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Introduced species are changing how seeds move on islands, global study shows , articleVirginia Tech’s contribution helped reveal how the loss of native dispersers and the rise of invasive species are transforming island forests.
Date: Dec 02, 2025 - -
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School of Medicine expands research focus with new strategic leadership , articleThe Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine will expand its interdisciplinary health research with a new Smart Health Care Hub and strategic leadership under Tom Martin, strengthening collaborations across medicine, engineering, and design.
Date: Sep 14, 2025 - -
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Steger Center strengthens its role as hub for global collaboration , articleDuring his visit to Switzerland, Dan Sui, senior vice president for research and innovation, highlighted how the center is advancing the university’s Global Distinction goals by fostering connections between faculty and international partners.
Date: Aug 06, 2025 - -
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Executive Vice President and Provost Cyril R. Clarke to step down, return to faculty , articleAs chief academic officer, Clarke worked closely with President Tim Sands, college deans, administrators, and faculty across the institution to advance the university’s impact as a 21st century global land-grant institution.
Date: May 13, 2025 - -
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Research team studying technology implementation in health care awarded new round of Destination Area 2.0 funding , articleFeaturing faculty from four Virginia Tech colleges, the transdisciplinary group aims to use their research to improve patient outcomes and clinician experience.
Date: Mar 18, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech invasive species experts available to speak on environment, human health, biosecurity, and policy, and economics , articleAs part of National Invasive Species Awareness Week, celebrated Feb.24-28, the Invasive Species Collaborative has several experts to speak on invasive species, the threat that they pose, and what can be done to prevent their spread.
Date: Feb 24, 2025 - -
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National Dialogue on ethics in pandemic science brought researchers and community together , articleThere are plans to hold biennial National Dialogue events in community spaces, such as libraries and nonprofit centers.
Date: Feb 20, 2025 - -
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Can AI tools help in an emergency? Research is guiding that question , articleEmergency managers in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area are helping to inform a Virginia Tech research team’s ongoing analysis to determine the ways that artificial intelligence can help crisis and emergency managers do their work better.
Date: Dec 31, 2024 - -
Video ItemLearning Landscape Labs Design Charrette , video
Assistant Professor Jenn Engelke led Virginia Tech students in a design charrette—an intensive, hands-on workshop that brings people from different disciplines together with members of the community to explore design options for enhancing the functionality and design of the Stroubles Creek watershed through campus and surrounding properties.
Date: Nov 13, 2024 - -
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Researcher receives grant to study and restore tropical rainforest ecology , articleJ. Leighton Reid received a $600,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award to research the restoration of a tropical rainforest in Ecuador.
Date: Oct 09, 2024 - -
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International collaborative research and engagement thrive at the Steger Center , articleThis summer, the university’s European academic center in Switzerland hosted more than 80 faculty members and international collaborators for three major workshops on pandemic science, cryptography, and architecture.
Date: Sep 05, 2024 - -
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Building a COMPASS to navigate future pandemics , articleAn $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).
Date: Aug 22, 2024 - -
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Scholarship, creative activities, and innovation from across Virginia Tech spurs research growth , articleVirginia Tech reported a record $419 million in extramural research expenditures for fiscal year 2023, surpassing the university’s strategic plan goal of $410 million two years earlier than planned.
Date: Jun 11, 2024 - -
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Matthew Hicks named CACI Faculty Fellow in Cyber Security , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2017, Hicks conducts research, teaches, and mentors students working at the intersection of computer architecture, computer security, and embedded systems.
Date: May 09, 2024 - -
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Testing for residual cancer cells before blood cell transplant therapy is important and practical, new study finds , articlePatients in remission after battling blood cancer are likely to have better outcomes if no trace of the cancer is detectable before the patients receive donor blood cells. The finding in JAMA Oncology emphasizes the importance of testing for lingering cancer cells in the body after people receive apparently successful chemotherapy treatment.
Date: May 02, 2024 - -
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Invasive species, pandemic prevention research presented to Board of Visitors committee , articleThe Academic, Research, and Student Affairs Committee heard a presentation on two transdisciplinary research projects.
Date: Apr 11, 2024 - -
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Eminent cancer physician-scientist joins Virginia Tech to lead research in Washington, D.C. , articleA National Institutes of Health senior investigator who studies and treats blood cancer, Christopher Hourigan is joining Virginia Tech to lead cancer research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Washington, D.C.
Date: Apr 01, 2024 - -
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Jennifer Munson to be inducted into American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows , articleMunson, a biomedical engineer and associate professor of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, joins a group of the nation’s top biological and medical engineers.
Date: Mar 20, 2024 - -
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Championing collaboration in the invasive alien species space , articleIn recognition of National Invasive Species Awareness Week, Feb. 26-March 3, invasive species experts, including those at Virginia Tech's Invasive Species Working Group, will come together with government officials and agency leaders to discuss prevention and management priorities.
Date: Feb 23, 2024 -
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