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- - Carolyn Copenheaver receives Society of American Foresters award for outstanding forestry education
    Copenheaver is the first woman to receive the Carl Alwin Schenck Award in its 30-year history.
- - Accepting nominations for Aspire! Awards
    Nominations are being accepted for 2018-2019 Aspire! Awards. The deadline to submit nominations for the Self-understanding and Integrity breakfast is October 26.
- - Veterinary college names distinguished alumni award winners
    Sharon L. Deem B.S. '85, D.V.M. '88, and Bom Spina Harris D.V.M. '08 have been honored with the veterinary college's 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2018 Outstanding Recent Alumni Award, respectively.
- - Teresa Martinez receives Gerald H. Cross Alumni Leadership Award
    Martinez, co-founder and executive director of the Continental Divide Trail Coalition, earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Virginia Tech.
- - Marshall "Mark" S. White receives R. David LeButt Award in package design and testing
    White, professor emeritus of wood science and forest products in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, laid the groundwork for the establishment of the packaging program in the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials.
- - Megan Dolbin-MacNab receives national distinction for her dedication to gerontology
    The human development specialist was recognized for her advocacy and research on aging, such as issues facing grandparents during the opioid crisis.
- - Office of Environmental Health and Safety receives national award recognition
    EHS was recently honored by the Campus Environmental Management Association and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities with the 2018 Innovation Award of Merit for Process Improvement.
- - Ashley Shew granted National Science Foundation CAREER award to study technologies for disability community
    The assistant professor will explore discrepancies between the needs and wants of people with disabilities and the assumptions of the scientists and engineers who design technologies for them.
- - Professor recognized at World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists
    Applied Economics Professor Kevin Boyle was named a Fellow of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists during the triennial World Congress.
- - Gerontology expert receives national award for her advocacy of the rights of older adults
    The Virginia Tech Center for Gerontology director received the prestigious Judge Isabella Horton Grant Guardianship Award for innovative work in protecting elders and vulnerable adults.
- - Virginia Tech team exposing lead in Flint’s water wins Kellogg Foundation award
    The award, focused on community engagement scholarship, makes the team eligible to win the national C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award.
- - Virginia Tech voted silver overall ‘Best Place to Work’ in annual readers' poll
    Virginia Tech was voted silver overall “Best Place to Work” by SWVA Living magazine for 2018.
- - National security expert Paul Avey wins prestigious fellowship
    The assistant professor of political science was one of only nine experts nationally to be awarded a 2018–2019 International Affairs Fellowship by the Council on Foreign Relations.
- - William Hopkins receives Mitchell A. Byrd Award for outstanding achievement in ornithology
    Hopkins is the fourth Virginia Tech faculty member to receive this award, named in honor of a three-time Virginia Tech alumnus.
- - Leon P. Harris receives Virginia Tech’s highest honor
    Harris is the recipient of the 2018 William H. Ruffner Medal in recognition of his distinguished service to the university. Harris earned his bachelor's in industrial engineering from Virginia Tech in 1964.
- - Virginia Tech industrial design students win Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge
    The student team’s computer-integrated bike handlebar design to make cycling safer and easier for the elderly won first place and $10,000 in the global competition. The win cements Virginia Tech’s recognition as a leader in designing solutions for aging populations.
- - Mauro Atalla to receive the Graduate Alumni Achievement Award on May 10
    Mauro Atalla '96 will receive the Graduate Alumni Achievement Award during the Graduate Commencement Ceremony at 2:30 p.m. on May 10 at Cassell Coliseum on the Blacksburg campus.
- - Maria Jernigan named 2018 Undergraduate Student of the Year
    The honors student, a triple major in philosophy, Spanish, and theatre arts, has also received the Outstanding Senior Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.
- - Alexandra Hyler named 2018 Graduate Student of the Year
    Hyler has been heavily involved in Virginia Tech's Graduate Student Assembly and connecting graduates across Tech's different campuses in Blacksburg, Roanoke, and Washington, D.C.
- - Hannah Largen named 2018 Outstanding Senior for the College of Architecture and Urban Studies
    Armed with dual degrees from CAUS and the Pamplin College of Business, an impressive portfolio, and a winning attitude, this first-generation college student and “country girl” is headed to New York to work in advertising.

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