Joe R. Cowles of Blacksburg, professor of biological sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, was conferred the “professor emeritus” title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board’s quarterly meeting on Nov. 3.

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Jack A. Cranford, associate professor of biological sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, was conferred the “associate professor emeritus” title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board’s quarterly meeting on Nov. 3.

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Asim Esen of Blacksburg, professor of biological sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, was conferred the “professor emeritus” title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board’s quarterly meeting on Nov. 3.

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Guy J. Indebetouw of Blacksburg, professor of physics in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, was conferred the “professor emeritus” title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board’s quarterly meeting on Nov. 3.

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Physics professors in Virginia Tech’s College of Science played a supporting role in the research that led to the recently announced 2008 Nobel Prize for Physics.

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