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Article ItemHokies for Good: Tech for Humanity , article
November 16, 2020
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Article ItemTechnical communication: a powerful factor in stopping pandemics , article
Julie Gerdes, an assistant professor in the Department of English, has been awarded a grant through the Council on Vibrant Virginia to study vaccine hesitancy among Latinx communities.
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Article ItemA. Roger Ekirch receives Virginia’s highest faculty honor , article
Ekirch, an award-winning historian, has achieved international acclaim for his published works, which together have been translated into ten languages.
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Article ItemVirginia Tech celebrates 150 years of the humanities , article
The first-ever Virginia Tech Humanities Week is set for Feb. 7–11 as part of the university’s sesquicentennial celebration. All programs are free and open to the public. “Our goal is to showcase the wide variety of work being done in the humanities here at Virginia Tech and demonstrate how deeply the humanities enrich our world,” said Matthew Gabriele, chair of the Virginia Tech Humanities Week Steering Committee.
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Article ItemLove, sex, and robots: Sara Wenger receives prestigious fellowship for work on the ethics of humanoid robots , article
The doctoral student has received a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship for her work, which combines gender and sexuality studies with the study of science, technology, and society in an examination of the controversial issue of humanoid sex robots.
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Article ItemWhat did you say? Abby Walker and collaborator receive funding to explore dialects , article
What happens to your brain when you hear an Appalachian accent? Abby Walker, an associate professor in the Department of English, and a colleague from Penn State are investigating that question, and the National Science Foundation is funding their efforts.
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Article ItemA transdisciplinary passion becomes a fellowship: Shelby Ward receives award from the American Council of Learned Societies , article
When the recent ASPECT alumna interviewed for the Emerging Voices Fellowship, she thought she would teach courses in career development for liberal arts majors. Yet when she mentioned the idea of producing an undergraduate research conference, inspired by her Virginia Tech experiences, she landed the fellowship.
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Article ItemVirginia Tech historians uncover the facts about masks , article
How did Americans’ use of masks during the 1918 flu pandemic compare to today? A team of Virginia Tech researchers dove into the archives and found remarkable parallels.
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Article ItemDanna Agmon receives 2020 Albert Lee Sturm Award for Faculty Excellence , article
As the historian of French colonialism began researching a new book, her first book was recognized by Virginia Tech’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter.
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