BLACKSBURG, Va., April 28 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:

Faculty members are working on research that impacts everyday life. Through excellence in scholarship, outreach, and research, they enhance the lives and livelihoods of others and elevate Virginia Tech among the top research universities in the world.

"Virginia Tech's researchers and scholars are the engine behind not only our achievement of global distinction, but the embodiment of our motto, Ut Prosim," Dan Sui, senior vice president and chief research and innovation officer. "It is in that spirit they are working each day in the pursuit of knowledge, discovery, and impact greater than themselves."

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