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NASA

‎NASA in Silicon Valley: Jack Boyd Talks About His 70 Years with NASA (and NACA)

Pre-K - Higher Ed
A conversation with Jack Boyd, Senior Advisor to the Center Director at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
News Clip6:01
Curated Video

Microscopic droplets the best explanation for COVID-19 spread in some situations, professor says

9th - Higher Ed
A signatory of the letter urging the WHO to change its recommendations around COVID-19 airborne transmission says it would be wise to do as much as we can to slow down the virus.  
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Curated Video

Scientists suggest coronavirus is airborne, ask WHO to change recommendations

9th - Higher Ed
The World Health Organization has said the coronavirus spreads primarily from person to person through small droplets expelled when a person with COVID-19 coughs, sneezes or speaks. Now, hundreds of scientists are saying there is...
Instructional Video0:36
Curated Video

Jersey Proud: Rutgers football players meet kids at St. Peter’s University Hospital

9th - Higher Ed
Players included AJ Surace, JaShon Benjamin, Charlie Barth, and Deondre Johnson.
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Bloomberg

Crashing Drones Into Dummies, for Safety's Sake

Higher Ed
Mar.08 -- As drones become more commonplace, the risk of physical harm from an unskilled pilot or out-of-control copter increase. Researchers at Virginia Tech are finding out how to make these machines safer, with help from a bunch of...
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Curated Video

WRAP Bush speaking at Virginia Tech ADDS more of speech, candlelit vigil

Higher Ed
AP Television

1. Students entering assembly bui
lding
2. Students in line to attend c
onvocation
3. Wide shot
of convocation
4.
Wide shot of podium
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Zenobia Hicks, Vice...
News Clip2:00
Curated Video

The gunman in the Virginia Tech massacre is described as a sullen loner who alarmed professors and classmates with his violence-drenched creative writing.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Va. Tech gunman writings raised concerns

CAPTION: The gunman in the Virginia Tech massacre was described as a sullen loner who alarmed professors and classmates with his twisted,...
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Curated Video

Hospital officials say 12 Virginia Tech students are in stable condition after Monday's shootings. One patient may be released. No more surgeries are expected to be performed on the remaining students.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Hospital: Virginia Tech students stable

CAPTION: Hospital officials say 12 Virginia Tech students are in stable condition after Monday's shootings. One patient may be released. No more surgeries are expected to be...
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Curated Video

President Bush Saturday night said he 'decided not to be funny' at this year's Correspondent's Dinner, in light of the tragedy at Virginia Tech University.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Subdued White House dinner after Va. Tech tragedy

CAPTION: President Bush Saturday night said he 'decided not to be funny' at this year's Correspondent's Dinner, in light of the tragedy at Virginia Tech University....
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Bloomberg

Burrito-by-Drone Coming to Virginia Tech

Higher Ed
Sept. 8 -- In what’s sure to be a college student’s dream come true, drones will soon be delivering burritos on the campus of Virginia Tech. The experimental service, to begin this month and last just a few weeks, is a test by...
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Curated Video

Liviu Librescu is buried at a ceremony in Israel. The 76-year-old engineering professor at Virginia Tech was gunned down in Monday's shooting massacre there. He was a Holocaust survivor who died trying to protect his students from the gunman.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Va. Tech professor buried in Israel

CAPTION: Liviu Librescu is buried at a ceremony in Israel. The 76-year-old engineering professor at Virginia Tech was gunned down in Monday's shooting massacre there. He was a...
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Curated Video

A U.S. Department of Education judge has overturned a federal fine imposed on Virginia Tech, saying the school did not violate the law in its response to the campus massacre that left 33 people dead in 2007.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Fine overturned against VaTech over warning

CAPTION: A U.S. Department of Education judge has overturned a federal fine imposed on Virginia Tech, saying the school did not violate the law in its response to the campus...
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Curated Video

Bush reax to Virginia campus shooting

Higher Ed
1. US President George W Bush arriving at news conference

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W Bush, US Presi
dent:
"Our nation is shocked and saddened by the news of the shooting in Virginia Tech today. The exact toll...
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Curated Video

President Bush is offering his prayers to the victims of today's shootings at Virginia Tech, and to the people of Virginia.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: White House "Horrified" by VA. Tech shooting<br/>
CAPTION: President Bush is offering his prayers to the victims of Monday's shootings at Virginia Tech, and to the people of Virginia.<br/> (April 16)
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Curated Video

Authorities disclosed that more than a year before the Va. Tech massacre, gunman Cho Seung-Hui was taken to a psychiatric hospital on a magistrate's orders and pronounced a danger to himself. But he was released with orders to undergo outpatient treatment.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Documents: Cho was a danger to self

Virginia Tech-Mental H
ealth
CAPTION: Authorities disclosed that more than a year before the Va. Tech massacre, gunman Cho Seung-Hui was taken to a psychiatric hospital on...
Instructional Video1:49
Curated Video

Virginia Tech students and Blacksburg residents head to church on Sunday following the massacre on campus.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: A Sunday of reflection for Virginia Tech

CAPTION: Memorials were held at several churches Sunday for the victims of Virginia Tech. There was most notably, a memorial service at Washington National...
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Curated Video

Students are back in class at Virginia Tech today, four months after a student gunman killed 32 students and faculty, then turned the gun on himself in a classroom building. The AP's Mark Carlson reports.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Bittersweet beginning for Va. Tech students

CAPTION: Four months after the horrific shootings at Virginia Tech that killed 32 students, a new school year is beginning. Officials are working overtime to make...
Instructional Video1:01
Curated Video

Friday is a day of mourning at Virginia Tech, with students and alumni gathering to remember those slain in Monday's shooting massacre.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Campus prepares for day of mourning

CAPTION: Friday is a day of mourning at Virginia Tech, with students and alumni gathering to remember those slain in Monday's shooting massacre. (Apri
l 20)
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Curated Video

Graduation ceremonies take place atVirginia Tec, three weeks after a gunman opened fire on the campus killing 32 people.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Va. Tech graduation Honors slain victims (virginia-tech-graduation)

CAPTION: Struggling to balance grief with a graduation celebration, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger handed out class rings...
News Clip2:36
Curated Video

A year after a student killed 32 classmates at Virginia Tech, colleges and universities across the country have revised their campus security plans.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Va. Tech tragedy brought look at campus security

CAPTION: A year after a student killed 32 classmates at Virginia Tech, colleges and universities across the country have revised their campus security plans....
Instructional Video2:49
Curated Video

Poignant commencement at Va. Tech

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Poignant commencement at Va. Tech

CAPTION: An emotional Virginia Tech President Charles Steger handed out class rings to the families of 27 slain students during Friday's commencement ceremony and read aloud a message...
Instructional Video2:49
Curated Video

The AP's Sagar Meghani reports from Virginia Tech as graduation ceremonies take place today, three weeks after a gunman opened fire on the campus killing 32 people.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Virginia Tech prepares for commencement

CAPTION: It's graduation day at Virginia Tech University, a month after a gunman went on a shooting spree, killing 32 students and faculty. There will be additional security...
News Clip2:30
Curated Video

Peruvian President Garcia visits Washington, expects to meet Bush

Higher Ed
1. President Bush and President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru in Oval Office

2. SOUNDBITE: (English with Spanish translation) US President George W.
Bush
"I expressed our country's deepest condolence to the...
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Curated Video

Compensation fund and economic cost of the Boston bombings, amputee presser, fundraiser

Higher Ed
Boston, Massachusetts

1. Heather Abbott, who lost part of her leg in the Boston bomb attack, is wheeled into a hospital news confe
rence
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Heather Abbott, Boston...