16, 2026 - -
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The sky is the limit in water quality prediction , articleTapping into a 13-year partnership, Virginia Tech's Center for Ecosystem Forecasting will work closely with the Western Virginia Water Authority on a new research project to integrate satellite data to help water managers ensure safe drinking water in the Roanoke region.
Date: Sep 15, 2026 - -
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Seven Virginia Tech faculty elected to 2026 Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine , articleThe new members represent the university's research breadth in wireless communications, cybersecurity, cancer biology, medical education, AI, drug delivery, and comparative oncology.
Date: Aug 12, 2026 - -
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Essential vitamin B12 mined from exploded gut bacteria, according to new research , articleVitamin B12 is a highly exclusive, highly sought-after nutrient that's exclusively made by only a few microbes. Biologist Bryan Hsu discovered the mechanism that makes this essential vitamin available to the broader microbial community.
Date: Aug 06, 2026 - -
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Brain researchers find detour around genetic roadblock , articleResearchers have discovered in a preclinical model how an antioxidant approach helps brain cells overcome the effects of a genetic disorder associated with schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder.
Date: Jul 27, 2026 - -
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Student Fulbright scholars extend the university's global reach , articleWith 31 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants over the past decade, Hokies continue to teach, research, and build connections around the world. Recent and incoming recipients share how those experiences are shaping their careers.
Date: Jul 07, 2026 - -
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Virginia Tech hosts prestigious infectious disease research conference , articleResearchers from around the world gathered at Virginia Tech for the 23rd Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Conference (EEID) to talk about one of the greatest challenges facing modern society and the environment.
Date: Jun 22, 2026 - -
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Early career scientist earns national fellowship to fight heart disease , articleA Myocarditis Foundation award supports Chelsea Phillips’ research on cardiac infection and arrhythmia at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Jun 17, 2026 - -
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A Southwest Virginia salamander success story , videoA conservation story twenty years in the making, William Hopkins along with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources have releases their first cohort of captive-raised eastern hellbender salamanders back into the wild. Hopkins places salamander back into the streams where the hellbenders are declining to bolster wild populations. Audio Described Video Available: https://pro.smartplayer.video/play.php?vid=e927a484-be9e-40d4-b7cd-4f5e02f8f76b
Date: Jun 01, 2026 - -
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Why some cancers are worse than others , articleChromosome numbers and cell size fuel cancer progression, according to new studies published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Cancer Research.
Date: May 25, 2026 - -
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Wiping away hidden dangers at residential birdfeeders , articleThe beauty and pleasure of birds visiting a residential birdfeeder can belie a hidden danger, as feeders can also spread pathogens among the birds.
Date: May 18, 2026 - -
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Alumnus to share 50 years of progress in treating cancer through immunotherapy , articleLewis Lanier ’75 will share what he’s learned in nearly five decades as a cancer immunologist when he delivers the next Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture in Roanoke on Thursday, April 16.
Date: Apr 12, 2026 - -
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What’s that critter? New tech guidelines can help ensure we get the right answer , articleIn 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.
Date: Mar 24, 2026 - -
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12 new members join Academies of Faculty Service and Leadership , articleIn a first for the university, two faculty members have received appointments to both academies.
Date: Mar 23, 2026 -
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