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- - Brett Shadle named chair of history at Virginia Tech
    With an initiative to make the Department of History more diverse and inclusive, Shadle steps into a new administrative leadership role.
- - Nikki Giovanni available to reflect on the literary legacy of her long-time friend Toni Morrison
    At Virginia Tech in 2012, Giovanni hosted “Sheer Good Fortune” to celebrate Morrison’s legacy.
- - Expert: Don’t blame video games for violence?
    Research has provided very little evidence that playing video games or use of other media is a useful predictor of violent crime, says Virginia Tech's Jimmy Ivory.
- - First-year cadets to learn many lasting lessons during New Cadet Week
    On Aug. 17, more than 400 first-year cadets will arrive on campus to begin their introduction to the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets.
- - Laura Belmonte ‘hits the jackpot’ with her new role as dean
    The historian now leads the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, which encompasses the arts, humanities, social sciences, and education.
- - Timothy Luke returns as chair of Department of Political Science
    Thirty-eight years ago, Luke joined Virginia Tech as an assistant professor of political science. Since then, his legacy has included university accolades in service, leadership, and program creation. And now, for the fourth time, he has been chosen for a familiar role.
- - Toni Calasanti receives National Institute on Aging grant to study how gender and sexual orientation affect caregiving
    The sociology professor will explore how heterosexual and same-sex spousal and partner caregivers draw upon existing gender identities, skills, and resources formed in relation to the gender division of labor over the life course.
- - Campus and community continue to focus on welcoming, serving students
    From The Inn at Virginia Tech to the Town of Blacksburg and from residential life to dining services, teams of campus and community leaders are working together to ensure students have the info and services they need to begin the new academic year.
- - Family visits home dedicated to once enslaved relatives
    A handful of descendants of the Fraction family recently visited land and structures on and around the Blacksburg campus their family helped cultivate while enslaved there in the 19th century.
- - Virginia Tech alumna takes science to pageant stage
    Wearing a lab coat, goggles, and high heels, Camille Schrier performed an exploding chemistry demonstration as her talent in the Miss Virginia competition — and she won.
- - Students use undergraduate research to explore disabilities in new Pathways minor
    Laura Beaudet, a junior psychology major, has aspirations for a career in special education. Through her pursuit of a Pathways minor in disabilities studies, she has learned a great deal about herself and the people around her.
- - Anthony Kwame Harrison named Edward S. Diggs Professor in Humanities
    A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2003, Harrison is a cultural anthropologist who conducts research on the impact of race in popular music, recreation, and higher education.
- - Website offers insights into the history of African American perspectives on the Fourth of July
    When first-year history majors enrolled in an introductory course, little did they know the end product would be a public history project documenting how African Americans perceived Independence Day through articles published in seven historic black newspapers.
- - Adam Kendrick named Outstanding Recent Alumnus for College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
    The theatre arts and marketing management graduate brings joy to audiences from both sides of the curtain. For his day job, he is stage manager for Cirque du Soleil. But in his off hours, he performs at Walt Disney World, has a side gig with the Tony Awards, and volunteers with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
- - Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team places second in first year of EcoCAR Mobility Challenge
    The team will receive a 2019 Chevy Blazer in August 2019, which they will modify to incorporate their designs from year one.
- - Virginia Tech senior Katie Fanz named one of 25 Virginia Governor’s Fellows
    The Richmond native is double-majoring in national security and foreign affairs and Russian.
- - Study investigates lack of disclaimers on Facebook and Google’s advertising during the 2016 presidential election
    When a communication faculty member and a graduate student joined forces, they discovered the roles Facebook, Google, and the Federal Election Commission all played in digital advertising during the 2016 presidential election. The team recently published their results.
- - Carmen Giménez Smith awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
    Popular television makes for an unexpected muse for this poet’s latest award-winning project.
- - Virginia Tech Publishing launches first peer-reviewed book under its own imprint
    “Viral Networks” is a collaborative work of the University Libraries’ Virginia Tech Publishing, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Library of Medicine.
- - Multicultural heritage of Solitude to be commemorated
    A Mountains of Music Homecoming event on June 8 will both explore Solitude as contested space and celebrate the people who lived there across the centuries.

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