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- - Partners explore real-world problems with Calhoun Discovery Scholars
    A handful of organizations have partnered with the Calhoun Discovery Program and recently came to campus for their first joint meeting with the program’s inaugural cohort.
- - Using data to make businesses more efficient
    Lara Khansa works with colleagues to ensure that business analytics, innovation and entrepreneurship, and sustainable global prosperity are the foundation for student academic experiences.
- - Beyond Boundaries lecture series to offer discussion on ‘generous thinking’ and the future of universities
    Kathleen Fitzpatrick, author of "Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University" and director of digital humanities at Michigan State University, will visit multiple Virginia Tech locations Oct. 8-10.
- - Virginia Tech builds momentum in latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings
    The advance reflects the first fruits of the numerous projects that make up the president’s Beyond Boundaries vision for Virginia Tech.
- - Virginia Tech receives 2019 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for fourth year
    Diversity Champions exemplify an unyielding commitment to diversity and inclusion throughout their campus communities, across academic programs, and at the highest administrative levels.
- - Veterinary college’s Irving Coy Allen collaborates for a cause
    Allen, an associate professor of inflammatory disease in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, weaves together Virginia Tech’s experts to conduct unprecedented health research.
- - Virginia Tech on path to connect research, education across many disciplines
    The university has designed courses connected to these areas and hired more than 100 faculty specifically to teach and conduct research within these themes since Thanassis Rikakis, former Virginia Tech provost, launched the Destination Areas in 2016. On Sept. 20, there will be a Fall Kick-Off event at the Inn at Virginia Tech to learn more about the goals of Destination Areas and grant opportunities.
- - Family of Roanoke lawyer, philanthropist William Lemon contributes $1 million to support Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
    The gift will help the rapidly expanding research institute continue to recruit and retain world-class researchers.
- - Senior Vice President Dwayne Pinkney announces transformational organizational changes for Virginia Tech
    Pinkney said the goal of institutional excellence is to align that quality work with the university’s strategic priorities in the most effective way possible.
- - President Tim Sands spotlights Virginia Tech's goals and growth
    In his fourth State of the University address, President Tim Sands explained to the campus and community crowd that Virginia Tech’s growth is happening in many ways and in many places.
- - Donations to Virginia Tech reached a new high: $181.9 million
    Tens of thousands of donors stepped forward to support programs throughout Virginia Tech in a year of unprecedented generosity.
- - Virginia Tech Campus Master Plan earns national recognition for excellence in university planning
    Virginia Tech and consulting partner Sasaki were recently honored with the Society for College and University Planning Excellence in Planning for an Existing Campus Merit Award for the Virginia Tech 2018 Campus Master Plan.
- - High-achieving inaugural cohort set for Calhoun Discovery Program
    The incoming class of Calhoun Discovery Program students, which resulted from thousands of applications and hundreds of hours of interviews, represents the first successful outcome for the pilot; out of the 47 students offered, 41 have selected to join the program this fall.
- - Virginia Tech’s strategic plan approved by Board of Visitors
    The Virginia Tech Difference: Advancing Beyond Boundaries guides initial steps to achieving the university’s Beyond Boundaries vision for becoming a comprehensive global land-grant university.
- - Virginia 4-H agent Hermon Maclin gives youth a voice for the digital age
    Since 2014, Maclin has served as director of Virginia Youth Voices, a program that enables 4-H youth to tell their stories using video projects, including music videos, skits, and spoken-word poetry.
- - Applicants to Virginia Tech exceed 30,000 for second straight year
    The university intends to enroll 6,600 incoming first-year students, a 400-seat increase from last year’s class.
- - Bestselling author and TED Talks presenter Dan Ariely to speak at Virginia Tech
    What causes humans to act irrationally? The behavioral economist will explore decision-making in the annual Distinguished Public Lecture of the Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
- - Renowned economic theorist shares vision for smart, renewable world
    Jeremy Rifkin’s principles, which he believes would provide for long-term economic security and development, are being implemented across parts of Europe and in China.
- - Cyril Clarke named Virginia Tech executive vice president and provost
    Clarke has served in an interim role since November 2017. Prior to that, he was the dean for the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine.
- - Theresa Mayer outlines success, opportunities for Virginia Tech research
    Mayer, vice president for Research and Innovation, highlighted the ways that research at Virginia Tech has grown over the past few decades and its role in shaping the university’s mission.

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