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Video ItemMARE Center provides experiential internship program for students , video
Each summer, the Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension Center hosts several undergraduate interns to help conduct research and maintain the center's herd of thoroughbreds. “We’re able to give the interns and students that come through the ability to learn equine-based research that not a lot of schools are able to offer,” said Madison Barshick, Ph.D. Candidate and ICTAS Doctoral Scholar.
Date: Jul 24, 2024 -
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Balancing fairness and welfare in the face of uncertainty , articlePamplin College of Business Professor Chris Zobel has developed a model to enable infrastructure managers to consider social vulnerabilities and projected sea level rise to optimize resource allocation.
Date: Jul 23, 2024 -
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Understanding the rising threat – and cost – of ransomware , articleWade Baker, collegiate associate professor of integrated security in the Department of Business Information Technology, is working with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on sponsored research to provide deeper insights into the dynamics, trends, and impact of ransomware attacks.
Date: Jul 23, 2024 -
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Innovative modeling aims to curb teen drunken driving fatalities , articleA Virginia Tech researcher has published findings as part of a collaborative grant that is shedding new light on the complex issue of drinking and driving among teens and young adults in the U.S.
Date: Jul 22, 2024 -
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Research seeks to transform urban water management , articleThe Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory is on a mission to treat stormwater, wastewater, and drinking water as a single resource following the Environmental Protection Agency's new limits on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl, also known as PFAS or forever chemicals, in drinking water.
Date: Jul 22, 2024 -
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Postpartum depression could be screened at the source , articleAssistant Professor Niyousha Hosseinichimeh, has partnered with physician researchers at Children’s National Hospital to introduce screenings where there aren’t currently resources for adult populations in need: the pediatric emergency department and the neonatal intensive care unit.
Date: Jul 18, 2024 -
Video ItemSTEM education takes flight with Innovation Campus drone camp , video
Middle school students in the Greater Washington D.C., metro area participated in the second annual Virginia Tech Innovation Campus Drone Camp. During the week long program students built their own drone, worked with drone simulators, heard from industry professionals, and spent an afternoon at Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas, Va. Staff from the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP) led students through the build process and helped students earn their FAA Safety and Trust Operators certification. The week ended with a trip to the Virginia Tech Drone Park in Blacksburg where students spent the day flying their drones.
Date: Jul 16, 2024 -
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Dustin C. Read appointed department head of Blackwood Department of Real Estate , articleRead succeeds Kevin Boyle, the Willis Blackwood Professor of Real Estate, who announced he would be stepping down from role of department head earlier this year.
Date: Jul 15, 2024 -
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Federal leaders take center stage at Engineering Cancer Solutions mini-symposium , articleThree federal leaders – one each from the White House, the National Cancer Institute, and the Food and Drug Administration – mixed with Virginia Tech students, early career researchers, and leadership at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Cancer Research Center in Washington, D.C.
Date: Jul 12, 2024
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