Smithsonian curator to detail the significant impact of technology on art,...
The Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology's ArtsFusion seminar on Wednesday, March 5 explores how technology can expand and break down boundaries and create new opportunities for collaboration.
View ArticleScientist pushes boundaries of food sensory research
Susan Duncan's new lab in the Human and Agricultural Biosciences Building 1 will allow her to use unprecedented technology to help consumers eat better, and food science industry leaders to make better...
View ArticleArtsFusion seminar examines the impacts of evolving technology and connectivity
Presented by the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology's ArtsFusion seminar on Wednesday, April 9, MAYA Design president and chief executive officer Mickey McManus will discuss new...
View ArticleSchool of Education helps fifth-graders consider the benefits of college
"Kindergarten to College" helps young students envision the possibilities and benefits of attending college by bringing them to the Virginia Tech campus for a day.
View ArticleVirginia Tech to dedicate its Moss Arts Center on April 25
Virginia Tech has scheduled for April 25 its dedication of the Moss Arts Center, a $100 million facility that is home to the university's Center for the Arts and Institute for Creativity, Arts, and...
View ArticleFORM | Line-Plane-Solid on exhibit at Perspective Gallery
The unique exhibition was designed and built by a team of 19 students and features more than 200 projects by Virginia Tech industrial design students.
View ArticleMatthew Wisnioski receives 2014 XCaliber Award
Matthew Wisnioski's graduate seminar, Origins of Innovation, explores the boundaries of innovation in both its interdisciplinary course content and co-collaborative teaching strategies.
View ArticlePaola Zellner Bassett, Tom Martin receive 2014 XCaliber Award
This year's team award recognizes Paola Zellner Bassett and Tom Martin's development and teaching of the undergraduate design course, Textile Space, which brought together design education and...
View ArticleWith ambitious goals, council takes steps to include more research faculty in...
University Council passed a resolution allowing the Virginia Tech Commission of Research to include three new representatives -- two research faculty members and a postdoctoral associate. Governance...
View ArticlePlug into cutting-edge arts and technology research during ICAT Day
ICAT Day spotlights innovative projects designed by students and faculty affiliated with the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology. Held on Monday, May 5, the event is free and open to the...
View Article'Open at the Source' exhibition at the Moss Arts Center showcases art and...
Two cutting-edge projects use art and technology to explore parallel processing and artificial intelligence.
View ArticleUniversity to partner in Virginia Science Festival
The Virginia Science Festival will provide opportunities for engagement and exchange between children, teens, families, and local scientists. It will feature more than 100 exhibitors, who will provide...
View ArticleFour to receive Virginia Tech's Illuminator Award
The Illuminator Award is presented annually to four members of the Virginia Tech community who have outstanding abilities, innovative ideas to fuel the future, well-honed leadership skills, and a...
View ArticlePerspective Gallery exhibit explores how a selfie can make you healthy
A new exhibit called Medical Avatar: The Health Time Machine explores the imaging of health data and its influence on patient-physician interaction and behavior change.
View ArticleVirginia Science Festival launches at Virginia Tech Saturday, Oct. 4
Families across Virginia will enjoy hands-on experiences, live performances, interactive demonstrations, and family-oriented science entertainment designed to inspire a wonder in science for all ages.
View ArticleThird annual TEDxVirginiaTech will bring together faculty, students, and...
Virginia Tech faculty, students, and alumni will spearhead the third annual TEDxVirginiaTech as part of a special evening event Thursday, Nov. 20, at the Moss Arts Center.
View ArticlePresidential installation events to include C-SPAN founder leading interview,...
Following "Morning with the President," the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology will present "Hands-on, Minds-on," a variety of interactive exhibits highlighting science, engineering, art,...
View ArticleTimothy D. Sands to be installed as 16th president during afternoon ceremony...
Following the 2 p.m. ceremony, the Corps of Cadets will present a pass in review for the new president, which starts at 3:15 p.m., and an ice cream social and performances by student organizations will...
View ArticleChildren and families can experience magic from the Land of Oz at Tech-or-Treat
The family-friendly event for kids of all ages, to be held on Wednesday, Oct. 29 from 5 to 8 p.m., will feature yellow brick road-themed technologies, including some new inventions created specifically...
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Photos: "Morning with the President"
Journalist and C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb spoke with President Timothy Sands during "Morning with the President," one of several presidential installation events Oct. 16-18, 2014.
View ArticleMusic and technology fusion allows faculty to perform with musicians elsewhere
The concert, "Imagining the Universe from Music, Spirituality, and Tradition," will feature performances by Virginia Tech faculty members from the School of Performing Arts, who will join other...
View ArticleA transfusion for vampire bats: Virginia Tech researcher gives Smithsonian...
Rolf Mueller, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech and world-renowned biosonar expert, helps bring the bat display at the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of Natural History...
View ArticleSold-out TEDxVirginiaTech to take over Moss Arts Center with inspiring...
The third annual TEDxVirginiaTech will be held Thursday evening at the Moss Arts Center with Virginia Tech faculty, students, and alumni giving the talk of a lifetime.
View ArticleRobert W. Walters to retire as vice president for research after 30 years of...
Robert W. Walters will retire effective Sept. 1, 2015. During his eight years as vice president for research, Virginia Tech remained the only Virginia institution in the top 50 of the National Science...
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Photos: The "Cloud" Project
A constellation of 50 cloudlets that made up the “Cloud,” a networked sculpture that brings together technology and the arts for an interactive, community-created experience, transformed a central...
View ArticleAccelerating student creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship sparks new...
A key component of Virginia Tech's growing innovation ecosystem, the collaboration between the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology and the Pamplin College of Business creates a distinct path...
View ArticleVirginia Tech climbs to 38 in National Science Foundation research rankings
Virginia Tech is the only Virginia institution in the top 50 of the National Science Foundation rankings. Virginia Tech is among the top 25 public research universities and continues to rank in the top...
View ArticleRe-creating a tornado in 3-D provides a more effective way to study storms
Meteorologists from The Weather Channel broadcast segments on the unique re-creation of the Moore, Oklahoma, tornado in the Cube at the Moss Arts Center, a joint project between the Department of...
View ArticlePerformance by Crash Ensemble to include music composed by Virginia Tech...
The Irish group brings its music to the Moss Arts Center on March 25. The performance will feature the world premiere of an electronic music piece composed by Virginia Tech faculty member Eric Lyon.
View ArticleVirginia Tech hosts innovators in electroacoustic music conference this month
Art and technology combine for the 2015 conference for the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States. The March 26-28 event showcases the latest innovations and achievements in...
View ArticleSrinath Ekkad named associate vice president for research programs
Srinath Ekkad, the Rolls Royce Commonwealth Professor for Aerospace Propulsion Systems in Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, will provide leadership and vision to coordinate college-based and...
View ArticleVirginia Tech, Lemelson Center sponsor workshop on 'Can Innovators Be Made?'
Virginia Tech President Timothy D. Sands welcomed the practitioners and scholars in the National Capital Region for a two-day dialogue on the past, present and future of innovation expertise.
View ArticleElizabeth Tranter named associate vice president for research planning
Elizabeth Tranter will be responsible for research strategic planning, analysis, benchmarking, and assessment of research initiatives, and leadership of special initiatives in support of the research...
View ArticleExperience the Cube and other innovative arts and technology research during...
Held from noon until 9 p.m. on May 4 , the annual event celebrates the work of the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology's affiliated faculty and students who blend science, engineering, art,...
View ArticleTom Martin named Bradley Faculty Fellow of Education
Tom Martin is an internationally respected expert in engineering education and, in particular, has worked to integrate pervasive computing in the curriculum.
View ArticleSpatial audio workshop to showcase the Moss Arts Center Cube's technology
Soundscapes composed by global sonic technology leaders will be presented using one of the most advanced multichannel systems in the world at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 14.
View ArticleNational publication names Tanner Upthegrove a top young audiovisual innovator
The media engineer for the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology, joins eight other audiovisual professionals to make up "The Nine: The Next Class of AV Innovators" by Systems Contractor News.
View ArticleCreatures from the Cube unleashed for Tech-or-Treat
Interact with strange creatures and journey through creepy worlds for the annual Halloween-inspired event on Oct. 29 from 5-8 p.m.
View ArticleUndergraduate innovators share ideas with Gov. McAuliffe, Pres. Sands at...
Student innovators were center stage as undergraduates engaged Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, state Secretary of Technology Karen Jackson, and Virginia Tech President Timothy D. Sands during a...
View ArticleFourth annual TEDxVirginiaTech will bring together faculty, students, and alumni
This year's TEDxVirginiaTech event will take place Nov. 19, 2015, featuring student, faculty and alumni speakers on the theme of "Kaleidescope."
View ArticleStudents to network with nationally recognized innovators, entrepreneurs 'At...
Alan Macy, a high-profile entrepreneur in the life sciences, will be among notable thought leaders at the Nov. 12-14 event, which is expected to draw more than 100 students.
View ArticleArts and technology blend for OPERAcraft, the world's first video game opera
Experience OPERAcraft, a virtual opera created by a team of area high school students in the popular video game Minecraft, during a series of free public performances Dec. 3-5 in the Moss Arts Center...
View ArticleComputational thinking will help students become better scientists
A team of researchers led by a Virginia Tech faculty member has received $1.25 million from the National Science Foundation to introduce computational approaches to help students learn chemistry in an...
View ArticleNajla Mouchrek pursues Virginia Tech's first individualized Ph.D.
Najla Mouchrek, a graduate student from Brazil, is Virginia Tech's first individualized doctoral degree student, with research spanning at least five disciplines. Her proposal aims to improve...
View ArticleTheresa Mayer named Virginia Tech’s vice president for research and innovation
Her appointment is expected to enhance the university's entrepreneurial and innovative culture, grow commercialization opportunities, build relationships with corporate and foundation partners, and...
View ArticleGlass robotics lab pioneers new 3-D printing process, announces expansion at...
The Glass Robotics Laboratory is a collaboration between faculty members at Virginia Tech and the Rhode Island School of Design. The group is using industrial robotics to fabricate 3-D printed glass.
View ArticleSusan Duncan named associate director of Virginia Agricultural Experiment...
Duncan has been a faculty member since 1990 in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Department of Food Science and Technology.
View ArticleVirginia Tech researchers awarded Microsoft grant to pioneer mixed reality...
Virginia Tech is one of five universities to receive a Microsoft academic research grant, which will support work to examine multi-user interaction in augmented reality environments.
View ArticleVirginia Tech to showcase creativity, technology, and innovation at South By...
The university will present a collection of interactive exhibits representing its efforts to create experiential learning experiences and solutions to real-world problems at the event, which serves as...
View ArticleVirginia Tech awarded federal grant to benefit entrepreneurial efforts in region
The Virginia Tech Catalyst Program fosters collaboration between innovators and entrepreneurs and addresses job-creation challenges and efforts to commercialize research.
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