News Stories

- - Dec 04, 2019 Raffaella De Vita elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
    Raffaella De Vita, professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics at Virginia Tech, has been elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Fellowship is the highest elected grade of the society’s membership, being conferred only to members with outstanding engineering achievements.
- - Nov 22, 2019 Scrappy McDaniel is a fighter
    Experts in the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, the veterinary college's oncology clinicians partner with biomedical engineering and mechanics to advance health care in both animals and humans.
- - Nov 21, 2019 Students reap early benefits of Calhoun Discovery Program
    Just more than two months after they began, a handful of students shared how the Calhoun Discovery Program is already positively affecting their lives.
- - Nov 18, 2019 Growth in partnerships and startups fueled by Link, License, Launch
    Jonathan Boreyko (left) and Brook Kennedy are key players in the creation of the fog harp, a device that can increase the efficiency of water collection in arid regions. Licensing this device reflects the role that the Link, License, Launch team can play in ensuring technologies with the potential for global impact can make it to market.
- - Nov 14, 2019 Children’s National Hospital, Virginia Tech announce partnership for new Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus
    Children’s National Hospital and Virginia Tech announce a formal partnership that will include the construction of a 12,000-square foot Virginia Tech biomedical research facility within the new Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus.
- - Nov 01, 2019 MII selects 2019 Wilkes Interdisciplinary Scholars
    The Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII) has named Camden A. Chatham, a fifth-year Ph.D. student in macromolecular science and engineering (MACR), and David A. Dillard, the Adhesive and Sealant Science Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, as this year’s recipients of the Garth L. Wilkes Interdisciplinary Scholar Awards.
- - Oct 24, 2019 Veterinary college’s clinical trials advance cancer care in pets and people
    John Rossmeisl, the Dr. and Mrs. Dorsey Taylor Mahin Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, describes significant progress in wide-ranging efforts to combat glioblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor, determinedly resistant to even the most aggressive treatments.
- - Oct 21, 2019 Virginia Tech announces expansive cancer research initiative
    University-wide research strategy intended to create new ways to help people with cancer
- - Oct 02, 2019 Researchers study the mechanisms behind learning and long-term memory in the brain
    Hehuang “David” Xie, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and his collaborators just published a new study in the journal Nature Communications.
- - Sep 23, 2019 Veterinary college’s Irving Coy Allen collaborates for a cause
    Aiming to advance cancer treatment, Allen studies tumor ablation and immune system activation

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