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Joining forces: Virginia Tech Cancer Research Alliance scientists to share ideas, innovations , articleFor its second annual retreat, the Virginia Tech Cancer Research Alliance is broadening its reach and opportunities for collaboration and innovation. The 2023 event will take place May 24-25 in Washington, D.C., at the Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus.
Date: May 23, 2023 -
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Innovation Campus graduates 85 Master of Engineering students , articleOn Sunday, May 14, Virginia Tech held a graduation ceremony for students in DC-area programs. Eighty-five of those students graduated with a Master of Engineering from the Innovation Campus.
Date: May 22, 2023 -
Video ItemPotomac Yard metro station opens outside Innovation Campus , video
On May 19, Virginia Tech celebrated the opening of the Potomac Yard-VT Metro Station, alongside Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the City of Alexandria, and residents of the Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia communities. The Potomac Yard-VT station – located on the blue and yellow lines between the National Airport and Braddock Road stations – will connect faculty, staff, and students from the Innovation Campus with industry, government, and Virginia Tech locations in the region.
Date: May 22, 2023 -
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Lance Collins delivers commencement address at University of Pennsylvania's doctoral engineering graduation , articleCollins, vice president and executive director of the Innovation Campus, received his master's degree and doctorate from UPenn.
Date: May 18, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech celebrates graduates during 2023 spring commencement ceremonies , articleMore than 7,000 Hokies had their degrees conferred and were cheered as they crossed the stage at one of the college ceremonies.
Date: May 14, 2023 -
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Deputy Secretary General of NATO Mircea Geoană to speak at D.C. area commencement , articleThe D.C. area ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts in Fairfax and will be livestreamed and available to watch on-demand.
Date: May 11, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech to honor more than 7,000 graduates during spring commencement ceremonies , articleVirginia Tech will hold in-person commencement ceremonies at Lane Stadium starting Wednesday and running through Sunday, and more than 7,000 students will be graduating, including nearly 4,000 with honors.
Date: May 05, 2023 -
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Researchers study the crowdsourced investigation of Jan. 6, 2021 , articleResearchers in the Department of Computer Science analyzed the online community Sedition Hunters to understand how the group successfully used Twitter to help law enforcement and prosecutors — including the FBI and Department of Justice — identify suspects who took part in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Date: May 03, 2023 -
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A message from President Tim Sands at the close of the spring semester , articleThis academic year has been pivotal as we define and focus our goals to support our aspirations to become a top-100 global research university and to make the full Hokie experience more accessible and affordable for students.
Date: May 02, 2023 -
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Hokies on the Hill program aids student's journey toward a career in politics , articleChrista Potgieter has already had a career as a musician and performer, but the Hokies on the Hill program in Washington, D.C., helped her find her next calling in life.
Date: May 01, 2023 -
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Faculty Women of Color in the Academy conference kicks off today , articleThe 11th annual conference, hosted by Virginia Tech’s Office for Inclusion and Diversity, features sessions exploring leadership, career advancement, personal well-being, and scholar activism.
Date: Apr 19, 2023 -
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Linkedin, Raytheon, Fannie Mae: Three Innovation Campus master’s students share post-graduate plans , articleThrough the Master of Engineering program, Abrar Rhine, Anand Patel, and Joan Perez Lozano learned to thrive in environments that require leadership, management, communication, decision-making, diversity, and cultural competency.
Date: Mar 24, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech and Roanoke College sign partnership for accelerated student pathways in computer science and computer engineering , articleThe partnership gives Roanoke College students direct admission into Innovation Campus master’s degree programs.
Date: Mar 23, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech's 23rd annual Graduate Education Week will feature events and activities, March 27-31 , articleWith the theme, "Unlock, Unleash, Ignite," Virginia Tech celebrates the work of graduate students, with events, activities, a research symposium, and the annual cookout at the Graduate Life Center in Blacksburg.
Date: Mar 17, 2023 -
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Honors students write a transdisciplinary history of the capital’s architecture , articleThe students collaborated over the course of the fall semester to write a history of the buildings of Washington, D.C..In three months, they researched, wrote, and printed a coffee-table style book that serves as a physical artifact of their experiential learning.
Date: Mar 17, 2023 -
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Alexandria City middle schoolers become NASA engineers during Project Red Rover , articleThis past week, 36 students from four Northern Virginia middle schools were called upon to help NASA launch a mock Mars mission. Dubbed the Project Red Rover Robotics Program, the mission tasked students with the building, programming, and automation of a Vex IQ robot that simulated a Mars rover.
Date: Mar 14, 2023 -
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Maura Gardner joins HR as division director for the Innovation Campus and D.C. area , articleGardner will focus on human resources processes, practices, and recruiting to support the continued development of the Innovation Campus and a community of practice to support the university’s presence in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area.
Date: Mar 14, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech National Security Institute, Institute for Defense Analyses partner on workforce, research opportunities , articleThrough the memorandum, Virginia Tech researchers will engage with Institute for Defense Analyses staff to shape impactful research programs in areas including data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation.
Date: Mar 08, 2023 -
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M.D.+Ph.D student to advocate on Capitol Hill as Society for Neuroscience Policy ambassador , articleKatelyn Stebbins, a third-year M.D.+Ph.D. student who studies how the brain decodes visual signals, is one of 10 members selected from a national applicant pool to visit lawmakers on March 6 to explain the importance of brain research during the Society for Neuroscience's Capitol Hill Day.
Date: Mar 03, 2023 -
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Online MBA students build connections through immersive D.C. experience , articleThe cohort recently participated in three days of immersive programming in Washington, D.C. The nation’s capital provided a dynamic backdrop for students to network with fellow students and faculty, engage with MBA alumni, talk with government and nonprofit administrators, and participate in dialogue and reflection.
Date: Feb 22, 2023
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