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Michael J. Furey honored with emeritus status

Michael J. Furey, of Blacksburg, professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, was conferred with the title "Professor Emeritus" by the Virginia Tech Board of...

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Merle Pierson honored with emeritus status

Merle D. Pierson, of Newport, Va., professor of food science and technology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, was conferred with the title "Professor Emeritus" by the...

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Josiah Tlou honored with emeritus status

Josiah S. Tlou, of Blacksburg, Va., professor of teaching and learning in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, was conferred with the title " Professor Emeritus" by the...

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Stephen Parson honored with emeritus status

Stephen R. Parson, of Alexandria, Va., associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, was conferred with the title...

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Philip Mellen honored with emeritus status

Philip A. Mellen, of Blacksburg, professor of foreign languages and literatures in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, was conferred with the title "Professor Emeritus" by...

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James Hoerner honored with emeritus status

James Hoerner, of Blacksburg, professor of educational leadership and policy studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, was conferred with the title "Professor...

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Carville, Matalin to speak Thursday

James Carville and Mary Matalin, perhaps America's best known politically polarized couple, will give Virginia Tech's Cutchins Distinguished Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 17, in Burruss Auditorium.

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Medical molecules designed to respond to visible light that can penetrate tissue

If you have ever covered a flashlight with your hand and seen the red light that still comes through, then you have seen light in the therapeutic window -- that magic wavelength that is not absorbed or...

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Two from Communication Department join study of mass media and the family

Two Virginia Tech professors, Stephanie Sargent, assistant professor of communication, and Jim Weaver, professor of communication and of psychology, both of Blacksburg, have been invited to participate...

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Eight lectures remain in Distinguished Professor Lecturer Series

Eight presentations remain in Virginia Tech's University Distinguished Professor (UDP)/Alumni Distinguished Professor (ADP) Lecture Series. The half-hour lectures, presented by Virginia Tech's ADPs and...

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Benign separation process being advanced for pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical companies perform many separations of molecules before they begin to synthesize the most ideal safe, pure, effective compound or sub-compound into a drug.

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Microbial forensics: The next great forensic challenge

Deliberately spreading disease among the enemy has been occasionally practiced over hundreds of years. But modern bioterrorism is more chilling than ever because of rapidly expanding knowledge about...

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Frank Weiner wins first place in the competition for EAAE Prize 2003 - 2005

Frank H. Weiner, associate professor in the School of Architecture + Design has won the European Association for Architectural Education Prize 2003 -- 2005. A biennial international competition on the...

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Virginia Tech noted for improving air quality and reducing traffic congestion

Virginia Tech has been designated as a "Best Workplace for Commuters" by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

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$16K raised for organizations working to end violence against women, girls

The Virginia Tech V-Day Initiative in association with the Women's Center and the Department of Theatre Arts hosted three sold-out, benefit productions of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, directed...

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Virginia Tech hosts 5th Annual Short Course on Advanced Sales Training in...

Virginia Tech's Center for Forest Products Marketing and Management will offer its fifth annual short course on Advanced Sales Training in the Forest Products Industry. The event will be held from 8:30...

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Director for Civil War Studies honored for publication

William C. Davis, director of the Virginia Tech Center for Civil War Studies, has been recognized by The Washington Post for his most recent book, Lone Star Rising: The Revolutionary Birth of the Texas...

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Professor guest curator for National Building Museum exhibition

Susan C. Piedmont-Palladino, architect and associate professor of architecture at Virginia Tech''s Washington/Alexandria Architecture Consortium, is guest curator of the newly-opened exhibition, "Tools...

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Northern Virginia Center hosts administrators from Near East, North Africa

Virginia Tech''s Northern Virginia Center in the National Capital Region was one of the first stops recently for 12 university administrators from the Near East and North Africa on a 21-day...

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Fast new network to connect Virginia universities

Gov. Mark R. Warner announced today the creation of VORTEX, a broadband optical fiber network that will connect Virginia's universities to new national and international research networks. The governor...

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Forums and receptions set for College of Engineering dean candidates

Forums and receptions have been scheduled for the four candidates for the dean of the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. The events are open to faculty members, staff members, and students.

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University starts Master Gardener Endowment fund

The Virginia Master Gardener Association, an organization that provides horticultural and environmental stewardship information to Virginians, is seeking to establish an endowment at Virginia Tech.

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New Center for Regional Strategies benchmark study pinpoints key issues for...

Virginia Tech's Center for Regional Strategies has published a benchmark study that uses 31 indicators to compare the New Century Region with six similar areas around the country.

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Real Patch Adams to speak April 2

Hunter "Patch" Adams, the subject of the 1998 movie "Patch Adams," starring Robin Williams, will speak at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the Virginia Tech Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center...

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Former Swiss ambassador to speak on American, European relations

Former Swiss ambassador to the United States Alfred Defago will give a talk, "The U.S. and Europe: political, economic, and cultural observations on a difficult partnership," at 10:45 a.m. Monday,...

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Professor named Outstanding Scholar in Geography

James B. Campbell, of Blacksburg, professor of geography in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources, has been named Outstanding Scholar in Geography by the Virginia Social Science Association in...

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Students win honorable mention in the ACSA/Steel Tube Institute Charrette

Three students in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech received an honorable mention award in the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)/Steel Tube Institute...

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Renowned political scientist to speak

Gary C. Jacobson, renowned political scientist, will visit Virginia Tech to give a public lecture as the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, on "Partisan Polarization and the 2004 Elections."

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Virginia Bioinformatics Institute's researcher serving on National Institutes...

Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) research associate professor Pedro Mendes, of Blacksburg, has accepted an invitation to serve on a study section for the National Institutes of Health's (NIH)...

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AdvanceVT selects Leadership Development Program participants, announces...

AdvanceVT, a National Science Foundation-funded institutional transformation grant designed to increase the representation and accelerate the advancement of women in academic science and engineering...

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Council of International Student Organizations hosts International Week

Virginia Tech's Council of International Student Organizations (CISO) along with the Cranwell International Center will be hosting its annual International Week, April 8-15. This will be the 46th year...

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DOE provides $12 million to advance separation technologies

U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-9th (Abingdon), has announced that the Center for Advanced Separation Technologies, a multi-university and industry consortium lead by Virginia Tech, has received a $12...

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VMRCVM to present annual open house

The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and as part of those festivities, it's holding its annual community “Open House.”

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Family Pet Adoption Day planned at VMRCVM

The third annual Family Pet Adoption Day is scheduled from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) on Virginia Tech's campus

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Wildlife specialist working on bat conservation

With poetic flourish, Virginia Gov. Mark Warner signed House Bill 2579 designating the Virginia Big-Eared bat, a cave bat listed by the state and the federal government as endangered, as the official...

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Changes to Campus Water

Beginning June 27, 2005 the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-VPI Water Authority will change its method of disinfecting drinking water, from free chlorine to chloramination, a process in which ammonia is...

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Veterinary students to present community dog wash

Veterinary students enrolled in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine will conduct a community "Dog wash" from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the rear of the...

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Professor to give keynote address at symposium

Bernice Hausman, associate professor of English and director of the Women’s Studies Program Virginia Tech, will be the keynote speaker at the symposium "Breastfeeding, Motherhood and Feminism," that...

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Virginia Tech's School of Architecture + Design wins NCARB Prize

A Virginia Tech team has been awarded the NCARB Prize (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards) for the Creative Integration of Practice and Education in the Academy.

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Virginia Tech opens search for vice president for Student Affairs

Virginia Tech has formed a search and screening committee and has opened a national search for a vice president for student affairs to replace Lanny Cross, who is retiring effective June 30.

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Corps of Cadets alumni, veterans of War on Terrorism to address cadets

Three Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets alumni who saw service in the war on terrorism will share their experiences with corps members at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, March 31, at the Donaldson Brown Hotel and...

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Explore Your Dream Kitchen at Virginia Tech; popular two-day workshop returns...

-- Explore Your Dream Kitchen, a two-day workshop offered in Virginia Tech's Center for Real Life Kitchen Design, will be offered twice in May to participants who want to learn about planning and...

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Lecture to focus on acceleration of expanding universe

Have you ever wondered where we are all going? No, REALLY going…in the universe?

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Conservation Management Institute, College of Natural Resources sponsor trip...

The Conservation Management Institute and Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources are offering a natural resource education program in Belize, Central America, May 16-24.

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New sound system installed in Burruss Auditorium

An advanced sound system has recently been installed in Virginia Tech's Burruss Auditorium, a venue where major events such as commencement, presidential speeches, symphonies, and Lively Arts shows are...

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Virginia Tech named national Center of Academic Excellence in Information...

Virginia Tech has been designated as a national Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE) for academic years 2005-2008 by the National Security Agency (NSA) and...

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Pianist Jeanne Schumann to perform

Award-winning pianist Jeanne Schumann will present the Marilyn Norstedt Memorial Concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, in the Squires Recital Salon on Virginia Tech's campus. The concert is sponsored...

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Second annual Dog Walk Against Cancer scheduled

The second annual “Dog Walk Against Cancer” will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9, on the grounds of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech in...

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Virginia Tech to host seminar on northern snakehead fish

The Virginia Tech Chapter of the American Fisheries Society will host a seminar by Brett Coakley, fisheries biologist with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, entitled “Dealing with an exotic...

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The School of the Arts, Department of Theatre Arts present 'Far Away'

Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts and Department of Theatre Arts present Caryl Churchill’s one-act play Far Away in Squires Studio Theatre on Virginia Tech's campus. The show runs April 14–16, 21-23...

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