Tina Rost has received a U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER award to explore a new class of materials called high-entropy ceramics. 👏 The goal: to make them stronger, more heat resistant, and even electronically and magnetically unique. news.vt.edu/articles/2025/…

Teamwork makes the dream work! Congratulations to the Virginia Tech CeZAP affiliated faculty for earning one of the Center's pilot grant awards.

X.J. Meng’s career embodies Ut Prosim, serving #VirginiaTech and the scientific community at every level. 🙌 He’s now been named second vice president of the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Learn more ➡️ brnw.ch/21wUayZ

Bravo Erin Gloag and Y. Albert Pan of Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine on receiving the 2025 Virginia Tech CeZAP interdisciplinary team-building pilot grant award. 👏

🧬 The 2025 Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics Workshop, co-taught by GCC's Drs. Josef Uyeda, Joel McGlothlin, & others, brought together 20 researchers from 5 countries. Shoutout to IGC fellows Eliza Tarimo & Benedicta Ottairoegbu representing VT! 🌍✨ files.constantcontact.com/8fb82bc7401/be…

Congratulations to the Virginia Tech CeZAP 2025 Interdisciplinary Team-Building Pilot Grant Award recipients Kiersten Nielsen, Webster Santos, and Ming Chen, on "Repurposing Triclabendazole as a Broad-Spectrum Antifungal", representing Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and Virginia Tech Science.

Exciting news! Emily Mevers was featured in The Roanoke Times's VT Science Corner! Check out the full story👉 roanoke.com/opinion/column… #vtchem

File under: Research that needs a bigger boat Virginia Tech CNRE and Fralin Life Sciences Institute researchers are leveraging eDNA and citizen scientists to better understand the elusive and mysterious Mediterranean white shark. news.vt.edu/articles/2025/…

🌍 Big ideas, bold research, and real impact. The 2025–26 Global Change Fellows are tackling challenges from biodiversity loss to energy policy and environmental health! 🔗 Meet the new cohort: globalchange.vt.edu/news/news-stor… Invasive Species Collaborative @ VT Fralin Life Sciences Institute Virginia Tech

#VirginiaTech Helmet Lab 🤝 Dick's Sporting Goods The Virginia Tech Helmet Lab’s peer-reviewed, published 5-STAR helmet rating system is now available in all Dick’s Sporting Goods retail locations. ➡️ brnw.ch/21wUvmd

🏞️ Springs in ShenandoahNPS are full of hidden life. GCC affiliate Dr. Sally Entrekin co-authored a new study with National Park Service. 🔎 200+ aquatic species were found—17 rare. 🚶‍♂️ Sensitive species were more common far from trails. 🔗Read More nps.gov/articles/searc…

In a world where the biggest health threats often go unseen, Global Change Center ~ at Virginia Tech's Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz is building tools to make them visible. That mission has earned him one of the highest honors in civil engineering. bit.ly/47a7dXt

The dynamic duo of Michael Robert, assistant professor of mathematics in Virginia Tech Science and Chloé Lahondère, associate professor in the Virginia Tech CALS , have been awarded a Virginia Tech CeZAP team-building pilot grant award.

Dr. Tina Dura was recently highlighted in a PBS Terra episode featuring her research in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Dr. Dura’s research shows heightened risks from a mega-earthquake and tsunami in the region, helping plan and prepare for when it strikes youtu.be/89uVoIN5ZH4?si…

The 2025 Hokie Storm Chase was once again a successful trip providing valuable real-world experience seeing severe weather up close. Watch the video. #HokieStormChase news.vt.edu/videos/k/2025/…

Let's hear it for these middle and high school science teachers who participated in Biotech in a Box workshop this summer, performing hands-on experiments and networking with other teachers. Gold stars all around! 🌟

Turns out all you need is a shift in perspective. When physicist Rana Ashkar's team members looked at how membranes behave on the nanoscale, they were able to identify unified biophysical laws that membranes have adhered to all along. ➡️ Read more: brnw.ch/21wUPKB

Virginia Tech Research Virginia Tech ICTAS Fralin Life Sciences Institute Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Southwest Virginia Join our amazing community of Presidential Fellows and tap into our growing Fellow alumni network. Learn more about our Fellows: research.vt.edu/about/postdoct…

Big ideas in 90 seconds. ⏲️ The Pandemic Science in a Nutshell Games challenged participants to present pandemic science research in a fast-paced competition at the new Alexandria campus. Watch the recap video 🔗 brnw.ch/21wUUY9

A new platform developed in part by #VirginiaTech researchers will use artificial intelligence to turn shark photos posted online into real-time data that helps scientists monitor and protect threatened shark populations worldwide. brnw.ch/21wV0rp