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- Kids’ Tech University connects young learners with STEM Kids’ Tech University returned to Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg campus for its 11th annual program. Hosted by the Fralin Life Sciences Institute in partnership with Virginia 4-H, KTU bridges the gap between kids and scientists by showing kids that science is truly all around them. Apr 02, 2020
- Microbial Systems mini-symposium highlights small organisms with big impacts On March 6, faculty and students discussed "wicked" societal challenges through participation in the second annual Microbial Systems mini-symposium at Virginia Tech. Apr 02, 2020
- Projecting the outcomes of people’s lives with AI isn’t so simple Published by 112 co-authors in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the results suggest that sociologists and data scientists should use caution in predictive modeling, especially in the criminal justice system and social programs. Mar 30, 2020
- Link, License, Launch partners chemistry professor with biotech company Virginia Tech’s Link, License, Launch has recently facilitated a partnership between Webster Santos and the biotech company Continuum Biosciences, a subsidiary of Life Biosciences, to develop and market drugs to treat fatty liver disease. Mar 30, 2020
- Pathogen levels in the environment drive disease outbreaks in bats In a new study led by Joseph Hoyt, researchers have found that the pathogen levels in the environment play a major role in whether bat populations are stable or experience severe declines from white-nose syndrome. Mar 16, 2020
- Banded mongoose study reveals how behavior and landscape interactions influence the spread of infectious disease Researchers observed banded mongoose in several different environments in Botswana, gaining insight into the spread of a novel tuberculosis pathogen that is transmitted through olfactory communication behaviors. Mar 12, 2020
- Canceled: Innovative conservationist and business entrepreneur to present public lecture in Blacksburg on March 20 Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, a fourth-generation beekeeper and founder and CEO of Bee Downtown, is featured as part of the public Distinguished Lecture Series, which brings some of the world’s leading scholars to Blacksburg to discuss critical environmental and societal issues in an open forum. Mar 10, 2020
- Symposium addresses how protecting plant health protects life Faculty, graduate students, and visiting researchers gathered for the 2020 Translational Plant Sciences Symposium at Virginia Tech on Feb. 28 to discuss how their research is protecting plant health in the four areas of sustainability, environment, development, and monitoring and early warning systems. Mar 09, 2020
- ComSciCon returns to Virginia Tech On Feb. 27 and 28, graduate students and communicators came together to strengthen their science communication abilities at the second annual ComSciCon–Virginia Tech. Mar 05, 2020
- Regina Nuzzo keynote speaker for ComSciCon–Virginia Tech 2020 A statistician and journalist will address the gap between modern research advances and our "Stone-Age" brains to kickoff the second-ever ComSciCon-Virginia Tech. Feb 25, 2020