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? @vt-science.bsky.social roanoke.com/opinion/colu...

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

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 | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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,…

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...

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...

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.

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.

Really cool, "upcycling" plastic waste into soap. Greg Liu, Virginia Tech Chemistry, making it happen. @vtchemdept.bsky.social www.wvtf.org/news/2025-01...

Helen Edwards was a great scientist and primarily responsible for what was arguably one of the greatest scientific instruments mankind ever built. www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-...

I believe we have made some progress over the last couple of decades, but not nearly enough -- and not fast enough. We have to figure out to do better. We are literally losing talent to stereotypes. www.the74million.org/article/girl...

Quantifying the global biodiversity of Proterozoic eukaryotes. #Science "Here we report a new construction of fossil eukaryote diversity from the Paleoproterozoic to early Cambrian based on a comprehensive data compilation and quantitative analyses." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

edition.cnn.com/2024/06/11/s... #Nova