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Musical group performs 'Pomp and Circumstance' for Class of 2020 , articleThe PanJammers, an award-winning steel drum orchestra based in Blacksburg and featuring many faculty, staff, and alumni of Virginia Tech, has recorded a virtual version of the traditional graduation song for the Class of 2020.
Date: May 14, 2020 -
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Economists: Stay-at-home orders under COVID-19 have slashed United States’ GDP by nearly $1.2 trillion , articleVirginia Tech economists in a new paper have found that the output loss in the United States’ GDP hit roughly $1.156 trillion from March 19 to April 15, a 26 percent drop of total U.S. output from the same fiscal period last year. Divided by the current U.S. population of 328.2 million, the loss per person is averaged at about $3,521 during this period.
Date: Apr 24, 2020 -
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Expert webinar discusses COVID-19 impact, signs of resilience , articleVirginia Tech’s university motto, expressing the Hokie service ethic, offers a path forward during the pandemic. Staying home and limiting shopping trips helps to protect service workers and those who are more vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus.
Date: Apr 07, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech economics experts detail Chinese and worldwide GDP loss from Hubei province as COVID-19 rattles nations, markets , articleVirginia Tech economists Shaowen Luo and Kwok Ping ‘Byron’ Tsang have completed a study showing the cost of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, on the GDP (gross domestic product) on the Chinese and worldwide economies.
Date: Mar 11, 2020 -
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Election 2020: Virginia Tech expert says more women in representative government means less corruption , articleMedia expert advisory: Virginia Tech economist Sudipta Sarangi has found that government corruption is less prevalent in countries where there is a greater number of women in political leadership roles, both at national and local levels.
Date: Feb 18, 2020 -
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Economics’ Sudipta Sarangi wins award for paper focusing on worldwide ‘missing’ female population , articleA study by a Virginia Tech economist that shines a spotlight on the reasons why 6 million women are "missing" each year worldwide has won the 2020 Kuznets Prize of the Journal of Population Economics.
Date: Jan 28, 2020 -
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Two College of Science faculty receive honors from Board of Visitors to support research , articleVirginia Tech College of Science faculty members Serkan Gugercin and Gerelt Tserenjigmid recently were honored by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Date: Oct 22, 2019 -
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Research institute offers support for approved projects using restricted microdata , articleThe Institute for Society, Culture and Environment provides assistance for researchers to have access to a specially protected federal data set.
Date: Oct 14, 2019 -
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College of Science presenting two 2019 Sowers Lecture Series events on game theory and black holes , articleColin Camerer will speak about game theory and its use in the sciences, and Gerard ‘t Hooft will discuss gravity and black holes in the subatomic world.
Date: Sep 09, 2019 -
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Industry turns to Newport News program to build data science workforce , articleThe first cohort of 12 graduates will complete the business analytics certificate program on June 22.
Date: Jun 18, 2019 -
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Media Advisory: Virginia Tech speaker highlights the changing nature of work , articlePressure to automate is growing as companies seek to cut labor costs in a tight job market. U.S. companies installed more robots last year than ever before. Many experts describe automation and labor markets as one of the most pressing business issues of the 21st century.
Date: Mar 01, 2019