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Solving complex problems, pushing boundaries, serving others, & reimagining education & technology. We are #VirginiaTech & you are welcome here. Go #Hokies! 🦃

Joined November 2008
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Virginia Cooperative Extension has launched a community-engaged science initiative to recommend vegetable cultivars for Virginia gardens. Learn more ➡️ go.vt.edu/uqjmo
A garden is pictured. Text on screen reads: Virginia home gardeners help shape new planting recommendations

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Ordinary pet dogs outperformed trained human searchers in sniffing out pesky spotted lanternflies, finding more than twice as many egg masses. 🔗: go.vt.edu/uqjks
A spotted lanternfly rests on a leaf. Text on screen reads: "Could your dog help fight the spotted lanternfly? A new study makes the case"

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New research from Virginia Tech found evidence that the volcanic eruptions linked to the end-Triassic extinction depleted oxygen in the oceans, with oxygen starvation beginning nearly 8 million years before the mass extinction. 🔗: go.vt.edu/uqiLn
Members of a field team examine an outcrop of rock layers in Grotto Creek in Alaska's Wrangell–St. Elias National Park in 2019. Text reads "Ancient oceans began suffocating millions of years before Triassic mass extinction."

ALT Members of a field team examine an outcrop of rock layers in Grotto Creek in Alaska's Wrangell–St. Elias National Park in 2019. Text reads "Ancient oceans began suffocating millions of years before Triassic mass extinction."
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These researchers are protecting Appalachian biodiversity. 🦎 @vt_cnre students and faculty are surveying a rare salamander, the eastern hellbender, to better understand and protect them. Their work informs conservation decisions and highlights the biodiversity of Appalachia.
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A #VirginiaTech researcher is working to improve food safety by helping trace outbreaks faster and reduce contamination before it reaches people’s kitchens. 👏 🔗: go.vt.edu/uqb9X
A researcher holds a test tube while wearing a lab coat. Text reads "How engineers are tracking the hidden journey of listeria."

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Better roads start with better data. That's where @VTTINEWS comes in. 🙌 VTTI and @VaDOT are helping develop a new system for traffic speed deflectometers: specialized vehicles that assess pavement strength at highway speeds without requiring lane closures.
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Virginia Tech has received its largest commitment ever. 🙌 The unprecedented, $75 million in support will advance the university’s ambitious athletics strategy and expand one of its most innovative academic programs. 🔗: brnw.ch/21x35Gl

Record $75 million commitment to Virginia Tech

A majority of the commitment, made anonymously by a four-generation Hokie family, was to athletics, while a sizeable portion was directed to the Honors College.

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Historic. Transformational. Game-changing. Virginia Tech has received a $75 million commitment, the largest in university history. From Invest to Win to the future ahead, the momentum continues. 📈 ➡️ vthoki.es/75M2VT
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New #VirginiaTech research findings show that housing instability serves as a strong predictor of increased adverse childhood experiences and a greater likelihood of negative long-term health outcomes. 🏠 🔗: go.vt.edu/upXfS
An aerial view of houses. Text reads "Student research connects housing instability to children’s health."

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Virginia Tech researchers are combining histotripsy with immunotherapy to treat osteosarcoma — a cancer with an unchanged prognosis for decades. f.mtr.cool/opoqazdkdu

Researchers test noninvasive cancer treatment to trigger body's immune defenses

Immunotherapy combined with histotripsy may offer new hope for both dogs and people with osteosarcoma, an aggressive bone cancer.

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This Virginia Tech student’s research took her to the Arctic. 🥶 Doctoral student Sithuni Mimasha’s work builds on partnerships with Inuit communities, focusing on how climate change is reshaping food systems, livelihoods, health and well-being. 🔗: brnw.ch/21x341C
A student poses for a selfie in the Arctic with two others. Text on screen reads: “Research builds a cultural bridge across continents”

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Built for what's next. Virginia Tech announces formation of Hokie Ventures, a new affiliated nonprofit corporation designed to create greater flexibility and strengthen our ability to compete in the rapidly changing landscape of college athletics. ➡️ vthoki.es/26HV
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Researchers have found that yellow fever mosquitoes can learn to associate the smell of DEET with food — potentially weakening the world’s most widely used insect repellent. 🦟 🔗: go.vt.edu/upTKn
A parent is seen spraying bug spray on a child's arm. Text on screen reads: "think DEET keeps mosquitos away? They may be learning to love it."

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.@vt_cnre research is exploring biodegradable alternatives to conventional plastics, which would help address microplastic pollution. 🙌
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This year, Virginia Tech earned the No. 5 spot among large schools on the Peace Corps’ 2026 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list. During the past year, 40 Hokies served in 27 countries around the world, according to the Peace Corps. 🔗: go.vt.edu/upDNP
Hands are seen palm up, together in a circle. Text on screen reads: University ranks fifth among large schools for Peace Corps volunteers

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As associate director of the #VirginiaTech Newport News Center, Mallory Tuttle M.S. ’14 builds partnerships and creates opportunity across Hampton Roads — work that recently earned her recognition of one of Virginia's Forty Under 40. 🙌 🔗: go.vt.edu/upBcr
As associate director of the Virginia Tech Newport News Center, Mallory Tuttle M.S. ’14 works across the region, matching university expertise with the people and communities of Hampton Roads.

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Virginia Tech faculty are working alongside Amonate residents to preserve the former coal town's history, identify community priorities, and build local capacity. 🔗: brnw.ch/21x2QBS
Side by side photos, comparing then and now, of Amonate. Text on screen reads "helping shape the future of a town that refuses to disappear"

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This course is engaging @VTEngineering students with individuals who have a brain injury, their care partners, and healthcare professionals to better understand the complex medical, emotional, and societal challenges involved. 🧡
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On #MemorialDay, and each day, we reflect upon those that have made the ultimate sacrifice. 🧡 Take time to visit the Pylons & the Cenotaph in War Memorial Court, etched with the names of every #VirginiaTech student and graduate who died defending our nation’s freedom.
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A #VirginiaTech study found that AI image generators produce more realistic and recognizable images of large cities than smaller communities, raising questions about geographic bias in artificial intelligence systems. 🔗: brnw.ch/21x2JtD
A photo of a user using ChatGPT. Text reads "When AI imagines cities, smaller communities can disappear."

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Scientists at Virginia Tech are engineering viruses to carry a cancer-killing molecule directly to brain tumors — a novel approach to treating glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive and treatment-resistant cancers. 🔗: brnw.ch/21x2HEg
Two researchers engage in discussion. Text on screen reads: "researchers aim to fight aggressive cancer with a virus"

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