Fall 2020
Dean's Perspective
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Dean's Perspective , articleThe pandemic has made us shift much of our activity to alternate ways of teaching, research, and outreach. We have learned a lot about how to deliver quality programs and classes, and how to continue our research and outreach.
Spotlights
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Marching to a different forecast: Ben Sheppard is The Marching Virginians’ first official weather forecaster , articleThe senior meteorology major prepares forecasts for band practices and performances in Blacksburg as well as away games and exhibitions.
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Multiuniversity partnership receives $23 million NSF grant to accelerate U.S. research on glycomaterials , articleA new research hub will support computer-aided design and modeling of glycomaterials through a virtual user facility that will provide critical tools and services to the scientific community.
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Forestry scientist John Seiler reappointed as Alumni Distinguished Professor , articleSeiler is a "devoted teacher-mentor, an inquisitive and competitive research scholar, and has a zeal for bringing knowledge of trees and forests to the public.”
College News
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Experiential learning becomes experimental learning in sustainable biomaterials , articleWhen Audrey Zink-Sharp provided her students with handheld microscopes for remote lab sessions, she found they started making stronger connections to the course material.
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New water monitoring station in Blacksburg will provide research experiences for Virginia Tech undergraduates , articleThe monitoring station, located on the south-facing slope of Brush Mountain, will provide students with field research experiences close to campus that cannot be replicated in the classroom.
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Hokie hooked on storms: sharing his passion and building a following , articleGeography grad student Peter Forister’s photos and tweets on weather and other natural phenomena have garnered national attention.
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Virginia Tech researchers study catastrophic disease events in marine mammals , articleAs the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, people are beginning to understand the ways in which infectious diseases can devastate life. But disease outbreaks are not confined to just humans or to life on land.
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Preliminary study suggests tuberculosis vaccine may be limiting COVID-19 deaths , articleNew research suggests that Bacille Calmette-Guérin, a tuberculosis vaccine routinely given to children in countries with high tuberculosis rates, might play a significant role in mitigating mortality rates from COVID-19.
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Collaboration with U.S. Air Force helps restore, protect endangered salamander , articleReticulated flatwoods salamander larvae successfully developed after being placed into two ponds in Florida where the species hadn’t been seen in over a decade.
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Research explores the impacts of mobile phones for Maasai women , articleThe study examines how mobile phones could potentially support women’s empowerment within the specific contexts of the Maasai’s nomadic life.