
Researcher strives to lower suicide risk among homebound older adults through $1.3 million project
Homebound older adults often face a sense of loneliness few could imagine.

Homebound older adults often face a sense of loneliness few could imagine.

Virginia Tech has been chosen as one of three institutions to lead the new Acquisition Innovation and Research Center (AIRC).

Led by Virginia Tech, the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Southwest Virginia node received eight multidisciplinary grants to advance the field in research areas such as 5G, artificial intelligence, and automated systems, paving the way for additional extramural funding.

Ryan Brindle, assistant professor of cognitive and behavioral science at Washington and Lee University, has received $104,500 grant from Jeffress Trust Awards Program in Interdisciplinary Research

A federal grant of $936,620 will support aging research and telehealth development in Spotsylvania County.

Prostate and colorectal cancers affect African American communities at higher rates — both in diagnoses and mortality.

DeepOutbreak, a team of researchers from Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, and the University of Iowa, has taken first place in the COVID-19 Symptom Data Challenge.

Small speed increases can have huge effects on crash outcomes, as shown in new crash tests by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and Humanetics.

Dr. Maru Kipleting Kering, an associate professor at the Agricultural Research Station at Virginia State University, recently received the 2021 Land-Grant University Award from the Virginia Agribusiness Council.

A proposed amendment to the Virginia state budget requesting additional funding for critical agricultural research has gained bipartisan support in the 2021 Virginia General Assembly.
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