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The 2016 USA Science and Engineering Festival!

The 2016 USA Science and Engineering Festival!

Tweet This past weekend we had the wonderful opportunity to host a booth at the 2016 USA Science and Engineering Festival. This was our second time participating in this huge biannual event — with over 1,000 … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 18, 2016 by Marina Vance · Leave a comment

The Virginia Science Festival, Blacksburg: Nanotechnology with fun!

The Virginia Science Festival, Blacksburg: Nanotechnology with fun!

Tweet About the author: Rui Filipe Serra Maia is a PhD student in Geosciences at Virginia Tech. Check out his profile on the VTSuN student page.   Do you think nanotechnology is so complicated that only scientists can use it? If so, you … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 12, 2015 by Marina Vance · Leave a comment

Scientific Creativity at the EPA P3 Competition

Scientific Creativity at the EPA P3 Competition

Tweet About the author: James Dale is a PhD candidate in Geosciences at Virginia Tech. Check out his profile on the VTSuN student page. “Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.” This … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 18, 2015 by Marina Vance · Leave a comment

My experience in interdisciplinary research

My experience in interdisciplinary research

Tweet Prologue: It’s #WomensMonth and I was asked to write a little bit about my perspective in interdisciplinary research. This is probably the hardest blog post I have had to write because I do not have … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 26, 2015 by Marina Vance · Leave a comment

Leaders in Interdisciplinary Research

Leaders in Interdisciplinary Research

Tweet Writing about women in interdisciplinary research (IDR) at Virginia Tech and specifically VTSuN is a joy.  As a young program, the origin history is intact and many of the individuals are still here at … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 16, 2015 by Marjorie Willner · 3 Comments

An afternoon at TEDx and why we do outreach

An afternoon at TEDx and why we do outreach

Tweet Our booth at the #TEDxLab @TEDxVT @TEDx with @VTSuN @thewchan @gargisinghiitr pic.twitter.com/Oe5oZ92KFg — VTSuN (@VTSuN) November 20, 2014   TED conferences focus on Technology, Education, and Design. TED is a global nonprofit centered on Ideas Worth Spreading … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 8, 2014 by Marina Vance · Leave a comment

Science outreach Part 2: When bat-signals, ‘sheepdog’ donkey, Tuxedo Pandas and ferrofluid came together

Science outreach Part 2: When bat-signals, ‘sheepdog’ donkey, Tuxedo Pandas and ferrofluid came together

Tweet That (paraphrased) conversation above was one of the many we had at the first Virginia Science Festival. It was a week-long celebration of science (October 4-11), spread across Virginia. Virginia Tech hosted the first … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 16, 2014 by coffeemug · Leave a comment

Science outreach Part 1: Reflecting on the (well-deserved) metaphorical slap from Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Science outreach Part 1: Reflecting on the (well-deserved) metaphorical slap from Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Tweet “Does the fact that most of us know the names of mass murderers, but have never heard of Jan Oort, say anything about us?” That was Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson (Cosmos, Episode 3), making … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 10, 2014 by coffeemug · Leave a comment

Festival of Science

Festival of Science

About the author: Sarah Ulrich is a Ph.D. student in Geosciences at Virginia Tech. Find her on Twitter @sarainscience Tweet Remember going to the science museum as a kid? There were dinosaur fossils, giant magnets, lasers, and … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 20, 2014 by Marina Vance · Leave a comment

Hands-on Science

Hands-on Science

Tweet For many Ph.D. students there is nothing more fun than going to a hands-on science museum. Especially when the technology and science presented is AWESOME.  Recently I got the chance to visit the National Museum … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 7, 2014 by Marjorie Willner · Leave a comment
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