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General ItemExhibitors wanted: Hokie for a Day field trips Date: Jan 19, 2026 -
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Jyotishka Datta receives CAREER award to create improved statistical models , articleDatta is developing scalable statistical methods to extract meaningful patterns from complex, high-dimensional data.
Date: Dec 02, 2025 - -
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Roanoke conference to spotlight impact of community partnerships , articleMore 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.
Date: Sep 16, 2025 - -
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Ethical robots and AI take center stage with support from National Science Foundation grant , articleFunding will help researchers refine after-school robotics program, add artificial intelligence ethics components, and share curriculum more broadly.
Date: Sep 15, 2025 - -
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AI in the classroom: Tools, training, and the future of education , articleLike most of the students in their classroom, teachers are also embracing AI. Educators' use of generative AI rose from 51 percent to 67 percent between the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years, according to K-12 Dive. Now, Microsoft and OpenAI, in partnership with the American Federation of Teachers, are launching an AI training program for educators. Virginia Tech faculty are on the forefront of AI in education, helping to build digital literacy with tools and training.
Date: Jul 18, 2025 - -
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Tina Rost receives CAREER award to explore a new class of modern materials , articleWith a $797,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, Rost will explore controlling the disorder in a relatively new class of materials called high-entropy ceramics.
Date: Jun 27, 2025 - -
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Save the date: ICAT Creativity + Innovation Day 2025 Date: Mar 18, 2025 - -
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Photos: Virginia Tech Science Festival draws thousands to Blacksburg campus , articleEach year, the Virginia Tech Science Festival celebrates science as a way of knowing by providing community members an opportunity to engage with university research.
Date: Nov 15, 2024 - -
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Media Advisory: Virginia Tech Science Festival introduces cutting-edge science to audiences of all ages , articleThe Virginia Tech Science Festival returns to demonstrate how science and the arts intersect, fascinate, and inspire careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.) Media are invited to explore along with the public 60 interactive exhibits set up in the Moss Arts Center and in Newman Library. The festival features robotics, rockets, DNA molecules made of candy, model volcanoes, wind turbines, insects, computer coding, and more.
Date: Oct 30, 2024 - -
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The magic of turning food waste into paint pigments , articleYoon Choi, assistant professor in Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture, Arts, and Design, launched the Food Magic project in 2023. The project utilizes a multi-stream recycling approach to capture food waste that can be transformed into natural powder pigments for art.
Date: Jul 08, 2024 - -
Video ItemBrain Day encourages students to make healthy decisions , video
Brain Day is a collaboration between the Virginia Tech Department of Psychology and the Department of Neuroscience. The workshop and demonstrations encourage Pulaski County High School students to learn about substance use prevention with an educational focus.
Date: Mar 29, 2024 - -
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Coding for the careers of the future , articleCodeKids is currently in the pilot phase. As it’s rolled out into classrooms, public school teachers and students will provide feedback to help Hamouda’s students refine the tools. In the process, they will practice using their skills to pursue Virginia Tech’s land-grant mission and its motto, Ut Prosim.
Date: Mar 01, 2024 - -
Video ItemThe EYE Planetarium brings together ICAT and the Science Museum of Western Virginia , video
The Science Museum of Western Virginia recently reopened its planetarium with help from researchers in Virginia Tech's Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology. The updated exhibit, known as The EYE, offers a variety of shows and interactive experiences, including breathtaking astronomical journeys, immersive full-dome films, and educational programs tailored to all ages.
Date: Feb 28, 2024 - -
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Universitywide team to lead Carnegie Community Engagement Classification application , articleThe designation recognizes “collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities for the mutually beneficial creation and exchange of knowledge and resources.” Virginia Tech was first classified for community engagement in 2006.
Date: Dec 12, 2023 - -
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'Curious Conversations' podcast: Koeun Choi talks about screen time, young children, and AI as a reading aide , articleChoi talked about the impact of media on young children, shared insights from her research on screen time, and introduced a project that explores the use of artificial intelligence to help children learn to read.
Date: Dec 11, 2023 - -
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Virginia Tech Science Festival to return on Nov. 11 , articleThe event on the Blacksburg campus will showcase more than 50 exhibitors with science experiments ranging from biology and physics to mathematics and robotics.
Date: Nov 07, 2023 - -
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Jake Grohs named interim director of Center for Educational Networks and Impacts , articleIn the position, Grohs will bring his experience facilitating collaboration between Virginia Tech researchers, schools, and industries in Southwest Virginia communities to help the center, part of the Institute of Creativity, Arts, and Technology, evolve to its next level.
Date: Sep 25, 2023 - -
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Virtual solar system transforms young learners into astronauts , articleWith support of a National Science Foundation grant, a team of developers in the Applied Research in Immersive Experiences and Simulations program in University Libraries is using virtual reality to develop an interactive universe. In the experience, users become virtual astronauts and move through space to visit all of the celestial bodies in our solar system.
Date: Sep 18, 2023 - -
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Making a CAREER on bridging scientific knowledge and AI , articleAnuj 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.
Date: Aug 28, 2023 - -
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Alexander Brand receives NSF CAREER award to discover the mechanisms that make concrete work , articleThe assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering will research ways to establish future directions for concrete materials.
Date: Aug 22, 2023 -
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