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Article ItemTracking fluid flow in tumors, tissues drives new Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientist , article
Jennifer Munson is a biomedical engineer and one of a handful of scientists examining how interstitial flow – the flow of fluids in the spaces surrounding cells within human tissues – can aggravate cancers, accelerate Alzheimer’s disease, and effectively deliver drugs. She joined the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s primary faculty team this summer.
Date: Jan 01, 2021 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech becomes the eighth Russian Language Flagship school in the United States , article
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures launched the program this fall after earning a competitive grant from The Language Flagship, part of the National Security Education Program at the U.S. Department of Defense.
Date: Dec 23, 2020 -
Article ItemCuriosity and unicycles make for an award-winning graduate student , article
The School of Education graduate student does not allow the world to pass by her. Instead, Sabrina Sturgeon questions her experiences and is in a constant quest for knowledge. Never one to sit idle, she prefers to view the world from atop one of her unicycles.
Date: Dec 23, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech community could receive COVID-19 vaccine in a few months , article
Virginia Tech is on standby as it awaits the vaccine and considers early plans for its distribution on campus for students and employees.
Date: Dec 22, 2020 -
Article ItemUniversity strategy, community effort helped semester go as planned , article
Employing mitigation strategies helped the seven-day positivity rate for COVID-19 drop from a September peak of 19 percent to around 1 percent by the time the university shifted to all-virtual classes, as planned, following Thanksgiving break.
Date: Dec 22, 2020 -
Article ItemWhat break? Virginia Tech Rescue Squad members serve even when classes are out , article
The student-run Virginia Tech Rescue Squad operates 24 hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week, 365 days-a-year — including all breaks.
Date: Dec 22, 2020 -
Article ItemM. Joseph Sirgy honored with emeritus status , article
A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1979, Sirgy has focused on marketing, business ethics, and quality-of-life in his scholarship. He is a co-founder of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, the Macromarketing Society, and the Community Indicators Consortium.
Date: Dec 22, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech team wins three awards for excellence in integrated pest management , article
Entomologist Muni Muniappan and the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management are recognized for their major contributions to improved crop production in developing countries.
Date: Dec 22, 2020 -
Article ItemShocking the cellular world: Engineers’ collaborative work discovers force signature of cells undergoing electroporation , article
Electroporation has been used in many medical applications, such as gene transfection and electrochemotherapy, since the 1980s. In this study, the researchers improved upon an established method of electroporation, in which medicines or genes are injected into holes formed in a cell’s membrane.
Date: Dec 22, 2020 -
Article ItemA look back at 2020 , article
These stories and videos helped define a challenging year that the Virginia Tech community managed with resilience, determination, and a commitment to helping one another.
Date: Dec 22, 2020
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