Department of History
News and Stories Spotlight
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Article ItemAncestry inspires Monacan student's passion for learning, art, and advocacy , article
Alicia Aldaz, a member of the Monacan Nation, started her journey at Virginia Tech more than 20 years ago. Now, she is back to earn her degree and is helping other Indigenous students feel at home.
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Article ItemPaul Quigley named Center for Humanities director , article
Quigley, the James I. Robertson, Jr. Associate Professor of Civil War Studies and director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, will take the helm of the Center for Humanities July 1. Sylvester Johnson, the center's founding director, is returning to Northwestern University.
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Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Anna Zeide talks about the history of food waste , article
Zeide joined Virginia Tech’s “Curious Conversations” to talk about the history of food waste in America and its impact on society and the environment. She shared insights related to several historical turning points and stressed that addressing food waste requires rethinking and integrating food security and waste management systems.
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Article ItemPublic help needed for research in Chicago covenants , article
LaDale Winling is calling on volunteers throughout Chicago to help study thousands of paper land records and racial covenants.
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Article ItemOptical character recognition helps unlock history , article
University Libraries data experts are using the technology to extract text from scanned images of early 20th century real estate documents to make them more readable and electronically searchable.