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- - Alumnus John Ross helps educators continue teaching during pandemic
    Ross was traveling in Iceland when he heard the news that the COVID-19 pandemic was causing most learning environments to go online. As an instructional designer, he knew just how to help.
- - A message to students from President Tim Sands
    Every day I speak with a student or parent who is adjusting to experiential learning opportunities that have been postponed or a hands-on laboratory or clinical experience that may not be possible.
- - Scientists reveal how brain tumors impact normally supportive cells
    The same brain cells designed to stop brain damage fail to support healthy neurons when a cancer grows. New research, led by Stefanie Robel and Harald Sontheimer at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, reveals how gliomas alter astrocytes, a cell type that helps protect neurons and is crucial to preventing seizures.
- - A message from Dean Karen P. DePauw regarding graduate research
- - A message from Dean Karen P. DePauw regarding graduate student employment
- - Hokies step up to deliver meals to school students
    Aboard Roanoke City school buses, counselor education graduate students had traveled through the city to bring meals to the community.
- - Medical student’s research finds pediatric anxiety associated with increased pain
    Lisa Crisalli, a fourth-year student at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, studied pediatric anxiety and pain perception in children who were undergoing low-risk surgery.
- - A message from Dean of University Libraries Tyler Walters
    Classes are online and so is the University Libraries. University Libraries Dean Tyler Walters explained many library resources and expertise have already been online, even before we imagined that our lives would change, and our work would become mostly virtual.
- - May commencement ceremonies to move online; senior celebration in Lane Stadium planned for September
    Virginia Tech President Tim Sands acknowledged the mixed emotions he has heard from graduating seniors as the spring semester has been upended — but knowing that graduates and families needed time to plan for commencement activities, and knowing the fluidity of the ongoing pandemic and the responsive measures that the nation is taking, Sands and other university leaders set in motion a plan for a truly memorable celebration in September.
- - Corina Sandu named Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor of Mechanical Engineering
    Sandu is professor of mechanical engineering and associate department head for graduate studies in the College of Engineering.
- - Graduate Education Week activities move online
    Some activities for Graduate Education Week, slated to start March 23, have been canceled, while other activities have moved online, including workshops that can be conducted via Zoom.
- - From President Tim Sands: An update on university response to the COVID-19 virus
    Hokie Nation knows the value of assembling in large numbers to support our community. While the power of convening is extraordinary, today we can embrace our fellow Hokies and the members of our communities by respecting social distancing. This is a selfless act.
- - Medical student’s research suggests gender differences among depressed individuals in learning task behaviors
    Mercedes Robinson, Class of 2020, spent the past four years analyzing data obtained through a larger neuroscience study in the lab of her research mentor Pearl Chiu, associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute.
- - Virginia Tech graduate programs continue to shine in latest U.S. News & World Report survey
    Programs offered across Virginia Tech’s colleges and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine are included in the U.S. News & World Report survey of best graduate programs for 2021.
- - Banded mongoose study reveals how behavior and landscape interactions influence the spread of infectious disease
    Researchers observed banded mongoose in several different environments in Botswana, gaining insight into the spread of a novel tuberculosis pathogen that is transmitted through olfactory communication behaviors.
- - Canceled: Innovative conservationist and business entrepreneur to present public lecture in Blacksburg on March 20
    Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, a fourth-generation beekeeper and founder and CEO of Bee Downtown, is featured as part of the public Distinguished Lecture Series, which brings some of the world’s leading scholars to Blacksburg to discuss critical environmental and societal issues in an open forum.
- - College of Engineering's efforts to expand support for underrepresented graduate students recognized
    In the February issue of Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, the College of Engineering is listed as the No. 1 producer of African American doctorate degree holders.
- - Virginia Tech team leading the charge for student-driven innovation
    The university’s newest cohort of University Innovation Fellows is working to help their peers connect, collaborate, create, and prepare for the future.
- - ComSciCon returns to Virginia Tech
    On Feb. 27 and 28, graduate students and communicators came together to strengthen their science communication abilities at the second annual ComSciCon–Virginia Tech.
- - First-generation, New Horizon Graduate Scholar paves the way for others
    Michelle Dickerson, second-year doctoral student in biomedical engineering and mechanics in Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, understands the value of hard work, facing problems head-on, and passing that knowledge to others to improve their quality of life.

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