Tag: Blacksburg
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to host Women in Transportation Seminar
The inaugural Women in Transportation Seminar is set for Aug. 31-Sept. 1 at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center.
The trial and error of viral evolution: The difference between fading out and pandemic
Viruses evolve quickly. A small tweak to the genetic makeup of a mostly mild strain of influenza can give rise to the next pandemic.
Bullpen fuels VMI win over Virginia Tech, 5-3
Six VMI relievers combined for 5 2/3 shutout innings with nine strikeouts, helping the Keydets down Virginia Tech, 5-3, Tuesday.
Virginia Tech hires Kenny Brooks as new women’s basketball coach
Virginia Tech announced Monday that it has hired Waynesboro High School alum Kenny Brooks as the head coach of its women’s basketball program.
Virginia Tech Board of Visitors sets 2016-17 tuition and fees
The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved tuition and fees for the 2016-17 academic year. The board approved a 2.9 percent increase in tuition and mandatory fees.
Virginia Tech renames baseball stadium in recognition of Union Bank & Trust commitment
Virginia Tech has renamed its baseball stadium in recognition of a generous commitment of support to athletics from Union Bank & Trust.
Liberty blasts Virginia Tech, 22-7
The Liberty Flames scored a season-high 22 runs and had a season-high 24 hits in a 22-7 victory over the Virginia Tech Hokies, Tuesday evening at English Field.
Virginia Tech researchers call for public water quality reports to directly address water safety
Is your water safe to drink? A Virginia Tech research team suggests that annual water quality reports should more directly answer this question.
Virginia Tech researchers determine driver risks using large-scale, crash-only naturalistic database
Drivers increase their crash risk nearly tenfold when they get behind the wheel while observably angry, sad, crying, or emotionally agitated.
Virginia Tech researchers awarded Microsoft grant to pioneer mixed reality research
A Microsoft research grant will allow researchers from Virginia Tech to explore the potential uses of its HoloLens devices for advancing research in the area of mixed reality.
Virginia Tech scientists discover way to track, stop human, agricultural viruses
A Virginia Tech scientist has found a way to not only track viral hijackers, but also potentially stop them from replicating.
Royal flush: Virginia Tech researchers discover way to power fuel cells with wastewate
Virginia Tech researchers have stolen the spotlight from the sun by discovering a way to maximize the amount of electricity that can be generated from wastewater.
Virginia Tech researchers reveal maternal, paternal conflicts on a genetic level
Researchers within the Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech have demonstrated that eggs actively silence hundreds of paternal genes that encode ribosomal RNA.
Virginia Tech hops into the farm-to-glass craft beer movement with new brewhouse
Virginia Tech is helping the commonwealth’s beer industry, which has a more than $8 billion annual economic impact and contributes $2.9 billion in annual total tax contributions.
Virginia Tech scientist to develop new vaccine against virus responsible for millions of pig deaths
In 2013, a sample from a pig in Indiana tested positive for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, the first discovery of the virus in North America.
Virginia Tech researchers find compacted urban soils can be rebuilt to help urban trees thrive
Virginia Tech researchers have developed a soil rehabilitation method that can help fix the compacted, rock-hard soils left behind after land development.
Squid-inspired energy converter turns ocean’s power into electricity
Engineers at Virginia Tech recently tested a wave energy converter inspired by the way squid propel themselves through water.
Virginia Tech researchers turn attention to emerging threat of Zika virus
With many different species of mosquitoes in the United States, Zika virus is only the latest of emerging threats, according to a Virginia Tech vector-borne disease researcher.
Live Coverage: #7 Virginia hosts Virginia Tech in ACC basketball
Join AFP editor Chris Graham for live coverage as #7 Virginia (19-4, 8-3 ACC) hosts Virginia Tech (13-11, 5-6 ACC) Tuesday at 8 p.m.
Virginia Tech receives record-breaking number of undergrad applications
Virginia Tech received a record number of undergraduate applications for admission to the Class of 2020.
Genomic info may help researchers fathom bedbug insect resistance
The genetic makeup of bedbug skin plays a significant role in the pest’s ability to resist insecticides, according to Virginia Tech researcher Zach Adelman.
New public art installation will transform the walls of the Moss Arts Center Grand Lobby
A new public art installation commissioned by the Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech will traverse the Moss Arts Center Grand Lobby walls.
Bedbugs have developed resistance to widely used chemical treatments, rendering them ineffective
Some of the most widely used commercial chemicals to kill bedbugs are not effective because the pesky insects have built up a tolerance to them.
Wrestling: #10 Virginia Tech dominates #18 Virginia
Eighteenth-ranked Virginia (5-4) fell to No. 10 Virginia Tech (10-2) by a score of 31-7 on Sunday (Jan. 31) in the Commonwealth Clash.
Virginia Tech freshman charged with murder: Body of missing Blacksburg girl found
At approximately 4 p.m. Saturday, Virginia State Police located the remains of Nicole Madison Lovell on Route 89 just inside in Surry County, N.C.
