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Solving complex problems, pushing boundaries, serving others, & reimagining education & technology. We are #VirginiaTech & you are welcome here. Go #Hokies! 🦃
Blacksburg, Virginia
Joined November 2008
RT @vtnews: It’s now a little harder to earn a five-star rating from the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab. ➡️ https://t.co….
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Future engineers are exploring their possibilities at #VirginiaTech. 🦃. Pathways for Future Engineers is a multi-year @VTEngineering program that supports first-generation students and their families as they navigate the path from high school to an engineering degree.
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RT @vtnews: #VirginiaTech researchers are working to uncover the hidden paths of white sharks across the Mediterranean Sea. 🦈 https://t.co/….
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Virginia Tech SeaQL Lab is collaborating with the nonprofit organization International SeaKeepers Society and Virginia Tech’s Genomics Sequencing Center to detect white sharks across the Mediterran...
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Don’t let your summer harvest go to waste! 🥒. Learn more from @VACoopExt on safe home food preservation methods, including freezing, canning, pickling, and dehydrating, to help make the most of your summer produce. ⬇️
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Lester Schonberger, associate Extension specialist, offers guidance on safe home food preservation methods, including freezing, canning, pickling, and dehydrating, to make the most of your harvests.
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What's that smell? 🫣. Stinky Phil, the corpse plant on our Blacksburg campus, has once again blossomed, which only occurs once every five to ten years. Corpse plant flowers smell unpleasant, attracting flies and beetles to pollinate the enormous inflorescence.
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RT @vtnews: While summer may provide teens with a much-needed break from the classroom, it often comes with a heavy dose of screen time and….
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#VirginiaTech research is supporting data-informed decisions on highway safety in Virginia. 🚙. Built by the Center for Geospatial Information Technology in @vt_cnre, this dashboard is helping Virginia State Police visualize crash trends and improve speed enforcement strategies.
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These @vt_alumni attended a World Clydesdale Show on a whim seven years ago. Now, they own 13 of the iconic draft horses.
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Rob and Robin Bell turned their love for Clydesdales into a horse breeding business at their farm in Southwest Virginia.
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RT @vtnews: Low blood sodium can affect how heart medicines like flecainide work, making heart rhythms less stable.🫀. A new #VirginiaTech s….
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Man’s best friend could be the spotted lanternfly’s worst enemy. 🐶. #VirginiaTech researchers discovered that everyday dogs and their owners can be trained to effectively sniff out destructive agricultural pests. Read ➡️
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The U.S. is facing its largest measles outbreak in more than 30 years. Two #VirginiaTech researchers explain why it’s spreading so quickly and how to stop it. Read ➡️
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RT @vtnews: X.J. Meng’s career embodies Ut Prosim, serving #VirginiaTech and the scientific community at every level. 🙌. He’s now been name….
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Americans lost $470M to scam texts last year, 4 times more than in 2020. A #VirginiaTech data privacy expert says AI could make future scams harder to detect. Learn how to protect yourself. ⬇️
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It’s easy for fraudsters to find phone numbers, and now ubiquitous scam texts often drop the names of big companies or trusted entities to tempt users into providing bank account, social security, or...
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Meet Annalyse Hasty, a professional country singer and #VirginiaTech sophomore double majoring in music and business. 🙌
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Hasty, a sophomore double majoring in music and business, is a country music singer who has released two albums. She talks about her music, her summer so far, and her plans for the future.
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RT @vtnews: Certain immune cells may be helping prostate cancer grow, not fight it. A new @FralinBiomed study found that blocking these t….
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#VirginiaTech researchers are teaming up across disciplines to better predict hurricane-driven flooding and help communities prepare for extreme weather. Here's how. ➡️
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RT @vtnews: Measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. Now, it’s back with the largest outbreak in over 30 years. #VirginiaTech….
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The U.S. is facing its largest measles outbreak in more than 30 years, with at least 1,277 confirmed cases across 36 states and Washington, D.C. Two Virginia Tech experts say the reason why is clear...
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From true crime to scripted dramas, audiences’ appetite for crime-related entertainment continues to expand. But why?. As a new 'Dexter' series premieres, we talked to a #VirginiaTech English instructor about why the appeal to the macabre endures. ➡️
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