Alum's research into lactation spaces born out of parental experience
October 01, 2024
October 01, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 1 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
Sitting in a dark office next to piles of boxes ready to be moved, Erin Nuckols '23 provided for her family not only by working on a Ph.D. at Virginia Tech but by pumping milk for a new baby at home.
Many nursing, working parents are in similar situations, sitting in a makeshift room or closet that doubles as a designated lactation space. In 2019, Nuckols enrolled in BioBuild, an interdisciplinary . . .
Sitting in a dark office next to piles of boxes ready to be moved, Erin Nuckols '23 provided for her family not only by working on a Ph.D. at Virginia Tech but by pumping milk for a new baby at home.
Many nursing, working parents are in similar situations, sitting in a makeshift room or closet that doubles as a designated lactation space. In 2019, Nuckols enrolled in BioBuild, an interdisciplinary . . .