Kevin Pitts

Highlights from PBS News Weekend as show goes off the air This Sunday is the final broadcast of PBS News Weekend, at least for the foreseeable future. PBS cancelled the show due to the loss of federal funding for public media. As our team signs off the air, ...

One less source of reliable news.
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Not The Onion: HHS Website Says ‘All the Diseases… Will Still Be Available to Anyone Who Wants Them’ The Department of Health and Human Services either committed an editing error or is offering "all diseases" to Americans via the Affordable Care Act.

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Joseph Merola honored with emeritus status A member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 38 years, Merola made significant research contributions to the study of organometallic complexes of the transition elements, both for catalysis a...

An amazing career of science, education, and service. And he was back at graduation to present the students! Congratulations and thanks to Joe Merola! @vtchemdept.bsky.social @vt-science.bsky.social news.vt.edu/content/news...

New PET imaging breakthrough expands possibilities Chemist Wei Liu and his graduate student Chao Wang have found a new way to tag molecules to aid in PET scans, expanding tracer options and opening possibilities for earlier diagnoses and more precise ...

New tracer techniques make PET scanning even more powerful. Congrats to Wei Liu and team!
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Johann Rudi awarded Luther and Alice Hamlett Junior Faculty Fellowship An assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, Rudi conducts research that includes large scale parallel computational methods for modeling partial differential equations and data-driven app...

Congratulations to Johann Rudi, Virginia Tech Mathematics Department, for receiving the Luther and Alice Hamlett Junior Faculty Fellowship. Well deserved! @vt-science.bsky.social news.vt.edu/content/news...

WATCH: Virginia Tech Dean of Science hosts students for Thanksgiving Dinner For the fourth year in a row, Virginia Tech’s dean of science, Kevin Pitts, is hosting an open invitation Thanksgiving. Truly embodying the spirit of the holiday and the university’s motto, Ut Prosim,...

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We are looking forward to dinner with 600 @virginia_tech students who are unable to travel home for break. It's going to be great!
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Read without the paywall:

Fantastic piece by @meaganbrem.bsky.social. Congrats! @vt-science.bsky.social

This is home for Thanksgiving This year, all Virginia Tech students are invited to celebrate Thanksgiving with a holiday meal hosted by College of Science Dean Kevin Pitts and his wife, Toni.

This is our fourth Thanksgiving with students, and it's going to be the biggest and best yet. We are expecting about 500 Hokies, friends, and family to join us! I can't wait.
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Big, if true.

This is correct. International students subsidize domestic students, they do not displace domestic students. It's a win-win.

VT Science Corner: Autism services – can we move mountains? I often hear parents say that they would move mountains to help their child thrive. But if you begin to suspect autism, what do you do? And how would you

VT Science Corner: Autism services – can we move mountains? @vt-science.bsky.social roanoke.com/opinion/colu...

The only analogy I can think of would be, “US abandons automobile in favor of horse-drawn carriage.”

College of Science welcomes five new members to Hall of Distinction The Hall of Distinction honors alumni and friends of the college who have achieved excellence in their professional careers and have demonstrated remarkable service and philanthropy to civic groups an...

Amazing, accomplished individuals and an inspiring event. @vt-science.bsky.social news.vt.edu/articles/202...

Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

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US must support chemistry research

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Another VT Science Corner is out! Congratulations to Georgia Hodes for this excellent op ed! @vtneuroscience.bsky.social @vt-science.bsky.social roanoke.com/opinion/colu...

Long-running physics experiment dashes hope of new particles and forces Muon is just as magnetic as predicted, requiring no new theory to explain

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Muon Wobble Mystery Deepens as Fermilab Hits Precision Goal After six years of meticulous measurements, scientists at Fermilab have delivered their final word on one of physics' most puzzling mysteries: how much does a muon wobble in a magnetic field? The answer, precise to 127 parts-per-billion, surpassed their original goal and represents the most accurate measurement of its kind ever achieved. Yet rather than solving the mystery, this remarkable precision has highlighted a growing divide in the theoretical physics community about what the numbers actually mean.

Muon Wobble Mystery Deepens as Fermilab Hits Precision Goal

After six years of meticulous measurements, scientists at Fermilab have delivered their final word on one of physics' most puzzling mysteries: how much does a muon wobble in a magnetic field? The answer, precise to 127 parts-per-billion,…

MPS budget

Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

It's Reading Day, Hokies!

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VT Science Corner: Statisticians make backyard digging a little safer The future holds promise for robots to actively collaborate in diverse aspects of human endeavor, transforming industries

Another VT Science Corner is out! Congrats to Jen Van Mullekom for a great piece on applications of statistics! Thanks to the Roanoke Times. @vt-science.bsky.social roanoke.com/opinion/colu...

Organic Chemistry Lab -- Undergraduate Science Laboratory Building

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Energy Department cuts university overhead rates to 15% on research grants Sudden move mirrors NIH cap on “indirect” costs that was ruled illegal

They want to end the model that US research has utilized for almost a century. But they seem uninterested in replacing it with a new model. www.science.org/content/arti...

News media: people who are aware of the overwhelming evidence for vaccine safety and effectiveness but unwilling or incapable of accepting this evidence are not "skeptics". Please stop calling them skeptics. The definition of skepticism doesn't include denial or disregard of factual information.

I think that people who don’t fly often come to the airport with an expectation that flights will be on time and they will be treated with respect. Reality must be a huge shock for them.

I don’t think American hires people that are fundamentally dishonest. But truly horrible logistics and a monopoly, along with a culture of dishonesty, makes for a sad, toxic brew.

And we are now to the “less than honest” part of the experience.

Air travel advice: don't miss your connection by 5 minutes (like you have any control over it...) You stand at the gate staring longingly at the plane that was supposed to take you away. And you know what follows: rebooking, re-rebooking, and a 5 city reroute that will get you there next week.