May 23, 2007Get to know your local stripperHow far would you go for the sake of research? A sociology student in Nebraska wrote her honors thesis based on her after-school job as a stripper and earned a degree. Her professor says the idea could help shed light on the life of sex workers. November 8, 2006How will the election affect higher education?As the smoke clears from the 2006 election, higher education publications are starting to discuss what the Democratic gains might mean for colleges and universities. Everything from student loans and financial aid to college prep programs for poor and minority students to federal spending on university research could sway with the partisan winds. The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed lay out what they think this all means online today. July 5, 2006Virginia Tech professor researches cars run on waterThe Earth and Sky radio series, a non-profit organization that describes itself as "committed to describing humanity's work to understand itself and its relationship to the Earth," mentioned work being done by Virginia Tech chemist Karen Brewer today. Brewer recently developed a chemical molecule that splits water. Her hope is that this would bring the idea of hydrogen powered cars and electric power plants closer to reality by separating the hydrogen and oxygen in a clean, efficient manner. May 26, 2006Virginia Tech involved in Katrina studyNPR had a nice story this week on the failure of the 17th Street canal that led to most of the flooding in New Orleans. Two Virginia Tech professors -- Mike Duncan and Tom Brandon -- are involved in the study of why the canal failed and are quoted in the story. |
About this blog
Rhode Island native and Virginia Tech reporter Greg Esposito posts on everyday college life, trends and issues affecting the 35,000-plus students in the New River Valley and beyond.
Tim Thornton, who is old enough to have children attending college, is still taking classes and is still fascinated by colleges, the students who populate them and the bureaucrats who operate them. His reporting beat is Radford University.
West Virginia native Anna Mallory blogs on student life topics at Virginia Tech, Radford University, New River Valley Community College -- and beyond.
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