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Research team to study mental health accessibility and suicide prevention among LGBTQ+ youth , articleJody Russon, an assistant professor of human development and family science, is researching LGBTQ+ youth mental health care accessibility and suicide prevention with $750,000 in funding she received from the National Institute for Mental Health.
Date: Jan 10, 2023 -
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Cookie swaps, gingerbread, peppermint, and more: Holiday food history uncovered , articleNo matter the holiday, winter celebrations tend to have at least one common thread — food. Food Studies Program Director Anna Zeide, along with program affiliates Courtney Thomas and Kira Dietz, discuss their favorite holiday traditions and share history behind the season's most iconic foods.
Date: Dec 21, 2022 -
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Celebrating Indigenous food , articleFor the first time since its planting, Virginia Tech’s Indigenous Friendship Garden produced enough Tutelo-Monacan strawberry corn to be harvested and shared with the community.
Date: Nov 04, 2022 -
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Unlocking potential through the humanities , articleTen inmates spent four weeks writing and reading as part of a new humanities course, taught by Virginia Tech's Center for Humanities, at River North Correctional Facility in Independence.
Date: Nov 01, 2022 -
Video ItemSylvester Johnson Prison Pilot Education Program (virtual portion) , video
Sylvester Johnson, the director of Virginia Tech's Center for Humanities, incorporated virtual lessons into the humanities course is taught at River North Correctional Center, located in Independence, Virginia, in September.
Date: Oct 25, 2022 -
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Vaughn-Oliver Plaza dedicated to family of first-known Black employee , articleAndrew Oliver began working as a janitor at Virginia Tech in the 1870s. The school's agriculturist dubbed Oliver a "natural tree artist" because of the many trees that he planted around campus.
Date: Oct 06, 2022 -
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Spanish course models how community service and language-skill building go hand in hand , articleStudents spend two days in the classroom studying Latino culture in the United States and one day volunteering on their own in the community
Date: Sep 09, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech students to help Kentucky county hit hard by destructive flooding , articleAs part of a Societal Health course, students will travel to Letcher County, Kentucky Sept. 2-4 to muck out houses, prepare food, organize supplies, and assist with a benefit concert for flood relief. They are raising money to buy supplies to help the community.
Date: Aug 29, 2022 -
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Jeffrey Loeffert appointed director of the School of Performing Arts , articleLoeffert is the former director of Oklahoma State University’s Greenwood School of Music. His appointment, effective July 1, occurs as the school transitions from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences to the newly restructured College of Architecture, Arts, and Design.
Date: Jul 18, 2022 -
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Charlene Eska receives Guggenheim Fellowship for research on early Irish law , articleEska, a linguistics professor in the Department of English, earned the $75,000 fellowship for work on her fourth book.
Date: May 18, 2022 -
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Navdeep Sokhey receives prestigious national fellowship for research on survival of dialects through social media , articleSokhey, an assistant professor of Arabic, was awarded a 2022 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship for her project, “Personae of Bahrain: The Survival of a Dialect through Social Media.” She was one of only 60 fellows selected out of a pool of nearly 1,000 scholars nationally.
Date: Apr 21, 2022 -
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Analyzing cinema’s apocalyptic appeal , articleOn April 18, the Department of Religion and Culture will host “Dr. Strangelove & the Apocalypse,” a film screening and discussion to celebrate the work of the late professor Stephen Prince.
Date: Apr 12, 2022 -
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Launch event to highlight center’s outreach to refugees, migrants, and other displaced people , articleThe Center for Refugee, Migrant, and Displacement Studies will host its official launch celebration on April 8. The center also initiated a crowdfunding campaign in support of students working with refugees and migrants
Date: Mar 31, 2022 -
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Spilling the beans on a traditional staple of Appalachian cuisine , articleA Humanities Week event, “Fall Beans, Shucky Beans, Soup Beans: Perspectives in Song and Story,” explored the long, important history of dried beans in Appalachia, along with the ways the food has made its way into expressive culture.
Date: Mar 28, 2022 -
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Methods and the message: Studying the role of communication in stopping pandemics , articleJulie Gerdes, an assistant professor in the Department of English, has been awarded a grant through the Council on Vibrant Virginia to study vaccine hesitancy among Latinx communities.
Date: Mar 28, 2022 -
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Extended reality: The future of visualizing the past , article“Visualizing Virginia Tech History,” an event that used multimedia displays and augmented reality to bring the university’s history to life, placed an emphasis on telling the stories of marginalized voices.
Date: Mar 24, 2022 -
Video ItemPlantation Histories and the University: Rethinking the Past During Virginia Tech's 150th , video
As Virginia Tech commemorates its 150th anniversary, a distinguished panel discussed the intertwined histories of Solitude, Smithfield, and Virginia Tech — and how those histories are being reimagined during the sesquicentennial.
Date: Mar 08, 2022