Red phones broken, vandalized Mar 6, 2008
The broken emergency red phones, installed after the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University shootings last year, have recently been repaired, university officials said. Robert Ratchford, chief of campus police, said, "All Phones are now functional and fully operational.". (The University Echo, TN)
$40M plan to raze Cole Hall draws criticism Feb 29, 2008
Virginia Tech: The buildings at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University that were the scene of the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history are still in use. Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and wounded many more before committing suicide on the grounds of Virginia Tech April 15, 2007. (Marion Daily Republican, IL)
EnerBrite Technologies Group, Inc. Appoints SEC Counsel to Represent Company Feb 28, 2008
A graduate of Virginia's George Mason University School of Law in 1987, Ms. Graus also holds a bachelor's degree in finance from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In October 2004, she joined Harrison, Hendrickson & Kirkland, P.A., in Manatee County, Florida, where she acted as lead counsel on numerous multi-million dollar commercial transactions. (Primezone Releases)
'Doomsday' Seed Vault Loads 100 Million Seeds Feb 27, 2008
Arctic 'Doomsday' Seed Vault Opens Doors For 100 Million Seeds. Arctic 'Doomsday' Seed Vault Opens Doors For 100 Million Seeds. (Science Daily)
River-Size "Flash Floods" May Have Carved Mars Craters Feb 21, 2008
"On Earth it would look like the Mississippi River or the Rhine River turning on from a single source and flowing for between ten and one hundred years and then just shutting off," said lead author Erin Kraal, who is now at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Because there are no drainage networks on the surface of Mars, the study authors believe an unknown geological process triggered the huge releases of water. (National Geographic)
Urban Ecology: Taking Measure Of The Coming Megacity's Impact Feb 14, 2008
" Just a one-degree rise in temperature can bump up residential water use 290 gallons per month on average for a single-family unit. However, knowledge about heat island effects also has meant innovation and the rise of new and greener technologies, such as roofing materials with a high solar reflectance and recycled rubber/asphalt composites to pave roadways. But not all the challenges that occur in the city stay in the city. Grimm says rural landscapes at a city's edge show changes in soils,... (Science Daily)
Crossing The Species Line: Immune Surveillance Similarities In Animals And Plants Feb 6, 2008
However, it is obvious that plants can resist many infectious disease agents very effectively, and in their article* John McDowell and Stacey Simon from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, USA review the multiple lines of defense that plants use against pathogenic microbes. Preliminary evidence leads them to conclude that the rate at which diversification occurs in the plant immune surveillance genes is stimulated by the presence of pathogens, a new and intriguing... (Science Daily)
Astronomers look for exploding black holes Feb 2, 2008
But now John Simonetti and colleagues at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg are investigating another way to look for these dimensions in the explosions of 'primordial' black holes. The team outlines their plan in a paper preprinted at http://arxiv. (Nature News Service)
RI's disasters, vulnerability Jan 22, 2008
The writer is a PhD candidate and teaching assistant at the Center for Public Administration and Policy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He can be reached at gkusuma@vt. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Thorndale schools make the grade in 2007 Jan 21, 2008
The Thorndale Champion -- Thorndale's hometown newspaper. CAMERON HERALD NEWS SECTIONS. (Thorndale Champion, TX)
Sleep Apnea Blunts Heart Rate After Exercise Jan 16, 2008
The study was conducted at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg. Included were 14 overweight men with OSA, whose responses were compared with 16 overweight men and 14 men normal-weight who did not have OSA.. (MEDLINEplus)
Evolutionary Explosion May Have Preceded Cambrian Jan 5, 2008
Bing Shen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Fractofusus andersoni, a 565-million-year-old Newfoundland fossil, thought to have evolved in the Ediacaran explosion. (Fox News)
Top 10 Stories of 2007 Jan 2, 2008
The day after a lone gunman killed 32 people on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University at Blacksburg, Va. a student told a security officer that he met someone with a gun in Central. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
The Year in Robots Dec 29, 2007
(The second- and third-place finishers were, respectively, built by groups at Stanford University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Boss maintained an average speed of 14 miles per hour throughout the 55-mile course at the former George Air Force Base in Victorville, Calif. (Scientific American)
UAB names new business school dean Dec 24, 2007
Klock began his academic career as assistant professor of finance at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va. After three years, he moved to the University of Florida and then to Texas Tech University as an associate professor before spending 10 years at the University of Central Florida, rising to the rank of professor of finance, chair of the finance department and fellow of the Phillips Institute for the Study of American Business Activity. (Birmingham Business Journal)
Sharp Management Needed to Go From Good’ to Great’ Dec 14, 2007
So said David Kohl, professor emeritus of agricultural economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va. Kohl spoke during the recent Midwest Dairy Expo at St. Cloud, Minn. (Agri-View, WI)
Spacecraft chases highest clouds Dec 12, 2007
"The interesting thing is that the magnitude of the temperature changes is only about five degrees Fahrenheit (3C)," said Dr Scott Bailey, AIM's deputy principal investigator from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The AIM spacecraft looks over and through the clouds. (BBC News -- Science)
High Clouds Show Effects of Climate Change - Study Dec 12, 2007
"The clouds are an exquisite thermometer," said Scott Bailey, a scientist from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Carbon dioxide and methane are responsible for trapping solar radiation and heating the planet when they build up in the lower atmosphere. (Planet Ark, United States)
Powerful Tool To Study The Genetics Of Inflammation Developed Dec 9, 2007
D., of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and William Isaacs, Ph. D., of Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions. (Science Daily)
Eagles can't be ignored Dec 1, 2007
All the rest are well-supported state U's, and, in case you didn't know, that includes Clemson and, yes, Virginia Tech, the original name of which was Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. I'm not putting down state universities. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
MiraCosta College to use county emergency alert system Nov 10, 2007
Recognizing the needMazza said college officials have been looking for an emergency alert system since a gunman at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University killed 32 college students in the largest school massacre in U.S. history in April. During a review of MiraCosta's disaster response plans last summer, county officials suggested that the college consider using the county alert system, said MiraCosta Police Chief Robert Norcross. (North County Times)
Dead clams tell many tales Oct 30, 2007
"Where marine ecosystems have remained relatively pristine, living fauna and dead shells agree well, but where ecosystems have been disturbed by us, dead shells and live fauna often differ notably in composition and abundance of shellfish species," said Michal Kowalewski, Professor of Geobiology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. "Sue's study is thus a very exciting development for one of the youngest subdisciplines of paleontology, which some of us call 'conservation... (EurekAlert!)
Disclosure Laws Have Big Impact on Prices Oct 19, 2007
Source: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (10/16/2007). Search news. (Realtor Magazine Online)
Best Energy Strategy: Small, Green And Local, Experts Say Sep 26, 2007
According to Benjamin Sovacool from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, these alternative technologies are simultaneously feasible, affordable, environmentally friendly, reliable and secure. The electricity sector as it currently operates is at the mercy of natural disasters, price fluctuations, terrorist attacks and blackouts. (Science Daily)
Big bucks for these 'fellows' Sep 25, 2007
Civil engineer Marc Edwards of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg analyzes urban drinking water and works on ways of removing lead and other contamination. Search the News Search. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Delaware State University Shooting Injures Two; Classes Canceled for Day Sep 22, 2007
Campus security efforts have increased in the U.S. since a shooting rampage last April at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. Seung Hui Cho, a student, killed 32 students and staff members before taking his own life in the worst mass shooting in modern American history. (Bloomberg -- US)
Look who's texting now Sep 14, 2007
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has been transformed since the massacre there April 16, 2007. Sarah Kia, a sophomore architecture student at Virginia Tech, said the university has become more tense and restrictive since April. (Daily Orange, NY)
Retired forest ranger sheds light on N.D.'s black history Sep 9, 2007
But Cartwright, who was known for his academic abilities, winning first place in a statewide physics competition as a senior in high school and other honors, persevered and ended up with scholarships at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He was the only black in the forestry program at the university. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Counseling Center offers many resources for students Sep 5, 2007
After the shooting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech. many colleges across the country reevaluated their resources for awareness and ability to reach troubled students. (University News, MO)
Scientist Turns Chicken droppings into biofuel Sep 4, 2007
A Ghanaian scientist at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in the USA has received more than US$1 million in grants to develop a technology to turn chicken droppings and other poultry wastes into a safer fertilizer and a biofuel, according to a local media report. Associate Professor Foster A. Agblevor, is planning to test his mobile guano reactor this fall at a chicken farm in the Shenandoah Valley, the heartland of Virginia's poultry industry. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
FBI Probes Bomb Threats at Cornell, 11 Other Colleges; No Explosives Found Sep 1, 2007
Colleges are sensitive to any possibility of violence on campuses following the shootings of students and teachers April 16 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg. An investigation found that the school, known as Virginia Tech, underestimated the threat from the gunman, said Ken Torisky, a spokesman for the University of Akron. (Bloomberg -- US)
Akermin Names Engineering V.P. for Its Biocatalysts Aug 28, 2007
Dr. Gifford received a chemistry degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a Ph. D. in analytical chemistry and electrochemistry from the State University of New York at Buffalo. (Primezone Releases)
JCPenney Recognizes Hispanic Students as Part of the 2007 Premios Juventud Awards Jul 21, 2007
Student Rosa Avalos Chumpitazi will use her academic scholarship to study engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tae-Kwon-Do student Warner J. Santiago will use his sports scholarship to study at the University of Puerto Rico, Recinto Universitario de Mayaguez; and alto saxophone player Irving Murguia will use his music scholarship to study music this fall at California State University. "We believe in powering the potential of today's youth. Through these... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
JW Marriott Denver hires new GM Jul 11, 2007
He earned a second degree in hotel and restaurant management from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. JW Marriott Denver is owned by of Denver. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Education director-general to be next Seameo director Jul 2, 2007
He obtained his doctorate in technical and vocational education from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the United States. Hon also said the ministry was focusing on developing human capital this month, the second thrust under the National Education Blueprint 2006-2010. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Major increase in federal research needed to determine size of US coal reserves Jun 21, 2007
Michael E. Karmis Stonie Barker Professor of Mining and Minerals Engineering, and Director, Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg. Klaus S. Lackner Ewing-Worzel Professor of Geophysics Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering Columbia University New York City. (EurekAlert!)
Guest Commentary: What really causes pinhole leaks Jun 1, 2007
Marc Edwards, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va. did the research. (Marco Island Sun-Times, FL)
Is that really what you think? May 23, 2007
From college students gauging their peers' views on alcohol to citizens wondering how scared others are about terrorism, "our estimates of group opinion affect not only the decisions we make on behalf of groups, but also our perceptions of reality," writes the study's lead author, Kimberlee Weaver of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. While there are many implications for the worlds of politics and media - consider the popularity of television commentators such as Bill O'Reilly... (Globe and Mail)
Repetitive exposure to an opinion can influence as much as exposure to opinions from several people May 21, 2007
D), of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ... Kimberlee Weaver, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Stephen M. Garcia and Norbert Schwarz, University of Michigan, and Dale T. Miller, Stanford University; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Vol. 92, No. 5. (EurekAlert!)
Could it happen here? Conn's gun checks have holes like Virginia's May 5, 2007
There has been much national attention to gun purchases by the mentally ill since Cho used two handguns to kill 32 people and to commit suicide last month at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg. But one lawyer who specializes in gun cases, Ralph D. Sherman of New Britain, expresses skepticism that any system of gun regulation will prevent events like the Virginia Tech massacre. (Journal Inquirer, CT)
Local student at Virginia Tech says shooting was a shocker May 3, 2007
When Sarah Hulsey, daughter of Kent and Jill Hulsey of Heber Springs and Donna and Bobby Price of Pangburn, passed a police car and SWAT vehicle on her way to class at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, also known as Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, Va. on April 16, she thought nothing of it. (Heber Springs Sun-Times, AR)
Virginia Tech, Inspired by Librescu, Recruits More Scholars From Abroad May 3, 2007
Librescu, a 76-year-old Holocaust survivor, was one of more than 500 foreign-born teachers and researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. He died along with 31 other staff members and students who were shot by Seung-Hui Cho, a mentally ill student, on April 16 in the deadliest shooting in American history. (Bloomberg)
Zirin: Giovanni at Va. Tech Apr 29, 2007
For most people across the country, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has meant one thing and one thing only: football. This is the school of Michael Vick, his talented yet troubled brother Marcus and NFL running backs Lee Suggs and Kevin Jones, among many others. (Zmag.org)
Prayers for Virginia’s victims and survivors Apr 27, 2007
Members of the University community remembered the victims of the shootings that occurred Monday, April 16, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in a memorial service in Bond Chapel. The Thursday April 19 service, which was coordinated by Alison Boden, Dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, and members of the University s campus ministries, included prayers, readings and the lighting of candles. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Chicago in the News Apr 27, 2007
Thomas Kramer, Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Director of the Student Counseling Resource Center, was interviewed for an article published in the Thursday, April 19 Chicago Tribune in the wake of the tragic shootings at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University on Monday, April 16. Kramer commented on the mental health services that colleges and universities are offering as more students across the country seek these services. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Virginia Tech's Tragic Faux Apr 27, 2007
Sadly the administration at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia did nothing. Like just about every other college in America, the leaders of Virginia Tech were obsessed with the image of their school. (Human Events Online)
NASA'S AIM Mission Soars to the Edge of Space Apr 26, 2007
is responsible for the overall AIM mission management in collaboration with Hampton University, the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg. Orbital Sciences Corporation, Dulles, Va. (PR Newswire)
The world and Virginia Tech Apr 26, 2007
Americans rushed to unite in horror and mourning in response to the mass killings at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg in a way we haven't seen since, perhaps, the attacks on the US of September 11, 2001. Where I live, in Washington, DC, residents are already sporting their Virginia Tech ribbons and sweatshirts, the way so many Americans once donned those "I (heart) New York" caps and T-shirts. (Asia Times Online)
Priest consoles campus families Apr 25, 2007
Currently, he serves as pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church, just a couple of blocks from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University campus. For Arsenault, 49, Blacksburg offers the warmth and familiarity of a small town with the high energy of a college town. (The News-Herald)
Massacre meditations (Walter E. Williams) Apr 25, 2007
The 32 murders at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI) shocked the nation, but what steps can be taken to reduce the probability such a massacre will happen again. A large portion of the blame can be laid at the feet of the VPI administration and its campus security personnel, who failed to warn students, faculty and staff. (Washington Times, DC)
NASA reviewing security procedures after shooting Apr 25, 2007
The shooting came four days after a gunman at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, in Blacksburg, killed 32 people. Roughly 3,000 civil servants and some 14,000 contractors work at the Johnson Space Center. (Nature News Service)
Va. Tech gunman's family speaks Apr 21, 2007
Family: He has made the world weep - Massacre at Virginia Tech - MSNBC.com. made the world weep, Chos family says. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Day for remembering Apr 21, 2007
Service for Virginia Tech victims - Massacre at Virginia Tech - MSNBC.com. Stand strong there will be a brighter day. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Virginia Tech professor grew up in Albert Lea Apr 21, 2007
Because Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University the official name is a computer-savvy place, he has discussed plans for what to do in classes Monday online. He said he intends to leave the decision up to the students. (Albert Lea Tribune, MN)
Mental Health America Media Teleconference Call on the VA Tech Shootings Apr 20, 2007
April 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mental Health America will host a media teleconference call tomorrow, Friday, April 20 at 11:00 am EDT regarding the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University shootings. The teleconference call will focus on: -- Violence and mental illness -- Building a safe school environment -- Predicting versus preventing violence -- Culturally competent mental health care Experts on the teleconference call will include: -- David L. Shern, Ph. (PR Newswire)
Quick Guide and Transcript Apr 20, 2007
Students and teachers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University are honoring the victims of the nation's deadliest school shooting. A 23-year-old gunman killed and wounded dozens of people on Monday. (CNN -- Education)
Ex-classmates say gunman was bullied Apr 20, 2007
High school classmates say gunman was bullied. Police say package sent to NBC News between shootings is of little use. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Bomb scare in Delta Apr 20, 2007
Taylor said it was impossible to tell whether the bomb threat had been in some way motivated by Monday s mass shooting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where 32 students and staff members died. Police say gunman Cho Seung-Hui committed suicide after his rampage. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Bad day at Blacksburg: When words fail Apr 20, 2007
In 1896 VAMC (it was, apparently, never popularly known as Virginia A&M) was re-named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute - which was immediately shortened in popular usage to Virginia Polytechnic Institute, or VPI. In 1944 the name was changed to its current official name: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and in usage to Virginia Tech ... In 1896 VAMC (it was, apparently, never popularly known as Virginia A&M) was re-named Virginia... (Townhall.com)
Gunman in massacre contacted NBC Apr 19, 2007
Cho, 23, a senior English major at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, killed 32 people in two attacks before taking his own life. NBC News President Steve Capus said the package arrived in New York late Tuesday night and was delivered to NBC headquarters about 11 a.m. Wednesday. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
School says its options were few despite his troubling behavior Apr 19, 2007
"These assignments were for a creative writing course that encouraged students to be imaginative and artistic. The writings did not express any threatening intentions or allude to any criminal activity, and no criminal violation had taken place," said Wendell Flinchum, chief of police at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Then, on Nov. 27, 2005, Cho harassed a female student through phone calls and in person, campus officials said. (Boston Globe)
The Virginia Tech Tragedy: Distinguishing Mental Illness from Violence Apr 19, 2007
WASHINGTON, April 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ken Duckworth, MD, Medical Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has released the following statement on this week's tragedy at Virginia Technological Institute (VTI): NAMI extends its sympathy to all the families who have lost loved ones in the terrible tragedy at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. We are an organization of individuals and families whose lives have been affected by serious mental... (PR Newswire)
Nation mourns Virginia Tech tragedy Apr 19, 2007
The chaos on Monday at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University resulted in the shooting deaths of 32 students and faculty. The lone gunman caught everyone by surprise - even his own roommates. (Cameron Herald, TX)
• Tragedy in Virginia: A student's response Apr 19, 2007
I've covered video games, movies, even high school football, but all of that seems trivial to what happened on Monday on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech. "It makes me sick," said Liz Tomek, a junior at Century High School. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Killings energize gun debate Apr 19, 2007
For the most part, congressional leaders limited themselves to expressing their condolences to the victims, their families and the students and faculty at the school, which is officially called Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University but is known as Virginia Tech. Several suggested that it was too soon to make policy decisions. (International Herald Tribune)
