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- - Steven Janosik honored with emeritus status
    A member of the university community since 1979, Janosik has made significant contributions to the field of higher education administration through his scholarship in higher education law, specifically on campus crime, the Clery Act, college administration, policy, liability and risk management, and professional standards and ethics.
- - Virginia Tech becomes a top producer of Navy SEAL candidates
    Of the 18 ROTC students chosen to train as U.S. Navy SEALs this year, four are from the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets and the university’s Naval ROTC.
- - Television anchor Robin Reed to join Virginia Tech’s communication department
    Beginning in the fall 2018 semester, Reed will teach several courses in broadcasting while remaining WDBJ’s 6 p.m. anchor.
- - School of Performing Arts presents Carl Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’
    One of the best known pieces of classical music, “Carmina Burana” was composed in the mid-1930s and is based on 24 of the 254 poems from the medieval collection written in the 11th and 12th centuries. The piece will be performed by more than 200 musicians as it was originally scored.
- - Penny Burge honored with emerita status
    A member of the university community since 1980, Burge has focused her scholarship principally on programmatic and instructional assessment and evaluation.
- - Alexander Dickow receives prestigious grant for French poetry translation
    Dickow’s passion for making French poetry accessible to U.S. and international audiences gained him a grant from PEN America, part of a global organization that champions literature and human rights.
- - The Center for Gerontology celebrates its 40th anniversary with theater and wisdom
    Research on aging makes for two entertaining and informative events as the center commemorates its first four decades. A collaboration with a local retirement community and a talk by a Cornell University professor will mark the milestone.
- - Steger Poetry Prize winners to be celebrated, along with poetry itself
    The 13th annual celebration of the Steger Poetry Prize will take place in the Cube on April 17.
- - Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen to speak at Virginia Tech
    Sen, the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor at Harvard University, will discuss democracy and elections on April 18.
- - Seven Hokies to receive Influential Black Alumni Awards
    They serve inner-city youth and run nonprofits. They are coaches, teachers, entrepreneurs, preschool operators, and financial planners. Seven Virginia Tech alumni will be recognized on April 13 during the Influential Black Alumni Awards ceremony at 8 p.m. in Squires Student Center’s Colonial Hall.
- - Elizabeth Creamer honored with emerita status
    A member of the university community since 1982, Creamer was the principal investigator of more than $3 million in National Science Foundation grants focused on the recruitment of women to careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
- - JUMP campaign honors music legacy through the Virginia Tech Trumpet Festival
    Allen Bachelder’s legacy as a Department of Music professor emeritus continues through a scholarship in his name. Join alumni, students, and the community in supporting the Trumpet Festival that helps sustain the scholarship by donating through Virginia Tech’s crowdfunding platform.
- - 'The Importance of Being Earnest' is witty and stylish
    Oscar Wilde's play "The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" will be presented by the School of Performing Arts on April 18-21 in the Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre, Moss Arts Center.
- - Graduate School celebrates students and mentors at annual awards dinner
    The outstanding master's and doctoral degree students were honored at the Graduate School awards banquet during Graduate Education Week.
- - Research teams led by junior faculty win seed funding for new projects
    The Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science's flagship funding program, the Junior Faculty Awards are designed to provide seed funding for new projects that have the potential to grow into vibrant research programs attracting major federal grants.
- - Undergraduate student innovators are finding creative solutions to complex problems
    Virginia Tech is fueling the work of interdisciplinary student project teams with funding awards through its Creativity and Innovation Strategic Growth Area.
- - Graduate School Citizen Scholars connect their research with their communities
    Each year, the Graduate School offers a challenge to graduate students: Create and implement a project that connects your research with a community.
- - Virginia Tech director who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. says MLK's legacy has been 'whitewashed'
    Wornie Reed met King during the Montgomery Bus Boycott and joined him on the 1963 March on Washington. He also saw King speak more than 30 times, marched following his assassination in Memphis, and attended his funeral in Atlanta.
- - Virginia Tech is leader in open access book publishing initiative
    Virginia Tech is one of only 12 universities across the nation to be invited to participate in a pilot initiative, Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME), to provide greater access to scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences.
- - Piercing the veil: engaging spaceflight through the Michael Collins papers
    English faculty member Jared Gibbs’ Reading and Writing Across English Studies class created creative and critical works in response to studying the Michael Collins papers in the University Libraries Special Collections.

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