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Docs for Morgan 2024

The annual Docs for Morgan basketball game was a great success again this year, with the students winning back the trophy after a hard loss last year. Paul Griffin was the Morgan Dana Harrington…

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Roanoke Center leadership institute is building a pipeline of women for municipal management roles

The Virginia Tech Roanoke Center is partnering with nonprofit Virginia Women Leading Government to cultivate a pipeline of women ready to step into municipal management roles. The Virginia Women…

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Dean Learman CVC Video

Dean Lee Learman from the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine is proud to announce the start of the 2021 Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC).

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School Leaders Institute

Schools from across Virginia send their rising administrators to the series of multiday sessions where they gain hard-earned wisdom from veteran educators.

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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute teams up with the City of Roanoke to host Welcoming Week

The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute joined with the City of Roanoke and numerous community groups by participating in a nationwide initiative known as Welcoming Week. The initiative focuses on…

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Virginia Tech launches ‘next generation’ human brain imaging lab

Researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have received a $2.4 million National Institutes of Health grant to deploy a breakthrough new brain imaging technique called optically…

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Hokies for Good: Conquering Cancer through Research Collaboration

Join us as we explore the groundbreaking partnership between the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and Children's National Hospital in Washington D.C.Deemed a one-of-a-kind endeavor to…

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We asked our faculty: Why did you become a health scientist?

From art and medicine, to zoology and playing cricket - four faculty members at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC open up about the memories and moments that sparked their scientific…

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Hokies at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Help Neighbors in Roanoke, Virginia Overcome Food Insecurity

The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC recently partnered with the City of Roanoke’s Public Libraries to donate and distribute 500 hams to help neighbors throughout the Roanoke Valley…

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The new year brings in new snow fall

With the new year 2021, comes a new snow fall in Roanoke, Virginia.

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Virginia Gov. Northam announces AFID grant for the Catawba Sustainability Center

Governor Ralph Northam visited Virginia Tech's Catawba Sustainability Center to announce the Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development (AFID) funding for the center. Through a partnership…

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Undergraduate Scientist Awarded National Institute of Mental Health Research Supplement

Niesha Savory, an undergraduate student at Virginia Tech working in the Farris Lab at the Fralin Biomedical Research at VTC, was recently awarded a Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in…

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Chapter Cheers: Life Lessons from the Lab with Mike Friedlander

On Oct. 22, Hokies heard from Mike Friedlander, who is the vice president for health sciences and technology and executive director of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke. He’s…

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VTCSOM Class of 2024 White Coat Ceremony

While the pandemic has changed a lot this year, we were grateful to celebrate the class of 2024 with their White Coat Ceremony. There were masks, physical distancing, and not as many guests, but we…

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Carla Finkielstein offers insight into Virginia Tech's COVID testing

Carla Finkielstein, director of the Virginia Tech Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and associate professor of biological sciences describes the…

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Virginia Tech pledges to uphold Community Wellness Commitment

Hokies throughout Blacksburg, Roanoke, and Northern Virginia take the Community Wellness Commitment to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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