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- - Spear phishing and other scams increasing, please be aware
    Information on how to protect yourself from spear phishing an other online scams.
- - Virginia Tech offers Slack as an online collaboration tool
    The Division of IT administers Slack as an online collaboration and work space, offering group and individual chat, link and attachment sharing, and integration with apps like Google Drive, Trello, and more. Read here to find out how Slack can enhance your Virginia Tech communications experience.
- - Virginia Cyber Range director recognized for leadership in cybersecurity
    David Raymond, director of the Virginia Cyber Range and deputy director of Virginia Tech’s Information Technology Security Lab, received the 2018 Shirley Payne IT Security Advancement Award for strengthening IT security within the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- - Center for Geospatial Information Technology builds database to help Virginia’s veterans
    The center’s work will help 15,000 veterans access educational, employment, and support resources across Virginia.
- - Inaugural Virginia Cybersecurity Education Conference brings together educators
    The conference theme, Innovative Teaching and Learning in Cybersecurity, got attendees thinking about ways to engage students at all grade levels in hands-on, meaningful educational activities related to cybersecurity.
- - Clancy offers Capitol Hill testimony on telecommunications supply chain operations
    Charles Clancy, director of Virginia Tech’s Hume Center for National Security and Technology, gave expert testimony in Washington, D.C., before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- - Virginia Cyber Range to host inaugural conference for cybersecurity educators
    The two-day conference will explore how to more effectively teach cybersecurity topics including network defense, secure coding, digital forensics, and how to secure critical infrastructure.
- - Expert says ransomware attack on Atlanta is just the beginning
    As the city of Atlanta’s online data is still being held hostage by ransomware hackers, expert David Raymond explains how attacks such as this could be the tip of the iceberg unless cities proactively seek network security.
- - Free event to help inspire students to dream big
    Virginia Tech's Division of Information Technology is teaming up with InclusiveVT, the College of Science, and the College of Engineering to organize a unique event called "Hidden Figures: Into the Future," which will bring middle and high school students from the region to campus on March 19 and 20.
- - Virginia Tech selects Zoom and Kaltura as new video tools
    Zoom and Kaltura will replace existing instructional video tools at the end of the spring semester.
- - Keeping track of your eduroam (WiFi) password is about to get easier
    This is a notice regarding changes to network password changes
- - Virginia Tech helps independent grape growers in the commonwealth assess and manage vineyards
    Landowners can use Geovine, a vineyard site assessment and management tool developed by Virginia Tech’s Center for Geospatial Information Technology, to help them find appropriate properties for vineyards.
- - Virginia Tech collaboration with colleges and universities allows Virginia Cyber Range to thrive
    Launched in July 2016, the program offers a virtual environment where students can participate in immersive laboratory exercises that complement their cybersecurity courses.
- - Virginia Tech to spearhead $19.4 million effort to build new software institute dedicated to molecular, chemical computational modeling
    The university will lead a new initiative to build a national team of software scientists to design and build new, powerful software tools, in what will be called the Molecular Sciences Software Institute.
- - Outdoor Wi-Fi now available between Peddrew-Yates and Pritchard residence halls
    There is a new exterior wireless access point across the large outdoor area between the residence halls where the university's only solar-powered table is located.
- - Virginia Tech and the National Science Foundation provide cybersecurity training for high school teachers
    The Information Technology Security Office and the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering are hosting the GenCyber Teacher’s camp for 20 high school teachers from across the country.
- - Open letter to faculty on migration to Canvas from Vice Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs Rachel Holloway
- - David Duckett recognized for outstanding leadership
    Duckett has received the university's 2016 McComas Staff Leadership Award.