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- - Researchers aim to enhance lost person search and rescue efforts using drones, artificial intelligence
    Thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, a group of Virginia Tech engineers hopes to redefine search and rescue protocols by teaming up human searchers with unmanned aerial robots, or drones.
- - Amazon Research Award supports developing algorithms that tackle unfairness in recommendation engines
    While other research focuses almost exclusively on situations where group identities of users are known, Bert Huang, professor of computer science and a faculty member at the Discovery Analytics Center, and Ph.D. student Sirui Yao look at settings where they do not know, or do not trust, information about who belongs to what groups.
- - Graduate student team is finalist in national housing competition
    The team is one of four finalists in the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Innovation in Affordable Housing competition. This year's challenge was to design a mixed-income, mixed-use project on a 2.5-acre vacant lot owned by the San Antonio Housing Authority.
- - Software platform engages communities in school rezoning decisions
    An online interactive platform developed at the Discovery Analytics Center uses data analytics and machine learning to help stakeholders better understand school rezoning plans and potential effects on the community. Users can also share comments and concerns about proposed plans, propose changes to boundaries, and even create their own plans.
- - Field campaign exposes students to data and decisions research at the interface of engineering and biology
    Shane Ross and David Schmale brought six undergraduate students from partnering colleges to Virginia Tech to conduct data and decisions research in March during spring break.
- - Virginia Tech celebrates 50 years of graduate education in the National Capital Region
    In 1969, Virginia Tech opened its first Northern Virginia Graduate Center: a white Reston farmhouse with two resident faculty members, a part-time staff, and 65 students.
- - Bernice Hausman honored with emerita status
    Hausman, the former Edward S. Diggs Professor in the Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, also taught at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.
- - Graduate students receive awards for excellence in teaching, research, and service
    The Virginia Tech Graduate School honored master's and doctoral degree students from across the university at the school’s annual awards dinner during Graduate Education Week.
- - Madelynn Todd, Ryan King to represent students on Board of Visitors
    The two students will begin their one-year terms on July 1.
- - Researchers develop method to improve 3D-printed prosthetics by integrating electronic sensors
    A Virginia Tech professor and his interdisciplinary team of undergraduate student researchers have made inroads in integrating electronic sensors with personalized 3D-printed prosthetics — a development that could one day lead to more affordable electric-powered prosthetics.
- - Report shows progress, guides next steps for LGBTQ+ campus climate
    A working group has met regularly to advance recommendations identified by an external review of the survey's findings.
- - Testing the water: Virginia Tech team launches system to predict water conditions
    A team at Virginia Tech is making it possible for water utility managers, such as the Western Virginia Water Authority in Roanoke, to predict water quality conditions - 16 days before they occur.
- - Virginia Tech Board of Visitors sets tuition and fees, advances new Ph.D. program in neuroscience
    During its quarterly meeting March 31-April 1, the board also approved the demolition of Holden Hall's north wing, selected student representatives for the coming year, and adopted resolutions for multiple faculty appointments and emerita/emeritus status.
- - Virginia Tech Board of Visitors votes to freeze tuition for resident undergraduate students in 2019-20
    As part of the growth in financial aid, Virginia Tech will further enhance its Funds for the Future program next year. The program protects low- and middle-income students from rising tuition and fees and helps families plan for the cost of education over four years.
- - Speakers announced for May commencement ceremonies
    Frank Beamer, the winningest football coach in Hokie history, will address the Class of 2019 during University Commencement exercises on May 17. Melody Barnes will speak at the Graduate Commencement Ceremony. Joshua Johnson will deliver remarks at the commencement ceremony for the National Capital Region.
- - Pamplin alumnus combines business analytics and basketball in dream job
    Virginia Tech's master's program in business analytics equipped Faizan Hasnany with the skills he needed to land a job with the Chicago Bulls. The recent graduate will be cheering on the Hokies as they play Duke on Friday night.
- - In memoriam: Ira “Dallas” J. Long III, graduate student
- - Virginia Tech enters partnership with NASA to conduct benchmark Stability Wind Tunnel experiments
    The team of students is designing and performing experiments that establish a new standard in uncertainty documentation, thus ushering in a new generation of computational fluid dynamics turbulence models.
- - Students explore South Africa through agriculture
    Virginia Tech students spent a portion of winter break learning firsthand about South Africa as part of a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences study abroad course on food security, wildlife, and conservation.
- - Engineers seek to address treatment deficiencies, research disparity in pelvic organ prolapse
    Though not life-threatening, pelvic organ prolapse is a debilitating condition that affects half of all women over the age of 50 and is difficult to treat. A recent grant from the National Science Foundation equips Virginia Tech researchers with the goal of improving overall treatment approaches.

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