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Cayelan Carey, Amy Pruden named Virginia Outstanding Faculty , articleThe award is considered the commonwealth’s highest honor for faculty at public and private colleges and universities. Carey and Pruden were two of 12 recipients honored at a ceremony in Richmond.
Date: Mar 04, 2026 - -
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A skeleton and a shell? Ancient fossil finally finds home on the tree of life , articleA 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.
Date: Oct 13, 2025 - -
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How can businesses use your data to charge you more? A privacy expert explains , articleFrance Bélanger, a University Distinguished Professor in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech and an expert on privacy and surveillance pricing, explains the growing practice where businesses use consumer behavior, market trends, competitor prices, and real-time data to tailor costs to each individual.
Date: Sep 02, 2025 - -
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X.J. Meng named second vice president of Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine , articleMeng's appointment builds on a career defined by solving problems that matter. As holder of more than 20 U.S. patents and an elected fellow of the National Academy of Inventors since 2014, he's proven that basic scientific research can translate into tangible products that change lives, grow the economy, and benefit society.
Date: Jul 09, 2025 - -
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Hundreds honor the late Nikki Giovanni through music, dance, and poetry , articleWriters, poets, and musicians reflected and performed as part of a celebration of life for Giovanni on June 8.
Date: Jun 09, 2025 - -
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Nikki Giovanni's iconic words come to life in new exhibition , articleThe immersive experience will debut with recordings of Nikki Giovanni reading two of her poems, “Ego Tripping” and “Nikki Rosa,” from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 8, in the Cube at the Moss Arts Center.
Date: Jun 03, 2025 - -
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A celebration of Nikki Giovanni's legacy , articleA celebration of life for renowned poet and former Virginia Tech professor, Nikki Giovanni, will be held on Sunday, June 8, at 2 p.m. at Moss Arts Center.
Date: Apr 15, 2025 - -
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Board approves New Business Building, sets tuition at quarterly meeting , articleIn other action the board addressed resolutions on campus housing and federal executive orders.
Date: Mar 25, 2025 - -
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Shuhai Xiao honored as University Distinguished Professor , articleXiao is geobiologist who focuses on geological history. His studies of the period 500 million to 600 million years ago have provided groundbreaking insights into how organisms interacted with each other, how they changed the Earth, and how the Earth changed them in turn.
Date: Mar 25, 2025 - -
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Experience art across space and time , article"Carving out Creativity" invites people into a multisensory experience simultaneously with others across Virginia. The installation as Virginia Tech celebrates its interwoven connectivity across distance with the opening of its new academic building in Alexandria on Feb. 28.
Date: Feb 24, 2025 - -
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Tributes to Nikki Giovanni , articleRead tributes from students, alumni, and all who were inspired by Giovanni's work and advocacy. A viewing will be held on Saturday, Dec. 14, at McCoy Funeral Home in Blacksburg beginning at 5 p.m.
Date: Dec 12, 2024 - -
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In memoriam: Nikki Giovanni, renowned poet, activist, and Virginia Tech legend , articleMany Hokies can attest to the power of Giovanni’s words - both spoken and written. She is known around the world for her poetry, essays, and written work that delve into social issues, such as race and gender, and call for action.
Date: Dec 10, 2024 - -
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Robust EPA grant funds collaborative study to halt the spread of diseases through wastewater , articleUniversity Distinguished Professor Amy Pruden is co-leading a $3 million study to investigate how antibiotic-resistant bacteria and resistance genes spread from wastewater treatment plants into the environment. The goal is to reduce public health risks by improving wastewater treatment methods.
Date: Dec 02, 2024 - -
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A record seven Hokies join Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine , articleKathleen Alexander, Tom Dingus, Dan Givens, T.M. Murali, Amy Pruden, Dan Sui, and Bevlee Watford make up the university’s largest elected class to date and the largest number elected from a single Virginia institution this year.
Date: Sep 20, 2024 - -
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Honors College students to create exhibit spaces for 2025 Venice Architecture Biennial Exhibition , articleThe exhibition will run for six months from May to November, with a staggered opening between May 7-10, 2025.
Date: Sep 17, 2024 - -
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X.J. Meng receives prestigious MERIT Award to study hepatitis E virus , articleMeng, University Distinguished Professor of Molecular Virology, is the first at Virginia Tech to receive the prestigious grant from the National Institutes of Health, which offers long-term funding to exceptional researchers.
Date: Sep 13, 2024 - -
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Paul L. Knox, dean of Virginia Tech Honors College, to retire after nearly four decades of service , articleKnox is the founding dean of the Honors College, which has distinguished itself and Virginia Tech nationally with an innovative curriculum.
Date: Aug 28, 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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Rock talker: Robert Bodnar excavates secrets from deep space, deep Earth, deep past , articleBodnar studies ancient droplets of fluid trapped within minerals from deep under the Earth and from outer space. His findings have shed light on future volcanic eruptions, life on other planets, and the location of deposits of “critical minerals,” identified as vital to our economic future and national security. For these accomplishments and more, Bodnar will be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences on April 26.
Date: Apr 23, 2024 - -
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Detecting COVID-19 in the air , articleA team of more than a dozen faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and student researchers are combining their expertise to develop a device that can assess the environmental risk of COVID-19 transmission in real time. Led by University Distinguished Professor Linsey Marr, the team has made great strides in figuring out how to successfully capture the necessary amount of air, filter it, deposit it onto a test strip, and identify virus particles.
Date: Feb 23, 2024 -
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