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Virginia Tech continues leading the research in safer football helmets
Virginia Tech continues leading the research in safer football helmets. On Wednesday, the university released its newest safety ratings and gave one more helmet two thumbs up with the maximum 5 stars. The Xenith X-2 joins Riddell and Rawlings as the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Technology, Health and Safety at School, Engineering
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Teel Time: Retiring VT president Steger advocated for athletics
Charles Steger was not the most visible or vocal proponent of Virginia Tech athletics. But as Hokie Nation reflects on his retirement after nearly 14 years as university president, there’s no questioning his advocacy or appreciation for major...Tags: North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Tech Hokies, Football, Sports, Bowl Championship Series
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Virginia Tech storm chasers leave for Tornado Alley
Each year a group of students and faculty from Virginia Tech depart for the Great Plains in search of severe weather. They come back with an understanding of how severe storms develop, and ways to forecast the threat of severe weather. Tuesday, the...
Tags: Southern U.S. Storms (2011)
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Are college presidents worth their eye-popping salaries?
Change of SubjectEvidently not. The Chronicle of HIgher Education has posted a list of the top 100 salaries of public-university presidents (by total compensation package: Graham B. Spanier Pennsylvania State University at University Park $2,906,721 (1st) Jay Gogue Auburn... -
Sandy Hook Shooter Adam Lanza Had No Drugs, Alcohol In System
The Hartford CourantToxicology tests show that Adam Lanza had no alcohol or drugs in his body when he shot and killed 20 first-graders and six women at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Dec. 14. The tests were conducted as part of the autopsy by state Chief...Tags: Seung-Hui Cho, Prozac (drug), Adam Lanza, Teaching and Learning, Danbury
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Penn State's Graham Spanier highest paid public university president in 2011-12
(MCT) — Graham Spanier, who resigned Penn State University's presidency amid a scandal and now faces criminal charges, achieved an ironic distinction as he relinquished the job he held for 16 years, a new survey says. He received more income than...Tags: Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, University of Michigan, Pennsylvania Statue University Sexual Abuse Scandal (2012), Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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Virginia Tech president Steger stepping down
Virginia Tech president Charles Steger announced Tuesday that he is stepping down. Steger is scheduled to give the commencement speech at Virginia Tech’s graduation Friday. Steger has been the school’s president since 2000. “When...
Tags: Virginia Cavaliers, Financial Aid, Science and Technology, Life Sciences Institute Incorporated, Teaching and Learning
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Virginia Tech adding women's golf team
Virginia Tech is adding a new sport to its athletics department. Women’s golf will become the Hokies’ 22nd sport starting in the fall of 2015. Athletics Director Jim Weaver announced the addition of women’s golf Monday afternoon....
Tags: Virginia Tech Hokies, Sports, Atlantic Coast Conference, Golf, College Sports
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UConn's Herbst: 13th On Highest Paid List
An annual survey of compensation at public colleges reveals that the University of Connecticut, while not yet in the top tier of public universities, ranks quite well when it comes to paying its president. UConn weighs in at #13 on the list prepared by...Tags: University of Michigan, Auburn University , University of Florida, Graham Spanier, The Pennsylvania State University
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Four public university presidents make collective $9.2 million
Four presidents at public research universities made a collective $9.2 million in fiscal year 2012, with the top earner of the group making much of his money because he was fired, according to a report released Sunday by the Chronicle of Higher Education....
Tags: University of Michigan, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Auburn University , College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), University of Maryland, College Park
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Virginia Tech researcher is making noise in the sports industry
WDBJ7 ReporterA researcher at Virginia Tech is making noise in the sports industry, but says not enough people are listening. Ralph Cornwell is a concussion researcher. He's worked as a strength and conditioning coach at West Point, UNC, and The Washington...Tags: West Point
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Kutztown allows guns on campus
In a move bound to please gun-rights advocates and appall critics, Kutztown University has altered a policy to allow weapons to be carried in certain areas of campus "for compelling reasons of … personal safety." The revision, which took effect...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Kutztown, U.S. House of Representatives, Government
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