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The David & Lucile Packard Foundation named Biomedical Engineering Asst. Prof. Kevin Janes a recipient of the Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering last Thursday for his outstanding achievement in the field of biomedicine. In his research, Janes said he is trying to understand how the hundreds - and perhaps thousands - of different signaling molecules inside a cell work together as a network to coordinate a cell's decision to proliferate, differentiate or die in response to environmental changes. "I use the engineer's perspective to conclude how cells change according to different environments," Janes said. Janes said he plans to use the grant to support his general research activity by bringing two graduate students and one postdoctoral researcher onto the project.
The University released its listing of courses for the spring semester Friday through the Student Information System - bringing to the fore some community members' continued concerns about the course registration process. The next semester offers students an array of classes from which to choose, with the College currently scheduled to offer 4,124 class sections on Grounds, University Assoc.
Two University creative writing professors received Library of Virginia Literary awards in recognition of their poetry works Saturday.
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The Institute of Medicine recently honored Medical School Prof. Don Detmer with the Walsh McDermott Medal.
Virginia State Police are still hard at work trying to locate missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Dana Harrington, who disappeared during the Metallica concert at John Paul Jones Arena last Saturday.
To commemorate the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's 100th anniversary, the Carter G.
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The Nursing School will soon begin a three-year program to educate and prepare local and commuter graduate students to specialize in rural health care, Program Director Dr. Doris Glick said. The school, using a $1.2 million grant awarded in July, plans to use both classroom teaching and distance education online courses open to both full-time and part-time students of the University's Graduate Nursing program, Project Co-Director Pamela Kulbok said.
Authorities still do not know what happened to Virginia Tech junior Morgan Dana Harrington, who disappeared Saturday night while attending a Metallica concert at John Paul Jones Arena, State Police Lt.
Just in time for the upcoming spring semester, the University Law School will launch a new law and public service program for first- and second-year Law students. The program "is designed to offer a select group of students the opportunity to receive intensive and appropriate training that will prepare them for a career in public service," said Jim Ryan, the faculty director of the new program. Securing entry-level positions in public service currently is very challenging, said Yared Getachew, assistant dean for public service at the Law School.
The Virginia Department of Education released data yesterday about the statewide four-year graduation rates for high school students who entered ninth grade for the first time in the 2005-06 academic year and were expected to graduate in 2009.
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Student Council's Environmental Sustainability Committee last night presented its plans for increasing the University community's level of sustainability and environmental awareness. The committee's co-Chairs announced an agenda to keep working with Dining Services to continue making on-Grounds dining options more sustainable.
The search for Morgan Dana Harrington continues after the 20-year-old Virginia Tech student disappeared Saturday Oct.
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The National Jewish Democratic Council, encouraged by Virginia going Blue in the 2008 presidential election for the first time since 1964, decided to join the Democratic Party's efforts in Virginia in support of gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds by mobilizing the commonwealth's Jewish vote - especially the student Jewish vote. "Many students were very involved and energized by the 2008 election and they were a big reason why Virginia voted Democrat," NJDC Political Director Linda Berg said. Deeds is concerned with issues of women's rights and voter awareness and education, giving Virginia's 50,000 Jewish voters reason to support him, Berg said. "Jewish voters are extremely concerned with civil rights, civil liberties and a woman's right to choose," she said.
